Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:UsefulWikipedia/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  Delete per WP:SNOW. There is no support for keeping except UsefulWikipedia's pleadings, which don't hold water. Nothing in the page's history makes any constructive contribution to the encyclopaedia, and there is nothing to stop it being recreated, if UsefulWikipedia has something useful to put in it. Wikipedia is not a free web host. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:00, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

User:UsefulWikipedia/sandbox


This sandbox does not appear to meet the criteria for what userpages and subpages are for. It appears to fall into the fourth bullet in the Writings, information, discussions, and activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals area. There is no possibility that the material will ever be appropriate for the mainspace and it is not useful to the encyclopedia. I tried discussing this with User:UsefulWikipedia but the only response was a blanking of the discussion with an edit summary of "Unfortunately, I cannot talk about it. I am sorry It is my own private page" GB fan 04:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * He's just blanked the page. Based on that, I'm considering just WP:CSDing it.  Any objections?  He's the only significant editor, and he's blanked it... -- Jayron  32  04:12, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * G7 does not apply to blanking in Userspace and he does not want it deleted, see my talk page. User talk:GB fan GB fan 04:17, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry I'm Usefulwikipedia and I added the content for my own events about the 2012 apocalypse. I actually do not want it deleted because if i dont have it anymore I cant have a place to test edit, besides the commonly edited main sandbox. I want my own private sandbox and I'd be upset if you deleted it. I want to see the old history, and I cant if deleted.UsefulWikipedia (talk) 04:31, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * If this is deleted you can recreate it with content that is allowable under Wikipedia policy, namely things that are useful to the maintenance of the encyclopedia. GB fan 01:28, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * In that case Delete it via this MFD discussion: serves no purpose towards furthering the goals of Wikipedia. -- Jayron  32  04:38, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I have to remove the content, I actually will put different content. It's the only thing I can do to keep and save it. In fact most of the sandboxs edits have not been like this, and I did not know a thing like this exists. UsefulWikipedia (talk) 04:40, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Since I know what a user sandbox is and I know how to edit my own, I don't recommend deletion. I just didn't know there were guidelines. There could have been edit filters and rules notifying me on the edit page. Overall please do not delete it. Thank you.UsefulWikipedia (talk) 04:53, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a fictional account of a future apocalyptic event. Wikipedia is not a webhost, not a publisher of original thought, not a crystal ball, and not a blog for apocalyptic fiction. The author has been here since July and most of his edits have been in the userspace. Editors are meant to be here to build an encyclopedia.--SGCM (talk)  06:22, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't delete - I have deleted the content and there is no more apocalypse content. I will edit my sandbox with different stuff. Thank you. Besides, I improve articles. You could've notified me about sandbox editing rules. I really thought my sandbox will be a good place to put my content. UsefulWikipedia (talk) 06:41, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I did notify you that the content was against policy and asked you your intentions with it. You responded that you couldn't talk about it.  GB fan 01:28, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, look at history. Majority of edits did not show apocalypse (about 90 percent; just the most recent ones 2012 10 07 were apocalypse edits). It was not going to permanently show apocalypse contentUsefulWikipedia (talk) 06:50, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I have looked at the history of this page and while just the recent ones are about a fictional apocalypse none of them are really useful to maintaining the encyclopedia. You have redirected that page to multiple different pages and added article categories and edit-warred to keep them there against policy.  Nothing helpful to the encyclopedia is lost if we do delete this page.  GB fan 01:28, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per SGCM. If a connection can be made between the content and the encyclopedia, I'd be happy to reconsider. -- Klein zach  14:13, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sure, don't delete. I was trying to put my own events, and I don't support deletion at all. My own events weren't trying to destroy Wikipedia's goals. I was originally putting my own edits. It was not going to be like that anyways; and how can Wikipedia's goals be ruined by sandboxes like that? UsefulWikipedia (talk) 15:53, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Plus. I thought the sandbox is the only idea place to store this content, not my computer or a Notepad. User sandboxes are for test editing by users, giving them the chance to put what they want to put on there. About 90% of the edits did not give the content for deletion or violate this rules. UsefulWikipedia (talk) 15:58, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The place to store content such as this is on your personal computer, on Facebook, on Myspace, on your own person webpage. There is no place to store this kind of content on Wikipedia.  GB fan 01:28, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It would not be a good idea to delete it, overall in my opinion - content has never violated the rule until Oct7 2012. Most edits have been tolerated. the page has existed since America's 236th birthday, so about 99% of the days it existed, content has been tolerated. On average, it had met the criteria until 7oct2012. It will be very upsetting if it was deleted, and I don't find it useful to delete. Wikipedia is useful, that is why my account name isUsefulWikipedia. Now, I learned not to put that content on my sandbox - it has to be really different. Thank you for telling me this, so I won't put that content anymore. Hopefully, you awesome administrators don't delete it.UsefulWikipedia (talk) 16:08, 8 October 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.