User:MSGJ/Dick

WP:DICK → meta:Don't be a dick

 * WP:DONTBEADICK → meta:Don't be a dick
 * and any other redirect to this "essay" on meta.

I think these redirects have had their day and are not appropriate anymore. It is with complete dismay whenever I see this page being linked to in a discussion, because it is never constructive. Without going into the violations of our core policies WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA, the latter policy (in a nutshell) says "comment on content, not on the contributor". It is extremely difficult, I believe, to quote this policy without directing it towards the contributor and hence implying a personal attack.

Tensions can run high at the best of times here on Wikipedia and we need to do all we can to encourage calm and civil dialogue. Having these redirects just encourages people to use them and fuel drama. Of course, we have no control over the target which resides on meta, but we can at least remove the redirects.

This discussion has been discussed multiple times previously (see below for details), usually resulting in a keep result. The closest it has got to being deleted seems to have been at a deletion review in July 2006, when the closer found that a majority favoured deletion, but decided there wasn't sufficient consensus to delete outright but opted instead to overturn the decision and relist. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:03, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Previous discussions have resulted in Keep. They can be found at
 * February 2005, MfD: Wikipedia:Miscellaneous deletion/Wikipedia:Don't be a dick
 * July 2006, MfD: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Don't be a dick
 * July 2006, DRV: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2006 July 30
 * August 2006, MfD: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Don't be a dick (second nomination)
 * October 2007, MfD: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Don't be a dick (3rd nomination)
 * November 2007, RfD: Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 October 31
 * January 2009, RfD: Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 January 20

Related discussions:
 * Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 March 31