Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Driverc/Draft of article

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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. kelapstick(bainuu) 14:25, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

User:Driverc/Draft of article


This is an older promotional version of James Fanstone. Besides not being written in an encyclopedic tone, it's redundant. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 15:19, 8 July 2015 (UTC)


 * History merge the first three versions with James Fanstone to correct the copy-paste mistake. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:47, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * There is no need to history merge because the mainspace article has been created by the same user as the draft, and no one else contributed any content, so there is no attribution issue. Apparently in situations like that the consensus is to delete the fragment. Copying within Wikipedia says "If the re-user is the sole contributor of the text at the other page, attribution is not necessary."  When I was a new editor I tagged some pages like this for history merging and had my hand slapped.&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 02:40, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The history merge is overkill, just like the request for deletion. Why not just redirect, producing a nearly identical situation has the page been moved, not copy-pasted?
 * Yes, in mainspace, a fragment left behind by a copy-paste, where there is no attribution issue, should be simply deleted (citing G6). However, userspace is not mainspace.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:51, 10 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as per WP:STALEDRAFT. No need for history merge as per User:Anne Delong. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 18:39, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:STALEDRAFT. — Bilorv(talk)(c)(e) 11:38, 1 August 2015 (UTC)


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