Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Fisher 81/Sandbox/Guitar Hero: Linkin Park




 * 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. --Killiondude (talk) 05:38, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

User:Fisher 81/Sandbox/Guitar Hero: Linkin Park
This user subpage consists of an article on a nonexistent game. The game in question, Guitar Hero: Linkin Park, has not been announced by any publisher as a future release and as far as I can ascertain the article is a work of fiction (I've prodded the main space version of this article as a hoax). Suggest deletion as hosting hoax articles written and presented as though they were real articles is not an appropriate use of a user subpage. --Muchness (talk) 01:36, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete: When I first saw this, I was of the opinion that such pages in a user's sandbox are harmless. However, my mind is now changed on account of the following:
 * The publishing of this article in mainspace - admittedly not by Fisher 81, unless there is some socking going on, but I am willing to assume good faith on his/her part. If this is likely to recur we're better off removing the page entirely.
 * Other than it's location in userspace, no clear indication is made that the article is not genuine, which may cause confusion and damage the reputation of Wikipedia, as seen here. I once saw a user subpage with the boilerplate text: "This is not a real encyclopaedia article, even thought it is designed to resemble one...", but I can't remember where it was.  If such a template was to be added to this page, I might be less inclined to move for deletion. But, on account of point 1, I'm not sure how strongly I would be swayed.
 *  Doktor Mandrake  02:07, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete: if you google:Guitar Hero: Linkin Park, most of the hits you find will contain links to this user page, by people apparently believing it to be a real article. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 14:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete A misleading 'article', for a non-existant game. --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 17:19, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I had no part in the posting of this article to the mainspace. I created the article for multiple reasons: 1) For self amusement. 2) To develop my skills and abilities to create and edit articles.


 * The present article's purpose has been served, and I have no use for it anymore. If it can not be marked that the article 'is a user page created strictly for skill-development purposes', then I support the deleting of the article and will do so myself if requested. Fisher 81 (talk) 22:52, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Above comment by Fisher 81 copied from talk page to here.  Doktor Mandrake  10:55, 9 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment You could use Template:Userpage, but whether that would be enough to justify keeping this, I don't know. --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 11:01, 9 October 2009 (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.