Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Bootcamp

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. → Ξxtreme Unction {^yakł_blah} 13:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Bootcamp

This is a really weird version of Wikipedia:Introduction, Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers, and Wikipedia:Tutorial that isn't as helpful as any of those. Moreover, it introduces Wikipedia in a way that is distinctly unfriendly ("You and your friends are writing not only to these people, but also to unreasonable and rude and stupid people...") compared to the other three introductions. I don't see anything salvageable so I think maybe it needs to go. Ashibaka (tock) 04:01, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

• Oops, I noticed that this is actually supposed to be the introduction page for a newbie IRC channel. It's still a weird page that presents itself as a dupe of one of the aforementioned articles. Merge into WP:WELCOME and delete, possibly. Ashibaka (tock) 04:11, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

  Yes, it's an intro for the newbie #wpbootcamp channel. You're right that the text could use some cleaning up, but "I don't see anything salvaeable", coming from someone who couldn't be bothered to leave a message on the (active) talk page, is pretty rich. Ashibaka, you've been around long enough to know better :-) +sj + 23:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Unless someone shows up to give a purpose for this page, it seems redundant to me. Xoloz 22:53, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, if only because it is linked to by over 250 pages (many of them User talk pages). Obviously someone is using it. I think it's intended to be a "crash course". It's obviously not for the random n00b, but I think it's fine if that's the style people want to learn in. That said, it looks like only 3 people are really working on it at the moment, so maybe it's in a few templates (which is why it's on so many Talk pages) rather than really being used that much. pfctdayelise 14:21, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
• Definitely keep (and clean up). Randomly deleting pages that are in use is one of the things that makes MfD so controversial. +sj + 23:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
• I agree Keep --Junkbot44 19:38, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Why are you axe-happy? Don't chop down this tree! Let Wikipedians be Wikepedians. This page is obviously an effort by someone to improve Wikepedia. Nurture it. Let it grow. Let it evolve. Go for it! 01:52, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Chooserr
• Keep Strong keep, it justs needs a bit of a clean up Brian | (Talk) 03:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

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