Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Userboxes/Politics/Ideology

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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. and undo blanking. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 21:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Userboxes/Politics/Ideology

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Malformed MfD MarshallKe (talk) 20:50, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * what is malformed about it? The edit history says it was courtesy blanked. — xaosflux  Talk 21:04, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The page to be deleted was not actually what I intended to discuss deleting. MarshallKe (talk) 22:43, 28 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Odd history of this one. MfD opened, others objected, it was briefly speedied until it was pointed out it didn't qualify for speedy, then courtesy blanked, and then nominated for deletion? Just close it (and this)? &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 21:19, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. Unblank, and formally close.  This was the nominator’s clumsy attempt to mass delete userboxes. It is part of a long running bubbling controversy about userboxes.  Once it was listed and responded to, the nominator has no privilege to hide their poor argument from accessible history.  Apparently they wanted to withdraw, but on investigation I see that it was connected to worse statements at a drama board and they claimed some personal harassment.  That might be unfortunate, but does not amount to a good reason to delete the history of an aggressive formal mass delete nomination. I courtesy blanked to give the nominator the ability to quietly back away, but they don’t want that. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:17, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, no. The "drama board" post you mention wasn't connected to this (I'm actually not sure which post you mean), so I'd advise you not draw connections out of thin air. Also "the nominator has no privilege to hide their poor argument from accessible history" is an accusation of bad faith. Please reword. MarshallKe (talk) 05:31, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * If I had known your intentions were to keep the page blanked forever, I would have said something sooner. Why would you do such a thing? And why would I want to back away from something that hadn't been resolved? If the deletion discussion should continue, let it continue. If it should be deleted, let it be deleted. But don't let it be in a state of irresolution for all eternity. The more I think about it, the more your actions make no sense at all. MarshallKe (talk) 07:45, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The reason I don't want to quietly back away is because I am acting in good faith and not trying to cover up my actions. By all means, leave the garbage on Wikipedia. It's not linked to anywhere, so formally closing the discussion would be unethical because it would be producing a result without allowing the community to have the discussion first. MarshallKe (talk) 05:51, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Just got out of bed after sleeping very poorly, and the sleep I did get was with nightmares. I have work today and I feel very frustrated with Wikipedia as a collective right now, so I will be unlikely to respond for a while. Do whatever. MarshallKe (talk) 11:39, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy close - Nominator no longer wishes to accept responsibility for this MFD.--WaltCip- (talk)  18:30, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. We don't delete MFD discussions because the nominator regrets starting them once other people have replied - this page serves as a record of community attitudes towards political userboxes at the time the nominator listed them all for discussion. This should be unblanked and closed properly as withdrawn. 192.76.8.74 (talk) 21:12, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, unblank, and close correctly per the 192 IP, who put it better than I could have. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:07, 2 September 2021 (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.