Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Shoemoney2night/Howard


 * 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 Deleted per userbox creator's request (see "comment" below)   Keeper    76  19:21, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Shoemoney2night/Howard
Vulgar, political userbox. Has absolutely no place on Wikipedia. Josh Atkins (talk - contribs) 15:48, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 *  Keep . Same reason as on this MfD. --StuffOfInterest (talk) 15:50, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Switch to Delete. Per Iridescent, this does appear to be more of a personal attack than a statement of position. --StuffOfInterest (talk) 17:04, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm talking about these policies, which, frankly, should be obvious. User:Jatkins/Political UBXs --Josh Atkins (talk - contribs) 16:12, 15 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete this one as it appears to be a personal attack on a named individual, rather than a political position. –  iride scent  16:58, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, I agree with iridescent that this one's bordering on making an attack rather than stating an opinion. ~ mazca  t 17:11, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per iridescent.  Keeper    76  17:53, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Attack. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 19:15, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. I certainly didn't mean to make a personal attack and didn't realise I was out of line, and if the consensus is that it's not appropriate then I'm fine with that, and I apologise. It occurred to me, though, that the reference the userbox is making - "We don't want people like that in Australia" - might not be apparent to people outside Australia.  The line was famously said by then-PM John Howard in response to a boatload of asylum seekers his government alleged were threatening to throw their children overboard in order to gain entry to Australia - an allegation, it was later discovered, was known by certain people within the government to be untrue.  It was a fairly notable event in the Howard government's tightening of immigration laws. The userbox was intended to state opposition to the Howard government's hard line on immigration.  But again, if that reads too much like an attack or isn't considered acceptable, then by all means delete it.  I don't mean to cause problems.  -Shoemoney2night (talk) 19:17, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That's a perfectly reasonable explanation, and you are correct that I did not no the "back story" of where that language came from. I've gone ahead and deleted it regardless, it didn't seem to be getting used much anyway.  Cheers,  Keeper    76  19:21, 15 September 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.