Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Allan Peterkin


 * 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. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 12:25, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

User:Allan Peterkin
Personal biography; no assertion of notability. User's only contribution. Wikipedia is not a Web host. —Bkell (talk) 05:40, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Users do not have to be notable. Wikipedians can put a biography on their own user page if they want to.  This user may contribute something useful at a later point. The page is harmless according to attack policy. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I am not claiming it is an attack. I am saying that user pages are meant to facilitate the building of an encyclopedia, not to be personal Web pages. This user has contributed nothing to the encyclopedia and does not seem especially likely to do so in the future. —Bkell (talk) 19:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - Wikipedia is not a webhost. Mr.Z-man 23:18, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. User pages containing user profiles are totally acceptable when the user's participating in article writing. This user's had nearly six months to contribute, though, and they haven't - hoping that "this user may contribute something useful at a later point" is pure wishful thinking. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 08:07, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Six months is not much. My oldest online account is turning ten in a few weeks, and a board I used to frequent early this decade has come back from years of downtime. Maybe an attempt at [mailto:adpeterkin@adpeterkin.com communication] with Prof. Peterkin should be made before risking alienating a potentially valuable contributor? Paradoctor (talk) 10:30, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * A board which you "used to frequent", yes. However, there's absolutely no evidence that the professor has ever "frequented" the encyclopedia. All we have is that he posted his biography here six months ago - at this rate, there's a significant chance that he doesn't even remember his password for this account anymore. What we have here is a lack of engagement. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 08:06, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * A: The point of my comment is that such a decision after six months is premature. I just conducted an informal, very short survey by picking the most recent human non-IP user from the history of a few random pages. Even though this sample is heavily biased towards prolific contributors, activity lulls on the order of months were the rule, rather the exception. Considering that there are 9 million user accounts, six months prove nothing. Take a look at Freechild's edit counter to see what I mean. B: Lack of engagement? This seems to be a deletion policy I was not aware of. C: I mailed him. This should have been done before MfD. Paradoctor (talk) 20:11, 20 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Per Zetawoof.-- SKATER  T. 12:53, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per Zetawoof. -  F ASTILY  (T ALK ) 05:19, 22 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.