Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:KeithTyler/Resume


 * 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 keep –Juliancolton Tropical  Cyclone  17:28, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

User:KeithTyler/Resume
Is a resume, violates WP:UP. Elucidate ( light up ) 22:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Sort of a generic, pat assertion; can you be more specific? - Keith D. Tyler &para; 22:48, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Most gladly. "What may I not have on my user page? ... Extensive self-promotional material that is unrelated to your activities as a Wikipedian." Does this elucidate the matter for you? (No pun intended.) Elucidate ( light up ) 22:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think a CV, located on its own subpage, is "extensive". "Promotional" is reaching. As for "unrelated to your activities as a Wikipedian", well, I'd say one's vocational and avocational interests and experiences are relevant to their background, which can provide perspective and context to their contributions to Wikipedia. (One obvious example is that my attendance at Northeastern University has relevance to my contributions to Northeastern University.) Otherwise, it would be "promotional" and "unrelated" to say things like "I have a Ph.D. in psychology" or "I work for Microsoft" or even "I live in Seattle" on your UP.
 * The Wikipedia community is generally tolerant and offers fairly wide latitude in applying these guidelines to regular participants. Particularly, community-building activities that are not strictly "on topic" may be allowed, especially when initiated by committed Wikipedians with good edit histories. At their best, such activities help us to build the community, and this helps to build the encyclopedia. But at the same time, if user page activity becomes disruptive to the community or gets in the way of the task of building an encyclopedia, it must be modified to prevent disruption.
 * Above from further down the page of UP:NOT. The overarching philosophy of UP has always been to grant latitude to users in User: space, and to intervene when it becomes disruptive. But even still, the whole point of User: space is for users to describe and identify themselves and their backgrounds. I don't think you've shown how one's CV/resume in UP is disruptive, or even that it exceeds the very purpose of userspace. - Keith D. Tyler &para; 00:24, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Above from further down the page of UP:NOT. The overarching philosophy of UP has always been to grant latitude to users in User: space, and to intervene when it becomes disruptive. But even still, the whole point of User: space is for users to describe and identify themselves and their backgrounds. I don't think you've shown how one's CV/resume in UP is disruptive, or even that it exceeds the very purpose of userspace. - Keith D. Tyler &para; 00:24, 7 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Does not go past the couple of pages allowed in the guidelines cited. Editor is not a person just using this as webhost. Collect (talk) 00:59, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - per Collect's reasons, it is not violating WP:UP, yet.--Truco 01:13, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep User is regular contributor, so he's already given more leeway than someone who writes this as their first and only edit. Furthermore, this resume helps to establish the user's interests and abilities which is relevant to writing for Wikipedia. - Mgm|(talk) 13:33, 7 January 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.