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.
A rather straightforward violation of
WP:POINT, the page is a sarcastic attack on what the author perceives as unreasonable civility demands by Wikipedia's editors. The author,
User:HarryAlffa, stated in the page's first edit summary that the page is "not primarily humour in itself so much as an attack on something of which the author strongly disapproves, using the weapon of wit." He has recently been attempting to backpedal on that initial stance by
saying the page is a "a serious attempt to curb the over-enthusiastic use of WP:PA & WP:AGF". Past comments and a review of the content of the page will show that this is anything but a serious attempt at anything. Requests to userfy and attempts to mark the page as humor have been met with resistance from the author.
Equazcion(talk) 20:54, 6 Nov 2009 (UTC)
Delete - I might have not really cared if the user had simply left this as a "rant" in his userspace, but moving it into WP space and advertising it as a serious policy proposal at the VP crosses the line into a disruptive
WP:POINT as mentioned by the nominator.
Shereth20:59, 6 November 2009 (UTC)reply
Keep: This very discussion reveals the burning need for a gendarmerie to frown severely at miscreants who persist in making Wikipedia so unpleasant through their incessant and highly uncivil oppositionalism! CARE BEARS -- STAAAAAARE!
SmashTheState (
talk)
21:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)reply
Delete – a blatant attempt to jerk others' chains; we're not here for that. I also oppose any userfication as it would do the same thing regardless of which space it is in.
MuZemike22:01, 6 November 2009 (UTC)reply
Delete per Equazcion et al, and request for SmashTheState's post to be translated into English for me, I'm sure he/she has a good point and I'd like to be able to understand it and see if it changes my mind on this issue. I do however agree that too many people out there are worried about "civility" instead of just shrugging it off and ignoring it.
Camelbinky (
talk)
22:05, 6 November 2009 (UTC)reply
I'm a little bewildered. It is humour or trying to say something serious through humour? Or indeed, humor? In any case I don't think it's having the effect intended. Suggested action: Squash, as politely as possible, per ignorable cross-wikism UN:HTBFANJS. •
Anakin(talk)23:05, 6 November 2009 (UTC)reply
Delete It has had enough time, and can now be evaluated as totally unhelpful. If it contained any humor or insight, it might be suitable for userfication, but as it does not, the page should be on a personal website, not Wikipedia.
Johnuniq (
talk)
00:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)reply
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
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