Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Lobotomyrules


 * 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 debate was Delete. This was borderline, as this is the only substantial contribution from this user and not otherwise related to the project, there deletion arguments have merit. This closing should not be taken as precedent that any user page with trivia on it should necessarily be deleted. — xaosflux  Talk  17:20, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

User:Lobotomyrules
Not really appropriate content for a userpage. Wikipedia is not a blog, nor a free webhost. Ironholds 22:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. I'm pretty sure hosting lists of random trivia is not what userspace is for. Terraxos (talk) 00:08, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. If this were an actual user's page, I'd say keep.  But after looking through the user's contribs, its a safe bet to say this is simply being used as a webhost.  5:15 00:34, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, and 5:15 Carter | Talk to me 18:00, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete — Wikipedia is not a free web host service. macy talk 19:12, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Per nom and above comment. StewieGriffin!  &bull; Talk Sign 19:37, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sorry to be the weirdo here, but the page has that certain je ne sais quoi which I've long associated with reference works.  — Athaenara  ✉  06:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per reasons stated above. Wikipedia is not myspace or a free webhost. -- Mizu onna sango15 / 水 女 珊瑚15  07:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The collection of such snippets is well within what's allowed in userspace, and so it certainly should be.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:09, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * This nomination violates Please do not bite the newcomers. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:12, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It's been there for a month, and so's he. Please get your facts right before you accuse me of violating WP:BITE or any other wiki-policy. Iron</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 13:14, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I am not sure of your point. The content is suitable to stay forever.  One month is a newcomer.  One year can still be a newcomer.  WP:BITE is not policy, but it is my opinion that in nominating this userpage (noting the WP:BITE ntushell) you could be perceived as being hostile toward the user newcomers and as havign failed to approach them in a polite manner.  You may disagree, but this is how I see it.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * You are perfectly entitled to your opinion, as is he. I simply 1) think it is a complete waste of userspace and violates WP:UP (see "Generally, you should avoid substantial content on your user page that is unrelated to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a general hosting service, so your user page is not a personal homepage."). If he had actually contributed to wikipedia i'd ask him nicely, yes, but a month of doing nothing and not even replying to the MfD comment suggests he's already left. <b style="color:#D3D3D3">Ir</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">on</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 13:39, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * As per WP:UP "The best option is to draw their attention to the matter on their talk page and let them edit their user page themselves if they agree on a need to do so." MfD templates are not very personable.  Assuming that users who don't log in for a month or two are not going to come back is not a very tolerant minimum standard.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not just "not logging on for a month or two". A user who contributes and then vanishes is totally different from this situation; a user who creates a random trivia page and then immediately stops editing, especially when that users only previous contributions were to vandalise User:Thirdgrade0015's userpage. <b style="color:#D3D3D3">Ir</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">on</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 13:55, 19 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete A collection of random facts, by an editor that has not made any contributions to any article. User pages for anyone that registers an account are not a god-given right, and deleting a useless page rom an inactive account that has never done a useful edit is not censorship. --Enric Naval (talk) 03:26, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Blank per WP:BITE. -- Ned Scott 06:24, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * How does blanking enforce WP:BITE? do you mean as a nicer alternative to deleting? <b style="color:#D3D3D3">Ir</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">on</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 10:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. The user has 5 edits. One of these is making this page, and four are MySpace-like edits with User:Thirdgrade0015. It isn't really biting newcomers to delete this page. Bart133 (t) (c) 00:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Also see WP:NOT. There are many free wiki farms on which this user could host this trivia, as well as MySpace-like conversations with his/her friends. It's one thing if a user hosts some trivia on their userpage while contributing. It's another thing if a user creates a page only to host trivia. Bart133 (t) (c) 00:36, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Blank - seems like a new user and Ned Scott has a point about it being a nicer alternative to deletion. If the editor returns the same content to the page without making further contributions to the project, then the page should be deleted.  Jaakobou <sup style="color:#1F860E;">Chalk Talk  08:45, 21 June 2008 (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.