Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Michael ortiz

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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 Deleted by Tanthalas39, NAC. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 15:45, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

User:Michael ortiz
Blatant violation of WP:WEBHOST. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 22:30, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - nothing more than an obituary written in user space. Per nom, violates WP:WEBHOST. &mdash; Ledgend  Gamer  22:36, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. I am presuming that this "user" is not J. Michael Ortiz/http://aero.caltech.edu/~ortiz/.  WP:NOTMEMORIAL doesn't apply to userspace as a matter of policy, but userpages are only for wikipedians.  Advise interested participants to read Alternative outlets.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:31, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My condolences to the friends and family of the deceased. However, Wikipedia is not the place to memorialize deceased friends, relatives, or acquaintances. Delete per the user page guideline and WP:NOT, which notes that user pages exist to facilitate encyclopedic collaboration between editors. –B LACK F ALCON  (T ALK ) 04:37, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. One day is not precisely a problem for a short item here. Let's give it a month at least, out of common decency.  And userspace is not quite as circumscribed in usage as some would wish by practice -- else 90%+ of userspace material could be deleted .  "not memorial" refers to mainspace only, many deceased folks get mentioned in userspace, and, IPOF, there is a WP list of "deceased Wikipedians" which rather proves that point.  BTW, the UT link here is a redlink, making it impossible for anyone to reach this discussion from that page. Collect (talk) 11:28, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it would be OK for a wikipedian to talk about deceased (or otherwise) acquaintances in userspace, and maybe even make specific subpages, but it is not OK to create an account in the name of a deceased person. Either this is a simple newbie NOTWEBHOST issue, or the person who made the page should put it in their own userspace.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:54, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete', per SmokeyJoe. Stifle (talk) 13:06, 7 June 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 article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.