Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Coutzy/Video Game Amazing Race




 * 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 something lame from CBW 21:22, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

User:Coutzy/Video Game Amazing Race
Delete Per WP:NOTWEBHOST. User using userspace to host "fan fiction written by Coutzy". User's only edits on Wikipedia were to this page, and has been absent. User's been absent for months, continues to be edited by anon IP (as recently as 28 December 2009). --Hammersoft (talk) 15:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete eventually - last edit on the fanfic was the 28th of December; though this content should not reside at Wikipedia, perhaps we should give this user a chance to copy the content to a real web host or his own computer? ...but what do you think? ~B F izz 16:05, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep for now - This is a radical stance for me to take, but I get the impression that IP users, or users who have just joined Wikipedia, aren't necessarily aware that their userspace isn't to be used as a webhost. At some point, the lead writer of this fanfic should be notified that Wikipedia can't be used as a place to post fanfic, so they can take the appropriate action with moving it to an external source. Deleting it outright without said notification seems like a maneuver with more detrimental than beneficial qualities.--WaltCip (talk) 23:31, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Notification comes in the form of the whopping big header on the file right now. Can't be missed, and whoever the person is they have a week to do something about it. --Hammersoft (talk) 03:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've posted messages on User Talk:Coutzy and User Talk:220.245.133.192, to increase the probability that this user understands the situation. ...but what do you think? ~B F izz 19:16, 23 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete after notification If the user has been active editing it, give them a week or so to save it. Miami33139 (talk) 02:44, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete this "game show user page" thing has been an ongoing problem for some time now. I can't say I understand it, but it is obviously not appropriate content, and every single case of it I have ever seen is from a user like this who has done nothing on Wikipedia but edit their game show page. Leave them a link to WP:OUT and provide them with a copy by email if they ask, but get this off of Wikipedia. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:05, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Coutzy here, I was under the impression that if one was to create a vanity page (Which this is intended to be, after all, it is entirely for my own self promotion.) It was to go on their userpage. I've saved the page onto my PC, do what you will with it, but perhaps the powers that be should investigate some sort of size limit on user pages if they believe pages similar to mine are becoming a problem? For the record, the anon IP is my IP, I just haven't bothered to log in when editing my stuff half the time.Coutzy (talk) 04:21, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear that you were able to save your content. According to WP:NOTWEBHOST, "Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they may be used only to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia." (emphasis mine). Also, WP:User page states that "Generally, you should avoid substantial content on your user page that is unrelated to Wikipedia." It's not an issue of space on Wikipedia servers, but rather, its an issue of what Wikipedia is and what it is not. Userpages are for helping Wikipedians coordinate and explain their work at Wikipedia. It's also worth noting that there is no elite group of editors at Wikipedia that decides these things, rather, policy is decided by the community at large via consensus. ...but what do you think? ~B F izz 05:17, 24 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - User has received proper notification and has taken action on backing up userspace data.--WaltCip (talk) 06:56, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, Wikipedia isn't a free webhost for anything except encyclopedia articles. Nyttend (talk) 00:40, 28 January 2010 (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.