Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:MichaelHoward1/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. ✗ plicit  00:53, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

User:MichaelHoward1/sandbox

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Originally nominated for speedy deletion by @Bait30 under speedy deletion criterion G3 as a hoax. F ASTILY  00:44, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: WP:NOTALTHIST. This is an alternate history where the NDP gained more seats than Bloc Quebecois in the 2019 Canadian federal election.  Bait30   Talk 2 me pls? 03:35, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Bait30, Can you say more about the "alternate history"? Does is contain deliberate misleading false information?  If so, I agree to delete as alternate history content, even in a sandbox, is offensive to Wikipedia, dangerous to its reputation, and dangerous for misuse by an unsuspecting editor. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:09, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It's an Infobox election where all the vote counts and seat allocations (except for Green Party and People's Party) are wrong. It's not egregious as some of the other alt histories I come across, but the revision history shows incorrect 2017 New Zealand elections and there's also one where Andrew Scheer became Prime Minister of Canada in 2019. This makes the likelihood that this is just someone testing something quite low.  Bait30   Talk 2 me pls? 04:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per above SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:50, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete as Wikipedia is not for alternate history.  Robert McClenon (talk) 19:41, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - I will try to answer the question of User:SmokeyJoe, guessing at the intent of the author. It is not "deliberate misleading false information".  It is fiction presented as fact.  It is harmless speculation if the readers know that it is fiction presented as fact.  The potential harm is that not all readers know that it is fiction presented as fact.  This has been seen often enough at MFD in the past that I wrote an essay, Wikipedia is not for alternate history, that is being quoted.  The underlying policy is Wikipedia is not for web hosting even if it is understood to be fiction.  The only reason why it isn't hoax is that the audience knows, usually, that it is fiction presented as fact.  Robert McClenon (talk) 19:41, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - I will further comment that it appears that there were a substantial number of these that were initially tagged as G3, hoax, and that admin User:Fastily decided that it was better to send them to MFD than either to delete them or to decline the deletion. I agree with User:Fastily that the right action was to send them all to MFD.  Robert McClenon (talk) 19:41, 3 July 2021 (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.