Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Sandbox/The Or Game

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 no consensus. (Radiant) 12:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Sandbox/The Or Game

Violates WP:NOT. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a gaming website. Move off site, but not to user space. Distracts users from encyclopedia too. Lcarsdata (Talk) 18:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Moreschi 20:49, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, use a social networking site for this sort of thing – Gurch 05:40, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete; Wikipedia is a damn encyclopedia, not a playground. Ral315 (talk) 07:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Extreamly strong Keep, wikipedians need a place for fun and the sandbox provides such a place that does not affect the integrity on wikipedia articles. Many users regually take part in the sandbox and removing a relaxing place will only make users feel represed in a stuffy environment. Think outside the box 09:30, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• 'Keep, if other people don't like it, then don't go there. It doesn't affect anyone who doesn't visit the page.167.93.82.22 14:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• KEEP! Exactly what ^ said, if you don't like it, don't go their! It's a great way to have fun! NapalmRiot 2:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment - this user has no edits outside of the sandbox, the sandbox subpages, and this MfD and related ones. Moreschi 18:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Just 'cause they havn't edited outside the sandbox doesn't mean their opinion doesn't count Think outside the box 09:23, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment It was a perfectly fair point to make given the claims being put forward that users need such games to relieve the stress of editing. A user who seems to have made no contributions to the actual content of this encyclopaedia is hardly likely to provide convincing evidence in the case for the defence here (or suffer from any "Wikistress" that needs relieving). --Folantin 14:34, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep I do not see how this interfers with the rest of the encyclopedia.Ascraeus 19:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strongest keep there's ever been: Pretty much a jumbo-pack of the keeps above. We need to have some fun around here. It's only a few articles. No harm done. D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••C••• 20:14, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. --Mark J 20:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. --WaltCip 20:57, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. bibliomaniac15 Review? 01:05, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• strong keep to discourage true timewasting. Find a better function in this community than hall monitor of non-content space. lots of issues | leave me a message 03:16, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Per nom. --Folantin 08:34, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Per nom ike9898 17:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• 'KEEP'! there's nowhere else where you can do this without waiting days for your entry to take effect! (Please respond on my talk page if you must.) tinlv7 19:59, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per my statements on similar game pages and because this one has to be about the lamest of them all. —Doug Bell ^{talk•contrib} 21:16, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. -- ~PinkDeoxys~ 22:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep This is in the sandbox, and also shows users' opinions on different subjects. -Liam K.
• Delete. This does not help the project, and is not the purpose of the project. JDoorjam Talk 00:24, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Sandbox idea is like on page Sandbox (software development) for people to try out new things w/o affecting rest of place. Gives people chance to learn wiki. (Oops, sorry forgot to sign previously - Marcsin 03:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC))
• Delete not very useful as a learning aid. Note, that being a game alone should not get a page here deleted, and this is coming from the guy who nominated the Coffee Lounge Games for deletion, for whatever that's worth. -- Ned Scott 10:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep as this is under Sandbox/. Are you going to AfD Wikipedia:Sandbox next? I also find it noteworthy that nominator took Wikipedia:Are_You_a_Wikipediholic_Test, placed the results on his user page, and hasn't AfDed that yet. Puh-lease. This is just BSing around, and original editor had the decency to put it under Sandbox/, at least. --JStalk 01:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Even though I support keeping, the nom's concerns are not that strange. I don't agree with the nom, but these MfDs will likely let us get rid of the archives. It also serves to remind us that these should be demonstrations of the sandbox first and games second. -- Ned Scott 01:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Err, to clarify, I don't agree with deleting it only because it's a "game", but because it's a game without value (useful learning aid, activity involving contributing, etc) to Wikipedia. -- Ned Scott 11:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keeperooni FireSpike 17:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• ∞ KEEP ∞ If you're going to delete this, then delete the whole sandbox. Wikipedia is supposed to be fun, and this keeps that going. KEEP IT! Bellito 04:12, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete — It's bad enough we have this stuff on WP, but campaigning... Thats a neddy no no. — Deon555^talk 04:51, 13 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.