The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous 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
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Strong Keep per my reasoning in the essay
Wikipedia:Editors matter. Consider whether the deletion of this page will have a net beneficial impact on the encyclopedia. As SeraphimWhipp correctly points out, there is nothing to gain by deleting this page; deletions don't even free up server space, as deleted material remains in the archives, and there's nothing on this page which is divisive, inflammatory or likely to cause harm to Wikipedia. In contrast, deleting the page may well result in Wikipedia losing a good contributor. Therefore, there is absolutely no reasoned argument for deletion; trite Wikipedia-is-not-isms are not particularly helpful, as I keep trying to explain to people.
WaltonOne21:09, 22 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep. Sorry if you think my page is unorganised because I haven't updated it for a long time, but I see no reason for the deletion of my page. I'm sure my Userboxes do not have very racist, etc. content, and having a subpage for userboxes isn't a crime, is it? And...I don't really think this is considered social networking...
Littleghostboo[
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10:28, 23 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Regretfully keep Personally, in principal, I am against userboxes of any kind as they seem to promote a passive bias (especially the "This user hates/opposes..." types). However, so many users use them it looks as if this user is being singled out to make a point. Seems more like a beef with policy (and I would support that) that would not justify deletion of the entire user subpage. Would recommend instead reasoning with the user on her talk page to tone it down as it took forever to load. Two other reasons lean towards keep, 1) it is not on her main userpage, and 2) none of the boxes (that I had time to look at) were individually offensive.--
12 Noon19:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep user has plenty of contributions to the mainspace and should be given latitude on what they are allowed in their userspace. Hut 8.512:18, 24 October 2007 (UTC)reply
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.
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous 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.
Strong Keep per my reasoning in the essay
Wikipedia:Editors matter. Consider whether the deletion of this page will have a net beneficial impact on the encyclopedia. As SeraphimWhipp correctly points out, there is nothing to gain by deleting this page; deletions don't even free up server space, as deleted material remains in the archives, and there's nothing on this page which is divisive, inflammatory or likely to cause harm to Wikipedia. In contrast, deleting the page may well result in Wikipedia losing a good contributor. Therefore, there is absolutely no reasoned argument for deletion; trite Wikipedia-is-not-isms are not particularly helpful, as I keep trying to explain to people.
WaltonOne21:09, 22 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep. Sorry if you think my page is unorganised because I haven't updated it for a long time, but I see no reason for the deletion of my page. I'm sure my Userboxes do not have very racist, etc. content, and having a subpage for userboxes isn't a crime, is it? And...I don't really think this is considered social networking...
Littleghostboo[
talk ]
10:28, 23 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Regretfully keep Personally, in principal, I am against userboxes of any kind as they seem to promote a passive bias (especially the "This user hates/opposes..." types). However, so many users use them it looks as if this user is being singled out to make a point. Seems more like a beef with policy (and I would support that) that would not justify deletion of the entire user subpage. Would recommend instead reasoning with the user on her talk page to tone it down as it took forever to load. Two other reasons lean towards keep, 1) it is not on her main userpage, and 2) none of the boxes (that I had time to look at) were individually offensive.--
12 Noon19:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep user has plenty of contributions to the mainspace and should be given latitude on what they are allowed in their userspace. Hut 8.512:18, 24 October 2007 (UTC)reply
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.