Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Davepape/DMS417

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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The result of the discussion was Withdrawn - non-admin closure  Netalarm talk 22:47, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

User:Davepape/DMS417
Wikipedia is not a free web host. There are better places to create class projects. NOTWEBHOST — Preceding unsigned comment added by Netalarm (talk • contribs) 00:18, September 14, 2010


 * Delete WP:NOTWEBHOST.  Hi 8 7 8   (Come shout at me!) 00:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: It's entirely appropriate to have class projects in userspace when the class project is to improve Wikipedia. Buddy431 (talk) 00:49, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * No, as stated on the page linked above "If you are interested in using the wiki technology for a collaborative effort on something else, even if it is just a single page, there are many free and commercial sites that provide wiki hosting." Wikipedia is not to be used as a freehost for any reason. Netalarm talk 01:05, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah if this was for "something else", then fine, delete it. But it's not for "something" else; it's FOR IMPROVING WIKIPEDIA.  That's what userspace is for; to help users collaborate and improve Wikipedia.  This userpage is probably doing more to that end than anyone's userpage who comments here at MFD, and we ourselves keep our own userpages.  Frankly, this nomination seems ridiculous - if our user pages aren't to help collaborate to improve Wikipedia, what are they for?  Display a mindless wall of userboxes for others to read when they have nothing better to do? Buddy431 (talk) 02:48, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The page has a calendar for a class. The page has a list of assignments. It's not a general guide to students on how to contribute, it's a class calendar. I mean, it's being used to organize a media class, which just so happens to include Wikipedia editing. Sure, I would support keeping the page if it had detailed guides on how to contribute, but it's just a calendar for a class which can easily be hosted elsewhere (not to mention hosting it elsewhere would give the teacher greater freedom). + It encourages conflict of interest editing, check the bottom part of the page. Netalarm talk 21:35, 14 September 2010 (UTC)


 * It's the organizational page for my 2008 UB course "Wiki Media", created to point students to readings about Wikipedia and to help track their contributions. I only place Wikipedia-related course pages here under my user page; all others are on my personal site or university servers. --dave pape (talk) 03:29, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * keep pages that help improve wikipedia. Key phrase you've overlooked in nominating this is something else. Bigger digger (talk) 03:48, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * keep per above discussion, page nominated on wrong premises. __meco (talk) 07:53, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Using userpages to get students acquainted with Wikipedia seems like a good use of userspace to me. -- Mdd (talk) 16:06, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * This page isn't being used to get students acquainted with Wikipedia. I mean, if it was a guide for students on how to edit Wikipedia, of course we wouldn't delete it. However, this is a calendar for a class. It includes homework, assignments, a list of students, etc. In short, this is a page that's being used to organize a class. Furthermore, there are better places to host calendars/assignments. Netalarm talk 21:26, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I'm withdrawing this nomination after I looked into global contributions and spent more time reviewing the contributions made by the author. Sorry for any trouble I may have caused. I've also looked into the course information, and now I do believe this page does fit within our guidelines. Once again, sorry about this one. Netalarm talk 22:07, 14 September 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.