Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Rhobite/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 Keep, reset sandbox. — xaosflux  Talk 23:50, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

User:Rhobite/sandbox


February 2006 test consisting of the lede from Wal-Mart. Ricky81682 (talk) 00:13, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete It's unlikely the author will return plus the page in the sandbox is so outdated that even if they did return, it's unlikely that it will be useful.  Fei noh a   Talk 14:49, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Blank - Do we really want to delete someone's main sandbox (which is provided default by Wikipedia as a "scratch space") because we think that what they put in it is pointless? Not problematic but pointless? No indication this is even intended as a draft - it's just scratch work. Deleting would serve no purpose, provide no benefit, and possibly alienate an editor who made helpful and productive edits over a 4-year period (Jan 2009 - Oct 2013). if they were to return and ask you "Why did you delete my sandbox?", what would you say? A2soup (talk) 22:11, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Because you didn't touch it for a decade, because there's currently a version in mainspace, because people had to remove non-free images that aren't supposed to be on this page, and so if you want to create a sandbox and test edit, go ahead but don't create copies of articles that already exist using non-free images in them? I don't know what forums you go to elsewhere on the internet but if I found out that my livejournal page I created ten years ago was deleted after I left for five years, and came around complaining that they "alienated" me because they deleted it (and yet where I can ask for it to be restored), I'd sound ridiculous. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 22:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I would concur with other commenters that blanking is a much better solution to these problems than deletion. Blanking preserves the scratch work, reduces the maintenance to zero, and saves time by making discussions like these unnecessary. Deletion only accomplishes one of those things. A2soup (talk) 17:59, 3 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Blank Since this is the user's main sandbox, I would prefer blanking over deletion. clpo13(talk) 23:24, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Blank and add Sandbox notice atop the page. North America1000 23:54, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Blank I've been in the habit of blanking sandbox pages, but deletion is fine. No one expects to find their 10 year old copy of Walmart waitimg for them if they come back. These pages just create work for active editors to manage images, vandalism, links etc on. Legacypac (talk) 07:02, 3 April 2016 (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.