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 No consensus for now. Since WP:GUS is widely accepted, it is suggested that the remaining userboxes be userfied (I volunteer my userspace, which is always open to reasonable userboxes), and that this page -- once empty -- be speedied under CSD G6.
Xoloz15:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment: The majority of “pet” userboxes have been moved to userspace. These and the boxes that remain in templatespace all are listed at
User:Rfrisbie/Userboxes/Pets per
WP:GUS. If the consensus is to keep this page as part of the
Wikipedia:Userboxes gallery, then I believe the related boxes should be moved back to templatespace. If the consensus is to delete this page, then the vast majority of the other life/interest/etc. gallery pages and their boxes probably should go the way of
WP:GUS as well. If no consensus is reached, then there you have it…another day in the life of userboxes.
Rfrisbietalk18:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Question:So the four templates left are going to be Germanized Real Soon Now™? I'm just curious why you nominated this before clearing it out entirely, and want to make sure I understand what's going on here. -- nae'
blis21:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)reply
AbstainDelete I won't mind either way -
WP:GUS is a means to end the userbox debate, but if the people who pressed for the removal of boxes (from templatespace or otherwise) changed their mind I won't complain. If not,
WP:GUS works fine too. Addendum: changed my vote to delete (several people below have voiced their support for removal of userboxes from templatespace and implementation of WP:GUS)
CharonX/
talk23:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Keep. (Agreeing with
Ian, above.) Quote:"It should be noted that use of [userboxes related to beliefs, ideologies, viewpoints on controversial issues, and ethical convictions] is strongly discouraged at Wikipedia, and it is likely that very soon all these userboxes will be deleted or moved to userspace. Their use and creation is not recommended at this time." -
Wikipedia:Jimbo on Userboxes (Bolding, mine). I don't think that
Wikipedia:Userboxes/Pets meets any of those criteria.
WP:GUS is not for this kind of deletion. -
Jc3701:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete per
WP:GUS, now that these are (rightfully) in userspace as they are unrelated to the encyclopedia, we need to get rid of the projectspace links. --
Cyde Weys04:47, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment - It seems to me that many who are voting delete are doing so either due to lack of quantity of UBX on this page, or because it's duplicated elsewhere. The first doesn't deal with Rfrisbie's associated question, and as for the second, there are no actual centralized galleries, instead, they are spread over several user accounts. -
Jc3711:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Rfrisbie's associated question is "out of order" in any case, as this MfD only deals with one subpage of
Wikipedia:Userboxes, and cannot be held as binding on the other pages. It is a decent
litmus test for the mood of the community, but trying to discern intentions behind people's keep/delete votes is done at peril. -- nae'
blis18:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Given the nature of this page, it might be seen as a "sacrificial lamb" as well. Considering
WP:GUS carries even less (or is it more?) weight for the mood of the community, I expect the results of this nomination will have an impact on userbox and directory editing behaviors beyond the scope of "Pets."
Rfrisbietalk18:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong Keep because even though the userboxes are in userspace, I see no reason to relegate their directory to several noncentralized, harder-to-find pages in userspace instead of using what we already have: a centralized directory in the Wikipedia namespace.
CameoAppearance15:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Wikipedia:Userboxes is not up for deletion here. A directory could still be possible, either in project space or userspace, and none of that is precluded by deleting this subpage of the old system. -- nae'
blis18:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Yes, but I see no reason to delete a subpage that relates to one particular topic; that'll just make it harder to locate the pet-related userboxes (which are decidedly non-controversial, unlike those that relate to beliefs, sexuality and other such things).
CameoAppearance05:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete,
WP:GUS works here. Of no evident encyclopaedic purpose, belongs in userspace or maybe a Wikiproject. We're not officially endorsing userboxes other than Babel and similar, and this directory goes against that.
Just zis Guy you know?15:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment: if userboxes are userfied, can there at least be a link to the appropriate userpage from the list of userboxes? Without such a link "userfied" userboxes would be impossible to find. —
DarkShikaritalk/contribs19:40, 10 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment I support userboxes that are relevant to a user's interests and attitudes. These are very marginal from that point of view.--
Runcorn21:41, 10 August 2006 (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.
