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.
Keep. Humor is fun. Fun helps make contributors happy. Happy contributors contribute better. Contributing better is good. Therefore, humor is good. -
Amarkovmoo!18:46, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep Contributors in good standing having a bit of harmless fun. Not like they're spending all their time here; if that were the case I would have motioned to remove the page. ~
Riana ⁂18:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Comment: Some people on the project would not like to partake in such "fun." Regardless if this "activity" will or will not survive this MFD, I suggest request that my name as well as any others who don't want to participate to be removed because this is borderline
trolling. Miranda19:03, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
(ec) If you don't like it, then just ask not to be included. You don't have to MfD it. I agree with Riana; it's not like it's the only page I've edited in weeks. --Boricuaeddie19:06, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
(ec)Keep per Riana; if this was a case of people spending all their time at the page then definitely an application for
WP:MYSPACE. Therefore, we may need to delete
GDonato (
talk·contribs) as he has commented on a few of them. Time for an EFD then :P
GDonato (talk)
19:04, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep oh come on. We aren't myspace, yes, but a little bit of harmless
WP:FUN never hurt anyone. This helps build the community, which is important. Avenues for editors to get to know each other that are open and not cliquish are a needed part to allow people to have fun with each other. The idea that it distracts people from the encyclopedia is hogwash-- I doubt many people spend time on it that they wouldn't chatting privately, or doing something off wiki, it's just a cute little fun thing for editors to do to roast each other, while also complementing each other, in a humourous fashion. Like any group, being social with each other is a good thing, and this isn't taking any real amount of time out of the encyclopedia. Editors need a way to interact with each other outside of writing an encyclopedia, yes, we are a free encyclopedia, but the community is the only reason that the idea works, without a sense of community wikipedia is a very dark place. I waste more time on the Reference Desks, or Jimbo's talk page, surely we aren't going to delete those because they don't ACTIVELY help write an encyclopedia. --lucid19:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Please do be careful with accusations of bad faith, it is best not to bandy them about lightly. It may be that Miranda was only made aware of this page when she was personally informed about it. ~
Riana ⁂19:37, 19 August 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 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.
Keep. Humor is fun. Fun helps make contributors happy. Happy contributors contribute better. Contributing better is good. Therefore, humor is good. -
Amarkovmoo!18:46, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep Contributors in good standing having a bit of harmless fun. Not like they're spending all their time here; if that were the case I would have motioned to remove the page. ~
Riana ⁂18:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Comment: Some people on the project would not like to partake in such "fun." Regardless if this "activity" will or will not survive this MFD, I suggest request that my name as well as any others who don't want to participate to be removed because this is borderline
trolling. Miranda19:03, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
(ec) If you don't like it, then just ask not to be included. You don't have to MfD it. I agree with Riana; it's not like it's the only page I've edited in weeks. --Boricuaeddie19:06, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
(ec)Keep per Riana; if this was a case of people spending all their time at the page then definitely an application for
WP:MYSPACE. Therefore, we may need to delete
GDonato (
talk·contribs) as he has commented on a few of them. Time for an EFD then :P
GDonato (talk)
19:04, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep oh come on. We aren't myspace, yes, but a little bit of harmless
WP:FUN never hurt anyone. This helps build the community, which is important. Avenues for editors to get to know each other that are open and not cliquish are a needed part to allow people to have fun with each other. The idea that it distracts people from the encyclopedia is hogwash-- I doubt many people spend time on it that they wouldn't chatting privately, or doing something off wiki, it's just a cute little fun thing for editors to do to roast each other, while also complementing each other, in a humourous fashion. Like any group, being social with each other is a good thing, and this isn't taking any real amount of time out of the encyclopedia. Editors need a way to interact with each other outside of writing an encyclopedia, yes, we are a free encyclopedia, but the community is the only reason that the idea works, without a sense of community wikipedia is a very dark place. I waste more time on the Reference Desks, or Jimbo's talk page, surely we aren't going to delete those because they don't ACTIVELY help write an encyclopedia. --lucid19:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Please do be careful with accusations of bad faith, it is best not to bandy them about lightly. It may be that Miranda was only made aware of this page when she was personally informed about it. ~
Riana ⁂19:37, 19 August 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.