Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TamsinOMG

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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. JohnCD (talk) 10:54, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

User:TamsinOMG


This user page is promotional and is the user's only edit. Since it's not related to any Wikipedia contributions, it's a WP:FAKEARTICLE. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 10:34, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: I don't think the page is "promotional" because it really just mentions the person, and it isn't a "fake article" because it doesn't pretend to be an article. I'd describe it probably as a newbie test page more than anything, even though the user never went on to do anything else. Assuming that the person mentioned on the page is the user herself, it probably falls within the category of "mostly harmless". I'm a little bit curious how the nominator came across the page in the first place. In any case, I don't think deletion is necessary, but I could understand if we decided to blank it. Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:39, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Newyorkbrad, I came across the page while looking into this: Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. I concluded that there was no connection, but the incident may have put me in a more critical mood than usual. I'm surprised that other editors don't think that "awesome chick" is promotional language. Although the page is short, I think it sets a bad precedent, and since the editor isn't active she can't be asked to change it.  However, as usual I bow to the community opinion.&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 23:36, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * - "I'm surprised that other editors don't think that "awesome chick" is promotional language" - That's because there is no promotional language there ? .... If she said "Hi I'm Tamsin and I work at Yahoo" then yes that would be promotional however simply stating you're an awesome person isn't even remotely close to being promotional ? ..... – Davey 2010 Talk 01:38, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I would dispute that just "hi I'm Tamsin and I work at Yahoo" is promotional, too. As per WP:USERPAGE it's typical to include "basic personal information". A simple statement of where one works is also helpful in that it discloses where there may be a conflict of interest. Maybe "Hi I'm Tamsin and I use Yahoo because I think it's the greatest search engine", although even then we probably have a userbox for "This user prefers Yahoo over Google" or something. I think the more usual case for a promotional userpage is a blurb about a company with a link to a website, "follow me on Twitter", "I'm available for consulting work", "my band will be playing such and such a show next month", etc. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 02:21, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree that factual information such as the place of work is not promotional and could be useful information. And, checking the guideline, I agree that the phrase which I consider self-promoting doesn't meet the criteria of "extensive".&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 12:17, 14 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. I don't think anyone thinks this is promotional, it seems more like a userpage and I'll give ti leeway for that. I don't even think blanking is needed. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 18:08, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - We want people to create accounts. If people haven't used Wikipedia or a wiki before, we want them to experiment and make their first edits outside of articlespace. A great deal of literature about how to use Wikipedia instructs newbies to make an edit introducing yourself on your user page. When people do that, they often mess around. It happens a lot in e.g. classroom or edit-a-thon settings, too, when a bunch of people, sometimes students, are creating accounts and interacting. I see nothing promotional or otherwise egregious. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 20:49, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I hadn't noticed mention of blanking until Davey weighed in. In case my !vote leaves any room for ambiguity: Oppose blanking. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 13:18, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep as no valid reason for deletion - The userpage isn't an article nor is it promotional on any level and I would advise to read WP:PROMOTIONAL and WP:FAKEARTICLE before linking them, I agree with  this doesn't even need blanking either. – Davey 2010 Talk 12:22, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep, no blanking. There's no problem here. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:53, 13 July 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.