Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Knoah/sandbox

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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. Spartaz Humbug! 20:49, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

User:Knoah/sandbox


Can't really figure out what this is, but at least it looks like a violation of some copyright guidelines, and etc. Drmies (talk) 23:15, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete for copyright reasons. The user has been using their sandbox to prepare expansions, but has not noted that they begin by importing text from the current article: see for example this edit importing from Zoo Interchange. This is a copyright violation insofar as it omits attribution, and the lack of edit summaries suggests they've omitted attribution every time. I've informed the user of the rules for copying within Wikipedia. If revisions can be found where there was attribution or they didn't start with an import, revision deletion would be enough; it's otherwise a perfectly reasonable use of the sandbox. Yngvadottir (talk) 12:09, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep as the problem can be fixed. Per WP:RIA, deletion is not the only option for pages with unattributed text from another page. It instead suggests that attribution may be added through a dummy edit. I suggest that this is used to fix the page, and on future edits I will know to attribute. Knoah [ User ][ Talk ] 17:41, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * What was the purpose of this page? I wouldn't have nominated it for deletion if it had had a clear purpose related to editing Wikipedia. Drmies (talk) 00:37, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * The purpose was to work on making edits to an article without causing damage to the article in the main namespace. As I was making numerous edits over a span of several months, each leaving the article in an obviously rough draft state, I knew it would be disruptive to do it in the main namespace. A sandbox is supposed to be a safe place for me to do this. Once the draft was completed, I was going to make the changes to the article in the main namespace. Knoah [ User ][ Talk ] 03:03, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - The author is willing now to take proper measures to provide attribution, but was just going along and preparing this until it was flagged. This seems to imply a view that copyright rules are to be followed when convenient.  At this point, deleting the draft is less punitive than sanctioning the user.  Robert McClenon (talk) 20:32, 19 August 2018 (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.