Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Steganography

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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. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:38, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Steganography


I have written this essay; my own position is Neutral. There is another essay, WP:BEANS, which might recommend against the existence of WP:Steganography. On the other hand, WP:BEANS is only an essay, and the information on WP:Steganography might be useful especially for recent changes patrollers and administrators. I personally believe that Security through obscurity may be harmful, but I do see the point of WP:BEANS. I had originally created a draft of this page in my sandbox as a proof of concept for Phabricator ticket T190951. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:28, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: It's not like it's linked from anywhere particularly noteworthy; what are the odds that someone would find it and get an idea? Not very high IMO. Home Lander (talk) 20:41, 29 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep - It's a warning about, for instance, Russian use of Wikipedia for nefarious purposes. It isn't going to give ideas to the Russian secret police; they already know.  Robert McClenon (talk) 22:06, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, Userfy or Delete per WP:CSD, whatever the sole author wants.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:47, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Heh, thank you. Definitely not speedy G7 deletion. I am positively surprised and guess that it's time to withdraw. Being "neutral" might not have been a good start for a deletion discussion in the first place. Nominating an own essay might defeat the point of MfD. If someone feels that this essay should be deleted, after considering the statements above, they're free to re-nominate the essay for deletion. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:23, 31 August 2018 (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.