Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WikiHangman Tournament

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. Sjakkalle 11:36, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

WikiHangman_Tournament
Wikipedia is not a game server. This is a neat idea community-building, de-stressing idea, but that can and should happen on a fun-and-games WikiCity. The Wikipedia: namespace is intended for instructions, advice, policy, and related discussions. Unrelated items simply become clutter here. -- Beland 02:51, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: and what about the department of fun?  &rarr;I&ntilde;g&#333;lemo&larr;   talk  03:04, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
 * Userfy. Harmless. -- BD2412 talk 03:07, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
 * Keep. How irritating. If no one else is interested after about a week, I will happily move to my userspace. Demi T/C 03:46, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
 * Keep, community-building is a major goal of the wikipedia namespace. --Gmaxwell 03:46, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, community-building is important. Linuxbeak | Desk 04:09, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - I respect Beland's principles, but I think a little clutter is okay. FreplySpang (talk) 04:29, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is part of WP:FUN, part of the community-building programs at Wikipedia. Beland, if you have an issue with this, please contribute to the relative talk pages, not VFD. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:51, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I respectfully dissent with the above. Delete, I don't see how this advances encyclopedia-writing. Gazpacho 05:08, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * From WP:NOT: "Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community." (emphasis added) Gazpacho
 * Comment surely wikipedia is an encyclopaedia first and foremost and not a free hosting site for peoples wikigames? No vote on these. I dont disagree that community building is a good thing. Megan1967 06:55, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to userspace.  &rarr;I&ntilde;g&#333;lemo&larr;   talk  07:26, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
 * "No Kill I" -- this probably deserves to be somewhere, but as probably not as an encyclopaedia article. Surely some-wiki takes these on, and a link can be subbed in --Simon Cursitor 07:39, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. From the top of the Community Portal - "Together we are building an encyclopedia and a wiki community." --the wub (talk) 08:18, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- harmless fun. We're allowed to have that here, aren't we? - Longhair | Talk 08:57, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Absolutely you're allowed to have fun and to hang out, but you should use Wikipedia's systems for encyclopedia writing, and other systems for other activites. Article collaborations are an example of having fun while advancing project goals. This is not. Gazpacho 22:42, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm sorry, but this is an encyclopedia first, and a community second. -- Scimitar
 * Transwiki to Meta - Keep the project space on Wikipedia for the encyclopedia project and move community-building activities to Meta. Besides, maybe some members from other project might want to get involved. -- Netoholic @ 15:45, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
 * Keep -- AlexR 16:21, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep of course - Beland lighten up (again) Brookie: A collector of little brown things 20:13, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, and stop making VfD pages for each different tournament. Sholtar 19:10, May 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.