Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:N


 * 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 speedy keep several hundred pages link to this one, and keeping redirected userpages after renaming is standard practice. seresin ( ¡? )  04:00, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

User:N
This page is unnecessary and serves as nothing more than a vanity page in addition to the usual userpage where it redirects to. -- Somnabot (talk) 00:48, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep redirects created in renaming of users is completely acceptable. Metros (talk) 00:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete What happens when a new user picks the username "n"? This page serves no purpose other than bloat. Somnabot (talk) 00:51, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No one will be able to pick "N" as their user name. It has been registered already.  Metros (talk) 00:54, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep Vanity? Hey, perhaps my vanity page should go too? – How do you turn this on (talk) 00:52, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete This is not a userpage, just a redirect to a userpage. See for yourself: click on the link if you have a second. Somnabot (talk) 00:54, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You've already made your vote. Could this have anything to do with this obviously pointy nom? – How do you turn this on (talk) 00:56, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, what How do you turn this on is linking to is a redirect page. Metros (talk) 00:57, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the re-vote, I'm a little out of practice. This isn't a pointy nom, I just don't see how having a second userpage is anything less than a Useless User subpage. Somnabot (talk) 01:08, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not a second userpage. – How do you turn this on (talk) 01:12, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Right, this is not a second user page. Let me see if I can break this down for you.  Let's say you decide you want to be known as User:Cheeto pants.  After you are renamed, your user page would automatically be moved to User:Cheeto pants and User:Somnabot would be a redirect to that page.  Every single link to User:Somnabot from the numerous times you've signed your name on talk pages would still say "Somnabot," but when you clicked on it, it'd take you through the redirect to your new user page.  If I came along and deleted User:Somnabot, all of the links in the past signatures would go absolutely no where.  They'd go to a blank page.  And that's why this redirect is needed: so that anything Nard the Bard signed in the past as User:N will go to his new page.  Metros (talk) 01:18, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * WTF. Speedy keep. I have a thousand signatures under my old name (15k edits total). They should point to my current name. -Nard 00:59, 27 October 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.