Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Anatolga/TeddyAndHisPatches

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 * 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  Redirect to Teddy and His Patches. Editors can review whether there is any content worth merging and attribute it properly. There is no policy reason to keep a version in userspace when another version exists in mainspace. Ricky81682 (talk) 23:47, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

User:Anatolga/TeddyAndHisPatches


Another non-notable band page - a prohibited use of userspace (NOTAWEBHOST violation). Legacypac (talk) 06:52, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Unsigned comment added to the talk pages says "I don't agree they are "non-notable". They were featured on Warner Bros. Records' Psychedelic 40 Collection along with other influential bands of the 1960s. They may have only had 1 hit, but this isn't some garage band either. There are references to articles and, if read, will show they indeed have influence in the psychedelic-rock genre. The truth is, I had intended to include much more on this page, but have not yet done so. If there's a way to mark this page as non-public (which I thought I did) while it's worked on, I'll do that.".

My response: If someone is actually working on it and notability can be shown, that is great, but we don't allow pages to hosted indefenately where no path to mainspace exists. Legacypac (talk) 21:33, 8 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep, obviously. The user whose userspace the draft is in asks you to not delete the draft, points out that there are references literally on the page, says they intend to work on it, and you still want to delete it? Goodness, MfD has gotten out of hand while I was away. A2soup (talk) 04:28, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Additionally, this case is a good example of why non-problematic stale userspace drafts should not be deleted. The editor has not made any edits since 2010, hasn't edited anything but this draft, and yet was fortuitously around to say that they still intend to work on their unfinished draft. What if they hadn't checked Wikipedia this week and the page had been deleted? There's a potential contributor thoroughly bitten - and for what benefit? A2soup (talk) 04:31, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

More likely they have email notifocation enabled. After 6 years of inactivity I doubt they will really work on it, but hey maybe. The unicorn user that comes back can always request undeletion, but in the mean time we will continue clearing non notable bands and other nonsense from userspace like has been done since the start of wikipedia. Legacypac (talk) 04:55, 9 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Merge and Redirect as it turns out there is already a page for Teddy and His Patches. The long absent editor is welcome to go edit that page and this one is redundant. I've already copied over the three external links and will create a redirect at Teddy & His Patches which is how the page refers to them, causing me to not find the mainspace page earlier. Legacypac (talk) 05:09, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Re "causing me to not find the mainspace page earlier" - Google is nice to do before declaring something non-notable in a deletion nom. Thanks for changing your recommendation from delete. A2soup (talk) 05:12, 9 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Merge and Redirect per the above. The draft is redundant to the article (in terms of subject; I haven't evaluated content to see if there's anything worth merging). ~ RobTalk 11:25, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep (in some form) per A2soup. — Godsy (TALK CONT ) 03:28, 10 May 2016 (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.