Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Lhs250/Sample

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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 keep. JohnCD (talk) 22:45, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

User:Lhs250/Sample


Test editing - sole contribition this acct. Of no value but The speedy for test pages only applies to mainspace. Legacypac (talk) 02:24, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - there is no conceivable benefit from deleting test pages. Even in terms of server space (which is very, very far from being in short supply), the test page is retained even after deletion, and this nomination takes up extra server space as well. It's not tagged as a draft, and it doesn't resemble an article. Best to just ignore this sort of thing. A2soup (talk) 06:48, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Userspace is the appropriate place for such testing.  NB. The nominator mis-states the restrictions for CSD#G2, and seems to misunderstand that CSD exclusions of userspace are there for good reason.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:13, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

They are not a user - they made 1 edit. A Keep vote implies this has value to the project and is headed to mainspace. Legacypac (talk) 18:23, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * A user is anyone who uses this website, including people who never make any edits at all. Furthermore, I have lots of subpages that aren't ever going to head to mainspace, including one that exists solely for testing various bits of editing, and none of them are eligible for deletion.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:51, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * And you are an active editor-contributor, unlike Lhs250 and presumably your test pages are somehow of benefit to the project. Legacypac (talk) 02:35, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Does the deletion policy actually have different rules for currently active editors and people who haven't edited for a while? While we can guarantee that all editors will eventually fail to return, have we actually codified a rule that says "leave my long-ignored drafts alone because I edited this month, but delete your pages because you haven't"?  WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:52, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * WP:STALE shows that WP:UP does at least. There's MFD discussions going back to 2008 which indicate a consensus here for deletion after a period of non-activity which indicates abandonment of the draft itself. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:30, 2 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete. This isn't a draft article but more like testing about how to format and create a draft article. It's barely more than the default Article Wizard text which consensus supports deleting if the editor is no longer active here. Secondarily, I'd support replacing with template:user sandbox and moving on. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:30, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Before proposing to delete pages in other people's userspace, please look at the instructions for Miscellany for Deletion under the section "Deleting pages in other people's userspace." Deleting sections of other people's pages contributes to driving away editors. It should only be done with good reason. You should always start by explaining your concerns on the user's talk page with a personal note. That was not done here. In addition, problematic userspace material is often addressed by the User pages guidelines including in some cases removal by any user or tagging to clarify the content or to prevent external search engine indexing. That was not done here. Finally, Note that we do not delete user subpages merely to "clean up" userspace. Please only nominate pages that are problematic under our guidelines. There is no guideline prohibiting this sort of harmless test page. If you think there is a guideline against userspace test pages, please cite to it. I've been an editor for 10 years and never heard of any such thing. This proposed deletion is syptomatic of misguided efforts to "clean up" other people's userspaces -- efforts that are in direct conflict with the MFD rules.Fagles (talk) 00:31, 3 March 2016 (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.