Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:J.nesta


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany 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 debate was Keep. — xaosflux  Talk  01:26, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

User:J.nesta
This user has made no main space contributions whatsoever and this page looks like a web profile page, which is not allowed. Seraphim Whipp 23:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC) Eδιτor ]] 23:51, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per WP:NOT, just a web profile in the userspace... Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 23:27, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete because this userpage is setup as a web profile. Just because the user has not edited anything else besides his userpage is not a reason to delete it in my opinion though.--SJP 01:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. What I meant by them having no mainspace contributions is that they're probably not here to edit wikipedia. I read somewhere (cannot remember where for the life of me) that it's good as a general rule of thumb, to see in the contribs if the user has made any mainspace contributions in their first 50 edits so you can detemine their intentions for being here. I didn't mean to make it sound like that was a deletion reason. Seraphim  Whipp 10:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * A user's contributions should be taken into account, IMO; if they're actually here to contribute, we should give them some leeway in their userspace. The user has made a few mainspace contribs in the past couple of days, so please give him the benefit of the doubt and encourage him to contribute, rather than biting him by nominating this page for deletion. WaltonOne 17:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You say if they're here to contribute but there was no evidence of that at all (until today where he made 1 mainspace edit). To be perfectly blunt, your tone hints that you think we're all trying to be deliberately bitey or something. I came across this user page, checked their contribs and noted it resembled (to me), a web profile. They have been here since the 2nd of June and had made no mainspace edits until today. If I see that someone has been here a couple of months (in this user's case, 4 months) and designed a web profile-looking page whilst making no mainspace edits, then I will question why someone is here. Are they here just to make a web profile to refer their friends to? That was my reasoning for nominating this page. No one is trying to be some sort of big bad here, and personally, I go out of my way to be nice to newbies or to help people out if I can. Seraphim  Whipp 01:08, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, I appreciate that you acted in good faith, and it's true that the user had made no mainspace contributions at the time of the nomination. However, as the user has begun to contribute, the circumstances have changed, and so I ask you to consider withdrawing the nom. WaltonOne 13:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I would be allowed to withdraw it at this stage as there have been nominations for keep and delete, however I will make my change of stance completely clear. Seraphim  Whipp 10:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a social networking site. Bart133 (t) (c) 19:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Please read my essay Editors matter. The section headed "Policy is not a trump card" is particularly relevant here. Rather than just reeling off references to policy pages, consider whether this deletion will actually benefit Wikipedia. It won't; indeed the deletion may harm Wikipedia by driving the user away. WaltonOne 17:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The relevant threshold for deletion in WP:USERPAGE is "Excessive personal information (more than a couple of pages) unrelated to Wikipedia." This page doesn't step over that line in my opinion. --Alksub 21:43, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep I don't see any reason to delete; it doesn't grossly violate any policies. I hope the user doesn't get scared off by this MfD. Acalamari 22:01, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep per Acalamari, per WP:BITE, and per the reasoning articulated in my essay Editors matter. Judging from his contributions, this user is starting to contribute to Wikipedia; threatening his userpage with deletion is a textbook case of biting a newbie. Unlike some, there's no evidence that this user is intending to abuse their userspace as a free webhost. WaltonOne 17:31, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Walton. We should only delete user pages when they contain excessive amounts of information totally unrelated to Wikipedia, and the user has not made any other contributions outside their own user space and is obviously not here to contribute to the project but to abuse Wikipedia as a free webhost. This userpage looks in no way excessive to me (it is a two-sentence description of the user, a sandbox, and some miscellaneous things), and the user has even made an edit to the article namespace today. Deleting this is not necessary at all, and would probably scare the user away.  Melsaran  (talk) 20:25, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - Per Walton and per Melsaran. -- [[User:The Random Editor| Тhε Rαnδom
 * Strong and Speedy Keep This is a user page. On top of that, it's a user page that doesn't violate any policy.  Digital Ninja  20:28, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. I am the original nominator for this deletion and my reasons for deletion were reasonable and in good faith, however, the situation has changed, making my original rationale for deletion invalid (i.e. editor designed a web-pofile and made no mainspace edits, which isn't allowed by WP:NOT but has now made some contributions, making this page a userpage as opposed to a web-profile). In line with the recent changes, I withdraw my delete vote inherent in the nomination, and change it to keep. Seraphim  Whipp 10:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, user has no actual contributions, Wikipedia is not your webhost.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  11:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Erm, the user does have mainspace contributions now, and there's no reason to assume that he's intentionally abusing his userspace as a webhost. WP:AGF. Also, note my reasoning in the essay Editors matter. WaltonOne 19:34, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * He has precisely one, which is a minor edit. I'm sure he's not intentionally abusing anything, but the fact remains that userpages are for people who are serious about editing the encyclopedia.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  09:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * ...I plan to make future edits. Or, to be more flowery, "contributions to Wikipedia", if you will.J.nesta 12:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * At this time, J.nesta has four edits outside his userspace, including an edit to this MfD. I'm just glad J.nesta hasn't been scared off. Acalamari 23:28, 18 September 2007 (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.