Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Bounty board

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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, nominator banned and pretty nearly unanimous. Prodego talk  06:24, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Bounty board
Hopelessly outdated, goes against the spirit of Wikipedia, and appears to have a dismal track record of getting things done anyway. Zhaoni (talk) 21:28, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Making donations to the WMF doesn't go against the spirit of Wikipedia. Nor does asking other volunteers to improve an article for them. Cheers, Dodoïste (talk) 21:36, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Providing a monetary incentive for an article about a corporation does. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zhaoni (talk • contribs) 21:37, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No it doesn't. Everyone editing here is ultimately editing for reward one way or another (mostly warm fuzzy feelings) - a monetary award is no different. Would you ban barnstars? Egg Centric 21:46, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * (Consequently, speedy keep) Egg Centric 21:46, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep as a policy idea. If it is a bad idea, close it down and tag it failed.  Monetary awards are different.  At least this is out in the open.  Unsure about the merits.  With all rewards going to WMF, it seems OK.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:06, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep- "I personally disapprove" is not a valid reason for deletion. Reyk  YO!  22:39, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete- per nom, this goes against the spirit of Wikipedia as I understand it. We are volunteers not 'bounty seekers' — it's a simple as that. -- Klein zach  00:25, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Making donations to the WMF doesn't go against the spirit of Wikipedia. Nor does asking other volunteers to improve an article for them. Dodoïste (talk) 03:53, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - I find it amusing that the concept of MyWikiBiz is enshrined and endorsed in project-space. Tarc (talk) 13:33, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Harmless page and possibly beneficial to the project. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:24, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Mark historical if it's historical. Seems to have petered out to me. Gigs (talk) 16:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The concept is a good one; implementation is tough.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 20:19, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
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