Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:Owainbut/software.css

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.

The result of the debate was delete. --Coredesat 11:08, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Owainbut/software.css

This page is using Template:WPFS which is the assessment template for the WikiProject Free Software, with parameters set to GA and Top importance, causing the page to show up in those categories in the project's summary table. The page itself looks like patent nonsense and has no actual relation to the project. The user has apparently retired the account. Please note the page is protected so I posted the mfd notice on its talk page. Ham Pastrami (talk) 04:44, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. That's not even CSS, and whatever it is doesn't help the project. Add to that the fact that the user seems to have left, and... well, delete. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 04:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Comment Technically, it is not protected per se. Since it is a user's personal setting, others do not have permission to edit it (click on the "view source" tab and note the displayed message above the edit box [1]). I have no opinion on deletion since I am rather ignorant of how these pages work. Also, where is this "summary table" you speak of located so we can see what damage is being done. --12 Noon ^2¢ 05:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • The link is Wikipedia:WikiProject Free Software. The assessment table is right under the TOC. Click on either the FA or Top links and you will see that page listed in the category. Ham Pastrami (talk) 05:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Ah, you mean Category:FA-Class Free software articles and Category:Top-importance Free software articles. I do not think that is a big enough reason to delete the user's settings, even if he is "retired". Maybe the offending text can be removed from the page instead ({{WPFS|class=fa|importance=top}}), but like I said, I am rather ignorant of the functionality of the nominated page, so I will leave it to other, more technically-inclined, users to opine. --12 Noon ^2¢ 06:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Delete The user left in May 2007, and so this is useless. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 11:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as CSD G1 (nonsense). *** Crotalus *** 12:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as patent nonsense. That's not CSS, it's just using the file extension as a poor man's page protection. It appears to be a draft of ... something ... that isn't going to be finished now. — Gavia immer (talk) 18:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Delete This user has retired months ago and it is patent nonsense. It is likely not going to be edited, so delete. PrestonH 22:08, 27 January 2008 (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.