Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ranilplus/Maliyadeva Scout Group

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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. BencherliteTalk 00:49, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

User:Ranilplus/Maliyadeva Scout Group


This is a recreation of a page deleted as a result of Articles for deletion/Maliyadeva Scout Group in July 2009. It was discussed at Miscellany for deletion/Maliyadeva Scout Group (which was wrongly titled: it should have been Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ranilplus/Maliyadeva Scout Group). The result was "keep", with one editor saying "Give him some time to try. If this hasn't gone anywhere in a few months, then delete". That was perfectly reasonable at the time, but the "few months" have become a few years, with no sign of any attempt to prepare it for user space. The userpage guideline is perfectly clear on this: WP:FAKEARTICLE says "Userspace is not a free web host and should not be used to indefinitely host pages that look like articles, old revisions, or deleted content..." which is exactky what this page is being used for. It is long past the time when userfication might have seemed like a short-term measure to prepare for return to mainspace. The page has repeatedly been edited over the years by several IPs, in ways which look nothing like attempts to address the reasons for deletion, but exactly like keeping up to date a page which is being hosted on Wikipedia for the scout group in question. Wikipedia is not a free web host. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:51, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Looking back at the page, I see that it is also unambiguously promotional. For example, we have "So the great name of Mr. Sampath Ranawaka and the excellent features of the exploratory competition will bring enlightenment to each and every are of the lief of scouting forever and ever in the years to come." JamesBWatson (talk) 09:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. The original article was deleted and kept deleted after several attempts to recreate it. Individual Scout Groups/Troops/Units are very rarely notable and this one looks no way near getting notable. Nothing has been done on it recently to alter that, so delete it. It could be moved to the Scout Wiki. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  11:23, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - We can't host these drafts indefinitely. Achowat (talk) 19:20, 16 May 2012 (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.