Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Example6
- 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 discussion was: delete. Salvio giuliano 17:56, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
No indication of why we would need yet another example user. Alt accounts are allowed, but then shouldn't pose as an example user. Fram (talk) 09:48, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
Keep: I see no compelling reason to delete this, and no harm in retaining this. silvia (BlankpopsiclesilviaASHs4) (inquire within) 10:08, 23 January 2023 (UTC)- Delete and indeff Example6 Given creator's disruptive actions that have been discussed at ANI, they likely cannot be trusted to not use this account disruptively. Though were this not the case, I would continue to support keeping, as I don't see any inherent harm in an account like this existing. silvia (BlankpopsiclesilviaASHs4) (inquire within) 07:20, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Delete: Per nom, unless User:Ilovejames5 has a good explanation. SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:49, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
- Delete and block. Inappropriate username. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:49, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
- Reported at WP:UAA. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:53, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
- The harm comes from the account misleading newcomers in to trusting it as an official Wikipedia account, when it is actually controlled by someone unqualified to be providing examples. SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:51, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Delete and block. Inappropriate username. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:49, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
- Delete per nom, alt account can't pose as an example user. That's not how the other example user accounts work. —Alalch E. 10:57, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 19:55, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
- KeepHow can you know if we need another example user? Ilovejames5🚂:) 04:43, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Keep As long as the account isn't being used for anything else (which it doesn't appear to be), I don't see any harm in this existing, even if it's only useful to a couple of people. Zerbu 💬 14:10, 28 January 2023 (UTC)- Delete Since the creator has been indeffed. Zerbu 💬 12:32, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Delete: per nom and Alalch; the creator's just been indeffed for this and numerous other antics. With that being said, I'm surprised to see so many keep proponents espousing discredited WP:ITSHARMLESS arguments. Wikipedia is not wastepaper. Ravenswing 06:52, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Userspace is for trash. I can't speak to the other things that creator did, but I judged this in particular to not be a problem on the basis that I don't see how it's harming anyone and generally if it's not a problem it's actually a detriment to the project to police such things. The "Example6" account made all of 2 edits before this point, so I don't see how it was being disruptive or why anyone should care. As for "posing as an example user" so what? Example users aren't people, they aren't being impersonated. There's no impression given here that this is anything what it is, an alt account that someone made for reasons that no one needs to know but them unless it starts being a disruption to others, which it had and still has not.
And if you're surprised by MfD participants arguing that something is harmless as a reason to "keep", well, welcome to MfD. silvia (BlankpopsiclesilviaASHs4) (inquire within) 07:08, 29 January 2023 (UTC)- Looking deeper into what other things that Ilovejames5 did, I actually think I would now support deleting this page and indeffing the associated account, but I stand by that, had they not made as many disruptive edits as they appear to have done, I would continue to support ignoring this alt account. silvia (BlankpopsiclesilviaASHs4) (inquire within) 07:15, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Userspace is for trash. I can't speak to the other things that creator did, but I judged this in particular to not be a problem on the basis that I don't see how it's harming anyone and generally if it's not a problem it's actually a detriment to the project to police such things. The "Example6" account made all of 2 edits before this point, so I don't see how it was being disruptive or why anyone should care. As for "posing as an example user" so what? Example users aren't people, they aren't being impersonated. There's no impression given here that this is anything what it is, an alt account that someone made for reasons that no one needs to know but them unless it starts being a disruption to others, which it had and still has not.
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