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The result of the debate was Delete all ^ demon [omg plz] 00:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Akanemoto
I've been tracking this guy for a while. His contribs are almost exclusively to his userspace, and he has about 100 user subpages, including one he created just today. Enough is enough. Wikipedia is not a free webhost. If anyone here reads Japanese, it might help elucidate what is in those pages. Yechiel Man 00:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
To find a list of his subpages, go to Special:Newpages, then set Namespace = User, and Username = Akanemoto. User:MER-C knows a better way of doing it, but that will work. Subpages are part of this discussion. Yechiel Man 00:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Special:Prefixindex lists 68 subpages. – Pomte 02:22, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all, save the user talk and maybe the main user page. Beyond that, from what I can see, this is no more than somebody using the userspace as a blog host.-- Fyre2387 ( talk • contribs) 02:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Just a comment I must have deleted and restored various versions of this guy's subpages at least 7 times. I don't mind - it takes me about 5 seconds to do - but the focus on userspace is rather weird. Delete all per WP != free web host/MySpace substitute. –
Riana
ऋ 03:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- As a side point, at least one admin has advised me not to bother listing user pages for deletion. I'm still figuring out the right balance of criteria for deletion in practice. I sometimes patrol new user pages with the goal of welcoming new users who identify themselves as such; spotting vandals who might put inappropriate material on their userpage; and catching spammers and hitchhikers who use Wikipedia as a free webhost. I find about one blatant spam article (CSD G11) per hundred new user pages, and another couple of WP:NOT pages about some local band or club. The outright spam is my biggest concern, but I also feel that there's a "slippery slope" principle if anything goes on user pages, and that it's important to maintain the focus of the project on its primary mission. With all that, not too many people care about such things, and I'm fine with that.
Yechiel
Man 04:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I should have made myself clearer! I have deleted and restored various versions of this guy's subpages upon his request. Absolutely not disputing your nomination - I personally would only delete blatant spam/attack userpages without notifying the user. Sorry about the confusion. – Riana ऋ 04:59, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- As a side point, at least one admin has advised me not to bother listing user pages for deletion. I'm still figuring out the right balance of criteria for deletion in practice. I sometimes patrol new user pages with the goal of welcoming new users who identify themselves as such; spotting vandals who might put inappropriate material on their userpage; and catching spammers and hitchhikers who use Wikipedia as a free webhost. I find about one blatant spam article (CSD G11) per hundred new user pages, and another couple of WP:NOT pages about some local band or club. The outright spam is my biggest concern, but I also feel that there's a "slippery slope" principle if anything goes on user pages, and that it's important to maintain the focus of the project on its primary mission. With all that, not too many people care about such things, and I'm fine with that.
Yechiel
Man 04:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all - Wikipedia != free web host. You should also check the upload log of the user in question or their contributions in the image namespace, as you will occasionally find vanity pics like this one, which should also be deleted. MER-C 09:00, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all Wikipedia is not a free web host. Acalamari 18:46, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all, but the main userpage and usertalk. I am in the process of learning Japanese and while I am not too sure, I think he is using Wikipedia to post poems. — User:Christopher Mann McKay user talk 21:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete the pages irrelevant to WP. Bearian 00:46, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all pages and block the user. Pages like that and users like that shouldn't be on Wikipedia. -- Deskana (AFK 47) 14:38, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all, Wikipedia is not a free web host and Wikipedia is not a social web. Carlosguitar 20:01, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
| This discussion was subject to a
deletion review on 2008 December 5. For an explanation of the process, see Wikipedia:Deletion review. |
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result of the debate was Delete all ^ demon [omg plz] 00:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Akanemoto
I've been tracking this guy for a while. His contribs are almost exclusively to his userspace, and he has about 100 user subpages, including one he created just today. Enough is enough. Wikipedia is not a free webhost. If anyone here reads Japanese, it might help elucidate what is in those pages. Yechiel Man 00:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
To find a list of his subpages, go to Special:Newpages, then set Namespace = User, and Username = Akanemoto. User:MER-C knows a better way of doing it, but that will work. Subpages are part of this discussion. Yechiel Man 00:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Special:Prefixindex lists 68 subpages. – Pomte 02:22, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all, save the user talk and maybe the main user page. Beyond that, from what I can see, this is no more than somebody using the userspace as a blog host.-- Fyre2387 ( talk • contribs) 02:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Just a comment I must have deleted and restored various versions of this guy's subpages at least 7 times. I don't mind - it takes me about 5 seconds to do - but the focus on userspace is rather weird. Delete all per WP != free web host/MySpace substitute. –
Riana
ऋ 03:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- As a side point, at least one admin has advised me not to bother listing user pages for deletion. I'm still figuring out the right balance of criteria for deletion in practice. I sometimes patrol new user pages with the goal of welcoming new users who identify themselves as such; spotting vandals who might put inappropriate material on their userpage; and catching spammers and hitchhikers who use Wikipedia as a free webhost. I find about one blatant spam article (CSD G11) per hundred new user pages, and another couple of WP:NOT pages about some local band or club. The outright spam is my biggest concern, but I also feel that there's a "slippery slope" principle if anything goes on user pages, and that it's important to maintain the focus of the project on its primary mission. With all that, not too many people care about such things, and I'm fine with that.
Yechiel
Man 04:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I should have made myself clearer! I have deleted and restored various versions of this guy's subpages upon his request. Absolutely not disputing your nomination - I personally would only delete blatant spam/attack userpages without notifying the user. Sorry about the confusion. – Riana ऋ 04:59, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- As a side point, at least one admin has advised me not to bother listing user pages for deletion. I'm still figuring out the right balance of criteria for deletion in practice. I sometimes patrol new user pages with the goal of welcoming new users who identify themselves as such; spotting vandals who might put inappropriate material on their userpage; and catching spammers and hitchhikers who use Wikipedia as a free webhost. I find about one blatant spam article (CSD G11) per hundred new user pages, and another couple of WP:NOT pages about some local band or club. The outright spam is my biggest concern, but I also feel that there's a "slippery slope" principle if anything goes on user pages, and that it's important to maintain the focus of the project on its primary mission. With all that, not too many people care about such things, and I'm fine with that.
Yechiel
Man 04:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all - Wikipedia != free web host. You should also check the upload log of the user in question or their contributions in the image namespace, as you will occasionally find vanity pics like this one, which should also be deleted. MER-C 09:00, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all Wikipedia is not a free web host. Acalamari 18:46, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all, but the main userpage and usertalk. I am in the process of learning Japanese and while I am not too sure, I think he is using Wikipedia to post poems. — User:Christopher Mann McKay user talk 21:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete the pages irrelevant to WP. Bearian 00:46, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all pages and block the user. Pages like that and users like that shouldn't be on Wikipedia. -- Deskana (AFK 47) 14:38, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
- Delete all, Wikipedia is not a free web host and Wikipedia is not a social web. Carlosguitar 20:01, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.