Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats

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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. This should be considered everyone's essay and anyone should be welcome to change it. (non-admin closure) Oiyarbepsy (talk) 22:50, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats


Per. As this essay is a polemical and highly personal expression and has not had any substantial editing by anyone other than its creator, normally it would be put back to the creator's userspace, but in this case the creator is indefinitely blocked. Noyster (talk),  09:57, 1 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete, per Noyster. This is a personal essay, and would be userfied but for the fact that the user is indefinitely blocked for disruption and sockpuppetry. Note that being banned doesn't disable an editor's userspace - we could userfy this and have done - but I don't see any purpose that would be served by that. I'm not entirely sure this would survive deletion in the userspace, either - it uses lots of big words and sounds nice and all, but really boils down to "Your Manual of Style nonsense doesn't apply to me", which isn't exactly accurate. Editors who wish to have discussions about the applicability of WP:STRONGNAT can get a copy e-mailed to them, I guess, but there is little here that would be worth merging elsewhere. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 21:18, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * To reiterate: I have no objection whatsoever to Userfication. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 21:52, 1 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. Valid project related essay, I haven't read it all but to being with I find it completely agreeable.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:31, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep It is an essay, an expression of opinion. I don't agree with all of it, but it makes its case with examples and reasons, and is valuable to retain so that editors may consider its arguments for what they are worth. I see no valid reason to delete it. If it were deleted, I would be inclined to create a new essay on the same lines, but leaving out the first person aspects. I would surely reuse much of the content of this essay in such a new essay. I do agree that "STRONGNAT" is over used and treated as an inflexible rule in cases where it should not be. DES (talk) 13:53, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Interesting and credible essay. Just because the creator is indefinitely blocked is not a rationale for deletion. AusLondonder (talk) 02:02, 4 March 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.