Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Don't be anal


 * 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 No consensus, which defaults to keep.  Syn  ergy 01:06, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Don't be anal
Wikipedia is not a soapbox or repository for personal essays. DonaldDuck (talk) 05:54, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. So true. But it is for essays about WP, and the way it works.  It is very interesting, however, that you would think it is a personal essay.  LOL.  —— Martinphi     ☎ Ψ Φ —— 06:05, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Userfy - It's one application has been in this MfD. Per Wikipedia essays (which we should move up to a guideline): "Essays that are in the Wikipedia project space (prefixed by 'Wikipedia:' or 'WP:') should ideally represent a consensus amongst the broad community of Wikipedia editors. Those that reflect the beliefs of a limited number of editors should be edited to present a view more representative of the community; those that are poor candidates for broadening should be relocated to a subpage of the user that authored them."I don't think the essay can be edited to present a view more representative of the community. Relocate the page to a subpage of the user that authored it. -- Suntag  ☼  08:11, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Userfy, keep a redirect This essay is not very used, unlike WP:DICK. It should go to user space and go back to WP space if/when it represents a broader "view of the community" (whatever that means). Disclaimer: I helped to move this from mainspance to WP space. I should have realized that the correct thing was to move to user space and then make a redirect from WP space until it became more popular. --Enric Naval (talk) 17:53, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Well, personally I think that it deserves the attention of the community, as it addresses broad themes which everyone has dealt with on WP. However, it seems that everyone is so embarrassed to be associated with it that they will not even mention it to me in email, thus you might as well userfy it. Prudes. —— Martinphi    ☎ Ψ Φ —— 19:25, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * But, to the closing admin, I don't want it moved. —— Martinphi    ☎ Ψ Φ —— 04:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Why Not Keep Not sure why WP:DICK should be kept but not this. Not sure notability is an issue. Neither one is core. Maybe its a little anal of us not top keep it.:o)  This essay is pretty funny and maybe we could use some more essays like that. It could use some copy editing though.(olive (talk) 00:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC))
 * Keep No different to other essays on wiki. BigDunc  Talk 11:24, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Userfy It's not very well written, IMHO. I keep wanting to correct it.:) Sticky Parkin 23:56, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Well please do, that's why it's not in userspace (—— Martinphi    ☎ Ψ Φ —— 03:52, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Great essay, with words of wisdom for many of us on WP. --EPadmirateur (talk) 15:23, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems relatively harmless. Still needs some work. My interpretation of the essay policy, is that an essay may be written by anyone with an implicit understanding that the work does not speak for the community. If an editor does not want others to edit his work, then he may opt to create it in his userspace. Lazulilasher (talk) 17:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to WP:DICK (Don't be a jerk).—  Ѕandahl  &#9829;  19:16, 25 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.