Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Donnola 3/signature

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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:  delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:55, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

User:Donnola 3/signature

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User signature template that the user refuses to stop using. As I have told, per WP:SIG, signature templates are expressly forbidden. The template was overwritten with warning text when blocked him and now appears all over Donnola 3's talk page. Despite requests and the warning text in the template, Donnola 3 refuses to stop using it. He has even tried to deny that it is a template, which it obviously is. Since the editor refuses to stop using a forbidden template, deletion and salting seems appropriate.  Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 13:16, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - I was reviewing the history of this user, and what I found got uglier and messier, as the account has been globally locked by stewards for various matters including using this template as a signature and vandalizing the French Wikipedia. The conduct issues have been dealt with effectively.  Just delete all of the content.  Robert McClenon (talk) 20:14, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment - I think that the Global Lock should accomplish as much as User:AussieLegend was asking with SALT. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:16, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt. This is a template in practice (despite not being in the namespace for them), and is thus a clear violation of the guideline on signatures. Letting it continue existing will only open the door to more disruption by the creator, whose conduct has already been enough for a global lock. To Donnola 3: if your account is unlocked at some point, please use Special:Preferences instead of this to customise your signature. Glades12 (talk) 13:22, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete — Subst'ing is allowed if it is not used to exceed the 255-byte limit; my sig uses one of these. Unforutnately, this one was 513 bytes and cannot be reduced below 255 bytes without significantly affecting its appearance. Also, it has red text on a green background, making it unreadable for color-blind users. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 22:10, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

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 Donnola 3 ( talk  |  contribs )     29 July 2020 (UTC) nbsp;


 * MfD should not be used for behavioural issues like this. The user should be warned, then reported, then blocked. However, I agree that a template like this that can not be used without violating policy probably should be deleted. As a template, and not a userbox, it should go to WP:TfD. The TfD regulars are much more conversant on technical stuff and could well come up with a non-confrontational solution. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:33, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The user has been warned, reported and blocked. Twinkle selected MfD as the venue so here it is. There is no "technical stuff" that needs to be addressed, this is simply the case of a prohibited template in user space and there is no solution other than deletion because the editor insists on using it as his signature. As it stands now, the page isn't really a template any more as replaced it with signature text which the editor is quite strangely continuing to transclude as his signature. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 05:38, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I tried to follow the history. If the editor is blocked, how come the editor is still using it?  —SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:39, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * He's obviously not using it now but prior to his talk page access being revoked he was still using it on his talkpage even though the text had been altered by an admin. When I asked him to stop using it he refused. His statements are rather bizarre. He has claimed that he wasn't using a template for a signature, which he was, and then that templates are allowed, which they're not. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 07:59, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Twinkle offers all userspace pages default XfD selected to MfD, but you can change the selection. However, this is nothing to get excited about. Having read the history, I didn’t get the sense that the editor was open to suggestions. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:44, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should never be used. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:45, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete If I have to adjust the brightness on my screen to see your username, then it's not in compliance. Sulfurboy (talk) 06:01, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
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