Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Requests for wheels (on wheels)

Requests for wheels (on wheels)

 * 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 to delete. It looks like the discussion was leaning toward delete, and it looks like the community does take WP:DENY seriously; I think if there'd been more participation a consensus would have emerged. But there's a bit too much opposition to deletion here for me to feel comfortable closing this as delete. delldot  &nabla;.  05:15, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Silly nonsense page has got to go now, it's not funny anymore. Plrk (talk) 22:09, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - Some existing project pages: 1, 2, 3, and 4. An MfD keep: 1. Some MfD deletes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Some AfDs deletes: 1, 2, 3, and 4, A DRv: 1. User subpages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. -- Suntag  ☼  22:58, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not funny?  Says you.  I think it's pretty funny.  I'm slightly concerned about a WP:DENY issue, but not enough to care.  --UsaSatsui (talk) 00:27, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Still funny. --Carnildo (talk) 01:20, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Mark it with a humor tag and move on. I guess I don't think it is riotously funny, but some people might. Protonk (talk) 01:28, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It's got a humor tag in the corner. --UsaSatsui (talk) 06:27, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Smallest humor tag. Ever.  In that case...who cares?  Keep it. Protonk (talk) 05:50, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral. I guess I wheely don't care about this page. Newyorkbrad (talk) 01:29, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Very weak delete: Apparently reminiscent of the WoW days. Need this be the last we ever speak of this here or anywhere else? --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 03:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete... obviously something referencing WoW. No need to memorialize one of the most blatant vandals on wp.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 06:58, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 *  Keep . Humour, relating to wikipedia, is of value for learning purposes.  See self-reflection.  It is at least worth the cost of keeping it.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:01, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, having read Suntag's links, I think WP:DENY might outweigh possible learning purposes. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:33, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Tag as essay? - It looks like some form of essay on requests for moving pages (putting the page on wheels?) that uses humor to express how complicated the page moving instructions are. As near as I could find, Project namespace is a basis for MfD reviewing of project namespace pages. Project namespace seems to not address situations like this page, perhaps because similar pages haven't raised enough interest to do so. If there is a more detail policy/guideline page addressing project namespace pages like this, please post. Without a standard to apply the page against, it seems to come down to I like it/I don't like it. -- Suntag  ☼  08:31, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Harmless fun. -- how do you turn this on  18:16, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - still funny. Bart133 t c @ How's my driving? 18:31, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:DENY NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  00:43, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not funny. And useless. And per NuclearWarfare. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:03, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment There's a history behind this that's not immediately obvious. Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/User:Willy on Wheels?  I'm still trying to work it out.  Is it something from usenet, or was there something funny in now deleted contributions?  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:17, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * There was once a persistent vandal that kept moving pages from " " to " ON WHEELS!!!" and the like. This vandal was a menace and kept eluding block after block. Some people thought this was very funny (see above), and as thus "ON WHEELS!!!" became some sort of Wikipedia meme. Many pages have been named and many jokes have been made in honor of this vandal. Plrk (talk) 12:58, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * On one hand, vandalism is never funny. Broken windows should be fixed.  Graffiti should be removed.  WP:DENY is right.
 * On the other handProject space efforts should not be deleted, even if the efforts are misplaced. We should not censor project space contributions.  Cernsorship creates new evils.  Solutions can be worse than the original problem.
 * Therefore: Convert to a redirect to Silly Things, keeping the page history hidden from search engines but available.  Accordingly, do the same thing with this MfD and most of the links Suntag provided.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:13, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Are we going to make one dedicated to the other page move vandal? If this one survives we should... 211.30.111.105 (talk) 13:01, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:DENY, as a tribute to a vandal who has not been seen on Wikipedia for some time. As a second choice, userfy to a subpage of someone who thinks this is funny; it doesn't belong in the project namespace. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:47, 30 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.