Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Don't poke the bear

Do we allow essays for MfD?
Per WP:MFD: Nominating a Wikipedia policy or guideline page, or one of the deletion discussion areas (or their sub-pages), for deletion will probably be considered disruptive, and the ensuing discussions closed early. Shouldn't this MfD be closed per policy? Ronnotel (talk) 17:27, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I believe the intention of that is to stop deletion nominations of pages like Articles for deletion or Ignore all rules, where the nomination will simply be seen as disruptive (and those pages should be marked as historical, not deleted). Using MFD for essays seems perfectly fine. --MZMcBride (talk) 17:34, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, no. I believe the intention is that all policy and guideline pages should be kept - even rejected ones - in order to preserve the consensus on the rejected idea for posterity. My only question is whether this extends to essays as well. Perhaps not. Ronnotel (talk) 17:41, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * MFDs for essays are fine. Some essays are unnecessarily pointy or otherwise inappropriate and deserve to be deleted. This particular one, imo, does not, but the venue is fine and appropriate. –xeno talk 17:42, 22 May 2009 (UTC)