Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ikiroid/User Jimbo v. Willy

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany 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 debate was Keep. Xoloz 15:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Ikiroid/User Jimbo v. Willy

Although this is a userbox, I was told that TFD was the wrong place, and so I should come here. As I said before, this template gives attention to WoW, and should be deleted per WP:DENY -- Selmo ^(talk) 17:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Properly userfifed per the GUS, and is linked on many pages. – Chacor 17:44, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. There is no good reason to even acknowledge the existence of an indefinitely banned user like User:Willy on Wheels. Template will swifty become obscure, as the editor will become less known. Badbilltucker 18:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Jimbo himself said the template didn't bother him. We don't delete userboxes in order to emphasize WP:DENY (which, as of now, is an essay, not a policy or even a guideline). Let humor be. It's wikiculture and internet memes. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 19:27, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep - discussing here contradicts what WP:DENY is trying to achieve anyway - let it fade into obscurity. Yomangani^talk 01:07, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep This is a piece of humor, nothing more, nothing less. Plus WP:DENY is still only an essay, not a guideline or a policy. So, we have to weigh the cost. The one reason for deletion is that it propably gives WoW some exposure. The reason against deletion are that it is difficult how to quantify that exposure given, e.g. how much is it worse than mentioning WoW in discussions or processes, as well as considering that this is a piece of humor and that the offending template is in userspace which is supposed to offer users some slack. Finally the purpose of this template is not to glorify etc. WoW but to be humorous - a template that reads "This user wants to be like Wow" might fall before WP:DENY, but trying to apply WP:DENY to this is overstretching it - in a non-related field one might claim the "this user reverts vandalism" and "this user is a recent changes patroller" templates are also in violation of WP:DENY as they attract attention to those that vandalize. CharonX/talk 10:57, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Yomangani. - Mailer Diablo 17:33, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This is a WP:GUS'd userbox, DENY is not policy. — xaosflux ^Talk 07:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per CharonX  Jorcoga  07:54, 1 October 2006 (UTC).
• keep we must keep our history alive, plus Chuck Norris is a badass.Cameron Nedland 20:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep funny userbox, DENY not policy, proper GUS, Chuck Norris is the second meaning of life (The first being 42) -- TheGreatLlama ^{(speak to the Llama!)} 00:30, 4 October 2006 (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.