Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Fyksland pages


 * 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.  

The result of the discussion was delete all--Aervanath (talk) 06:10, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Fyksland pages

 * User:Kvasir/Fyksland
 * User:Kvasir/Fyksian passport
 * User:Kvasir/Fyksian language
 * User:Kvasir/Fyksian nationality law
 * User:Kvasir/Fyksian kron
 * User:Kvasir/Church of Fyksland

Kvasir has created several user pages which provide "information" about a fictional country the user created called "Fyksland". The pages are direct (outdated) copies of various Wikipedia articles (e.g. Finland) with the subject word changed (in some places), so the pages themselves are easily mistaken for encyclopedic content; in addition, content that has been removed from current editions of the real WP articles still shows up in Google searches thanks to these pages. Delete per WP:UP. -- Gump Stump (talk) 00:16, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:UP, copies of old Wiki articles. G3 maybe? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 11:23, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep with a condition. When TenPoundHammer cites WP:UP as a reason for deletion, he's forgetting that this only applies to the userpage itself, and not its subpages. Users can generally do whatever they like in subpages is the feeling I'm getting here. If you're really that worried about getting them mixed up with Finland, etc., maybe suggest that Kvasir adds a Template:Humor tag to the page. Just my thoughts. JulieSpaulding (talk) 17:49, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - additionally Gump Stump, User:Ned Scott has a copy of the hoax page Upper Peninsula War on his userspace and this has been there for ages, unchallenged. It does have a humor tag at the top, though. JulieSpaulding (talk) 17:52, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - JulieSpaulding, I've read through WP:UP, which is why I listed these subpages here. Your statement seems at odds with what the guidelines say--if the "feeling" around here is different from what WP:UP says (I don't know, I haven't read a lot of MfD discussions) then maybe the pages should just be tagged with or  (and the guidelines made more explicit) instead of deleting them? Oh, and I can't resist adding that just because something is unchallenged doesn't necessarily mean it would survive a challenge! Cheers, - Gump Stump (talk) 21:25, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Hi Gump Stump, I agree that your suggestion is probably right, and rather than deletion a userpage or humor tag should be added. JulieSpaulding (talk) 06:32, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Our rules apply to subpages, though they can be interpreted more loosely, being much less visible.  Upper Peninsula War is a unique exception,  kept with the special justification of being a masterpiece. It survived a deletion review on 5 September 2007, after most similar pages had been deleted.  DGG (talk) 05:33, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - this is not what userspace is for. Robofish (talk) 04:45, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is fundamentally at odds with the purpose of an encyclopedia to deliberately host misinformation. The user page guideline and WP:NOT policy applies not just to user pages but to all pages in userspace. –B LACK F ALCON  (T ALK ) 05:46, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 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.