The result of the debate was No consensus for now. Since WP:GUS is widely accepted, it is suggested that the remaining userboxes be userfied (I volunteer my userspace, which is always open to reasonable userboxes), and that this page -- once empty -- be speedied under CSD G6.
Xoloz15:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment: The majority of “pet” userboxes have been moved to userspace. These and the boxes that remain in templatespace all are listed at
User:Rfrisbie/Userboxes/Pets per
WP:GUS. If the consensus is to keep this page as part of the
Wikipedia:Userboxes gallery, then I believe the related boxes should be moved back to templatespace. If the consensus is to delete this page, then the vast majority of the other life/interest/etc. gallery pages and their boxes probably should go the way of
WP:GUS as well. If no consensus is reached, then there you have it…another day in the life of userboxes.
Rfrisbietalk18:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Question:So the four templates left are going to be Germanized Real Soon Now™? I'm just curious why you nominated this before clearing it out entirely, and want to make sure I understand what's going on here. -- nae'
blis21:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)reply
AbstainDelete I won't mind either way -
WP:GUS is a means to end the userbox debate, but if the people who pressed for the removal of boxes (from templatespace or otherwise) changed their mind I won't complain. If not,
WP:GUS works fine too. Addendum: changed my vote to delete (several people below have voiced their support for removal of userboxes from templatespace and implementation of WP:GUS)
CharonX/
talk23:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Keep. (Agreeing with
Ian, above.) Quote:"It should be noted that use of [userboxes related to beliefs, ideologies, viewpoints on controversial issues, and ethical convictions] is strongly discouraged at Wikipedia, and it is likely that very soon all these userboxes will be deleted or moved to userspace. Their use and creation is not recommended at this time." -
Wikipedia:Jimbo on Userboxes (Bolding, mine). I don't think that
Wikipedia:Userboxes/Pets meets any of those criteria.
WP:GUS is not for this kind of deletion. -
Jc3701:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete per
WP:GUS, now that these are (rightfully) in userspace as they are unrelated to the encyclopedia, we need to get rid of the projectspace links. --
Cyde Weys04:47, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment - It seems to me that many who are voting delete are doing so either due to lack of quantity of UBX on this page, or because it's duplicated elsewhere. The first doesn't deal with Rfrisbie's associated question, and as for the second, there are no actual centralized galleries, instead, they are spread over several user accounts. -
Jc3711:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Rfrisbie's associated question is "out of order" in any case, as this MfD only deals with one subpage of
Wikipedia:Userboxes, and cannot be held as binding on the other pages. It is a decent
litmus test for the mood of the community, but trying to discern intentions behind people's keep/delete votes is done at peril. -- nae'
blis18:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Given the nature of this page, it might be seen as a "sacrificial lamb" as well. Considering
WP:GUS carries even less (or is it more?) weight for the mood of the community, I expect the results of this nomination will have an impact on userbox and directory editing behaviors beyond the scope of "Pets."
Rfrisbietalk18:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong Keep because even though the userboxes are in userspace, I see no reason to relegate their directory to several noncentralized, harder-to-find pages in userspace instead of using what we already have: a centralized directory in the Wikipedia namespace.
CameoAppearance15:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Wikipedia:Userboxes is not up for deletion here. A directory could still be possible, either in project space or userspace, and none of that is precluded by deleting this subpage of the old system. -- nae'
blis18:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Yes, but I see no reason to delete a subpage that relates to one particular topic; that'll just make it harder to locate the pet-related userboxes (which are decidedly non-controversial, unlike those that relate to beliefs, sexuality and other such things).
CameoAppearance05:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete,
WP:GUS works here. Of no evident encyclopaedic purpose, belongs in userspace or maybe a Wikiproject. We're not officially endorsing userboxes other than Babel and similar, and this directory goes against that.
Just zis Guy you know?15:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment: if userboxes are userfied, can there at least be a link to the appropriate userpage from the list of userboxes? Without such a link "userfied" userboxes would be impossible to find. —
DarkShikaritalk/contribs19:40, 10 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment I support userboxes that are relevant to a user's interests and attitudes. These are very marginal from that point of view.--
Runcorn21:41, 10 August 2006 (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.