Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ral315/Selfref straw poll

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 Speedy Keep per overwhelming support below. — xaosflux ^Talk 07:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Ral315/Selfref straw poll

Contains a poll, which is a violation of WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_Democracy. Although Ral315 probably has good intentions for this page, it is still eligible for deletion. Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 03:00, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment Is there anything explicitly stating that polls should be deleted? Yes, WP is not a democracy, and we shouldn't vote on everything, but this is a straw poll and not an official vote. If there is a policy that says that all polls should be killed, then by all means, kill this one; otherwise, I see nothing wrong with it. -- Kicking222 04:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• keep nothing wrong with strawpolls, particularly on a userpage. it's just an organized way to get input, and people usually explain themselves anyway. Same format as an RFA, isn't it? Derex 04:12, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep; nomination is a bad-faith one because Ed's in a dispute with me over this topic and doesn't like that I'm not the only one opposing his beliefs. Ral315 (talk) 05:59, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - nothing official about this, so nothing is wrong. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I don't see any rationale for deletion. If you don't like the way discussion is going, you're more than welcome to join it. Luna Santin 06:12, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Wikipedia is not a democracy, but it is a community that values consensus. Taking decisions based on consensus requires that we know what others think, regardless of whether we count votes or not. —[admin] Pathoschild 06:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC) 06:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - You are absolutely excellent at twisting Wikipolicy, Ed. After looking it all over, I'm tempted to agree with Ral315's assertion that this is a bad faith nom, particularly after your histronics about the whole mess of Esperanza games. There is nothing in WP:NOT that suggests that this would be a candidate for deletion. --Shrieking Harpy ^Talk|Count 06:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I find this poll was simply another endorsement for Wikipedia:Avoid self-references and this MfD rather self-serving. Please attempt to join in discussion rather than squelch it. ~Kylu (u|t) 06:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I don't see anything in our policies to suggest this is not allowed. --Wolf530 (talk) 06:31, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep per WP:SNOWBALL. "..not a Democracy" doesn't mean we can't have polls or even "vote". It means we should normally use discussion over such formats for most cases, but in some situations they're perfectly fine. -- Ned Scott 06:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• I vote we keep this page. --Carnildo 07:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Ed, with all due respect, just let it go... riana_dzasta 19:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Elaragirl/Shrieking Harpy summed it up nicely. Moreschi 18:22, 10 November 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.