Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:N things not to write your article about

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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 delete per SNOW and BLP. (Post-close note: as the page has more than 5,000 revisions, I have asked at meta for a steward to delete it.) BencherliteTalk 07:53, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

N things not to write your article about


I was pointed to a major BLP violation on this page (see my first edit to the page), which I removed. I then found more BLP violations, which I also removed. Continuing to look, I found further major BLP violations, so I have blanked the whole page as I am not going to look through 3,600+ entries for all the violations of the biographies of living persons policy. Furthermore, I am nominating this page for deletion as a general vandal and troll magnet in addition to the number of BLP violations in it. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:08, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - This might sound facetious, but it's not, and Wikipedia is no place for fun. A place where people can, and are expected, to post nonsense and bad jokes is just bad form. This place is a hive and a breeding-ground for BLP violations. Just delete these middle school jokes. Achowat (talk) 20:17, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - It appears that this article has existed for almost five years. You didn't specify how long the BLP violations have been going on, so I have no context for whether this claim is at all meaningful.  I came across the article about three months ago, and it appears that it was being actively patrolled at that time, but that has since stopped.  They called it "junior high" rather than middle school when I attended, so my contributions may have been different from the norm (and in fact, I have been rather dismayed at reading such infantile drivel being passed off as "humor").RadioKAOS (talk) 21:32, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * You realize you're old when people might not know what BJAODN is?, also Userify without BLP vios. I have friends who like this list and would appreciate if I saved it for them. I am also willing to just copy and past the entire list into a notepad file or something. Clearly, I think most of these could've been patrolled. Honestly, I like having some humor pages if not for the fact that they are a good laugh to read when you are moody. Mitch 32 (Victim of public education, 17 years and counting) 21:51, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - This essay has been responsible for multiple calls to the WMF office, with concerns about BLP. In some cases, the professional reputation and physical safety of people has been in jeopardy.  If the community can not appropriately patrol it, it needs to be deleted. In my capacity as an administrator and volunteer, not as an employee action.  -Philippe  (talk) 22:28, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * For those lucky enough not to be as old as Mitch and myself, see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense (6th nomination). To cut a long story short, I think many of the concerns there apply here; in principle it's fine, but in practice it's unmaintainably bad and should be 'deleted. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:58, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Glad to see I am not the only BJAODN person here who had to make a reference to this. I miss BJAODN so much, and when you talk to most everyday others, you realize how old you feel when they don't know what it is. That list of "Who? What?" is getting longer daily. Mitch 32 (Victim of public education, 17 years and counting) 01:29, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

No, delete If wikipedia is no place for fun, why have an aprils fool prank every year, as well as other humorous articles telling us what not to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Firejasperthedog (talk • contribs) 17:19, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't agree that a lot of the things Reaper removed were really BLP violations. However, I'll take Philippe's word for it that it has caused real BLP trouble in the past, so delete per the precedent for bad jokes.  As an alternative, transwiki to uncyclopedia, if they'll have it. :) Gigs (talk) 23:30, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Although humour pages are not discouraged, as per Philippe, the page is a magnet for BLP violations.--SGCM (talk)  01:34, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Snow Delete. Clearly going to end up deleted and given the BLP problems best get rid of this quickly. duffbeerforme (talk) 13:39, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I found this list funny the first time I perused it, and even contributed some entries, but I think its time is up based on Philippe's comments and Reaper's nomination. I, Jethrobot  drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 14:52, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ^ Could someone check how new this account is? It has 2 edits, 1 to this MFD. Mitch 32 (Victim of public education, 17 years and counting) 21:53, 16 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Project related humour is a good thing. But BLP violations are not.  Allow recreation with all living person references removed from the history.  For WP:Copyrights, this would require a listing of the contributors.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:35, 18 October 2012 (UTC)


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