Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion/Main Page


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany 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 Keep. Small jokes are frequently given tolerance at Wikipedia, as humor helps keep editors from losing their cool. Although the "humor value" here is disputed, enough people clearly enjoy the page such that it merits retention. No joke tickles every single funny-bone. Xoloz 16:19, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Articles for Deletion/Main Page
Does not help build the encyclopedia. ^ demon [omg plz] 16:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep: it's likely that someone else who may have this "novel" idea won't implement it because the page already exists. In short, this page probably helps prevent not building the encyclopedia because it's a placeholder, and it appears to be working: nearly no one's touched it since it was created. Finally, this process page page is moderately funny and reflective about Wikipedia; it does no harm; I like it. Not too strongly, because really, who cares. I say we MFD this MFD. Grace notes T § 16:51, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What if we added it to Protected deleted pages? ^ demon [omg plz] 17:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought about salting the page before voting. It's merely a matter of preference, so I prefer this version. Either that, or this page can be turned into an essay about the evils of deletionism. :) Grace notes T § 18:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Per ^demon, its not actually even an archived AfD debate. Tellyaddict  17:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep too much seriousness is what ruins good projects. Nardman1 20:43, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep: There was at some point an April Fool Main Page deletion discussion. Showing some humor is a good thing. If we want to avoid the page actually being used, we can protect it, but I can't see the need to delete it. Sure, it doesn't help building an encyclopedia directly, but keeping contributors good-spirited does help indirectly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MacGyverMagic (talk • contribs) 09:49, 2 May 2007 (UTC).
 * Keep. Mildly interesting and better than a lot of humour pages here. Christopher Connor 16:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep well, why the hell not?I am Paranoid 21:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Call me a deletionist, but this is a hoax page, and as Tellyaddict said, the page is not even an archived AfD debate. ~ Magnus animum  ∵ ∫ φ γ 23:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Zomgz, you are a deletionist, we must arrange a witch-burning as soon as possible. (?) Never mind :) Grace notes T § 04:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as conventional Wikipedia humor. WooyiTalk, Editor review 02:00, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete This page does not seem humorous to me in any way, and serves no purpose other than this questionable humor. Captain   panda  02:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. You want good spirit and good humor? Go to a joke website. Don't clutter up the mainspace.--WaltCip 13:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Funny, humorous, in the project space. --- RockMFR 15:56, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Pardon my lack of insight and "subtle humor", but I can't see what's so funny about it.--WaltCip 21:21, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * For this sort of discussion, "funny" is a good reason to keep and "not funny" is a good reason to delete. The question is whether this page fails or succeeds in attaining humor: its subjective purpose. Those votes answer this enough, no? Grace notes T § 01:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Last time I checked, Wikipedia was not a democracy, and neither was AFD a straw poll. Is this in mainspace, or accessible in mainspace? If not, I'll withdraw my vote.--WaltCip 01:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think that it's accessible from mainspace: Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion/Main Page doesn't have any incoming links from mainspace. Mainspace is article space: everything without a prefix like "User:", "Template talk:", "Category:", "MediaWiki talk:", etc. See Namespace. This is the project space, though. The issue here is whether this in-joke about deleting the main page should exist&mdash;that is, in the place where most readers wouldn't see it. Grace notes T § 03:23, 5 May 2007 (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.