Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion/User:Rickyrab/New Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense

It is not in good taste to go about blocking a user prior to discussing that user's subpages and whether they should be deleted for the express purpose of deleting that user subpage. In my book, this can amount to bullying, especially if the intent is to create a "consensus" without giving the user some say. That's what I have to say on this matter. &mdash; Rickyrab | Talk 18:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

''Please note the POV in this discussion, which was performed without any input from me, as I had been blocked at the time. The Wikipedia Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense, now Silly Things, were very controversial in 2006-7, on about the same level as health care in the USA circa 2009-2010. There was a larger issue of community consensus, as well as of historical preservation, and whether the good of the many in this case outweighed the good of the few, or the one. I truly don't know in this case if there was actually a consensus in favor of deletion (on the part of more than a few people), but I feel the general public should have the right to enjoy Wikipedia bad jokes and other nonsense, such as HuffPo's sample at. Furthermore, I wonder whether the deletion of my miscellany was a violation of Wikipedia userpage rights or not. Research, anybody?'' &mdash;  Rickyrab | Talk 19:50, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * ''Just to clarify: I do not intend to disrupt Wikipedia or inflame anybody. I just feel Wikipedia's missteps can be entertaining as well as its accomplishments, and recording of some of the sillier moments helps to clear the air. I did not feel that I was "going against consensus" when, in fact, there was no real consensus to be had, and, furthermore, I did not feel that the actions of a few- a very few- Wikipedians against the enjoyment of "Silly Things and Bad Jokes and other Deleted Nonsense" of the many was warranted. That being said, I apologize for any harm or disruption my actions in favor of preservation of BJAODN may have caused. &mdash;  Rickyrab | Talk 20:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Anyhow, I started it up again off wiki, where I don't have to care about community consensus. &mdash;  Rickyrab | Talk 22:22, 6 April 2010 (UTC)