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October 5, 2025
editThis is an unsourced autobiography of a living person, which alone is a good enough reason for deletion at MfD. To provide further context, the user in question has been editing here for over 19 years yet has made no constructive edits to date, only self-promotion, including the now-deleted Masood Waseque. Their user page has been used as an unsourced CV for 13 years, despite Wikipedia not being a webhost. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:15, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
Per WP:COPIES and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ComparePages?page1=&rev1=676066192&page2=&rev2=676052126 Paradoctor (talk) 14:22, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- User:Reverend Mick man34/AfrikanerHomeland (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
WP:UBCR and WP:POLEMIC - advocates for racial segregation ~delta (talk • cont) 04:18, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
Per WP:PROFRINGE and WP:UBCR - this userbox indicates support of a conspiracy theory. ~delta (talk • cont) 04:14, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
October 4, 2025
editUnsourced BLP from 2016 Paradoctor (talk) 21:16, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete as an unsourced BLP, unless a reliable source is added within seven days. I.e WP:BLPPROD. It doesn’t matter when the page was written, the writing of unsourced BLP material is not in support of the Wikipedia project. This sort of stuff is not “wrong”, and you can find the content at fandom, but it is not what Wikipedia supports. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:23, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete - no acceptable sources Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:10, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
per WP:NOTABILITY. Self-promotion/vanity article, similar to User:Mqperalta94/sandbox. 0x0a (talk) 17:37, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
Was already really insensitive when it was created in 2009 and now it'd infuriate people. Distracting to the purpose of the website and userboxes. We're not a social media or shock site grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 14:25, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- ah shoot this should be in templates for discussion instead, my bad. How should this be fixed? grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 14:47, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- MfD is the correct venue. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 17:03, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep. Are we looking at the same userbox?
?It's no sillier than any number of other silly userboxen. I don't see who this is supposed to be insensitive to. Nationalists? Homophobes? And the lack of an MfD in 16 years suggest it is not actually "infuriat[ing]" anyone. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 17:07, 4 October 2025 (UTC), inflammatory second question mark struck 20:34, 4 October 2025 (UTC)- Please mind tone, it reads excessively dismissive. I don't think I'm a fool for suggesting this, contrary to your tone. It's offensive to both sides of that conflict. If the Korean War or large-scale violence related to the Korean conflict was still fresh or going on, and I saw foreigners making cracks about how a third division of Korea should be made for gay people, I'd think they were insensitive jackasses when there's still so much bloodshed. Of course people do make cracks about the Korean conflict now, but that's because the worst of it is long long past. But when stuff is going on literally now? grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 18:22, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Also, the lack of deletion in 16 years is most likely due to obscurity; this template has only been used a few times. grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 18:23, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- I didn't say you're a fool, grapesurgeon. I was bemused at this nomination because it's a bemusing nomination. The userbox is about as mild a joke as it is possible to make about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and off the bat you're saying it "was already really insensitive"; that's the kind of assessment that, yeah, makes me wonder if we're looking at the same userbox. Maybe the issue here is one of values. Maybe to you it's categorically offensive to joke about wars. It's your right to see things that way, but that's not a universal value, and in particular it's not a value you'll generally find among Israelis or Palestinians, two cultures known for morbid humor. You haven't cited any policies here, but the actual standard for deleting this kind of thing is
likely to bring the project into disrepute, or ... to give widespread offense
. If you say this offends you, I believe you, but I don't believe it would cause "widespread offense". And while the 'box might irk some nationalists or religious conservatives out there, I also don't think it meets the standard of likely disrepute, which traditionally has been a pretty high bar at MfD, usually reserved for outright advocacy of hate or restrictions on civil rights, or offensive images. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 18:51, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- I didn't say you're a fool, grapesurgeon. I was bemused at this nomination because it's a bemusing nomination. The userbox is about as mild a joke as it is possible to make about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and off the bat you're saying it "was already really insensitive"; that's the kind of assessment that, yeah, makes me wonder if we're looking at the same userbox. Maybe the issue here is one of values. Maybe to you it's categorically offensive to joke about wars. It's your right to see things that way, but that's not a universal value, and in particular it's not a value you'll generally find among Israelis or Palestinians, two cultures known for morbid humor. You haven't cited any policies here, but the actual standard for deleting this kind of thing is
Resolved discussion about tone
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*:::Then agree to disagree; my read on the situation is not aligned with yours at all. I wouldn't disrespect you by laughing at your opinion and then doubling down on it. Do some of them make morbid jokes? Absolutely, but I imagine many are fuming. grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 19:14, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
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- Delete A lot of Israelis have died and even more Palestinians have died too. I don't think it would be appropriate to say that Germany should have had a 3 state solution with one for the west, one for east, and one for the gays soon after the holocaust occurred. Humor about a contentious topic doesn't really have a place on Wikipedia since there is no free speech nor is Wikipedia a social network. Are people not going to be affected by this just because some Palestinians and some Israelis have thick skin and love dark humor? Sure that could happen, but they could also get triggered. Alternatively, people from other countries who feel passionately would get triggered. And even if no one is triggered, doing something bad and having it ignored doesn't mean what you did is bad. Also I have no idea how opposition to queer nationalism is homophobia, is opposition to maoism sinophobia, ba'aathism islamophobia and zionism antisemitism? 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 Easternsahara 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 05:12, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep per Tamzin. Not likely to cause widespread offence. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 18:49, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep I was familiar with that userbox, and it never occurred to me that it could be divisive. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 20:21, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: speedy delete. Deletion requested by page creator. Mojo Hand (talk) 19:00, 4 October 2025 (UTC) Alternate history article positing an independent Islamic state that has replaced the Canadian province of Quebec. As always, sandbox is not a free playground to write just any science fiction you want to for the funsies -- it's for working on stuff that's meant to be transferred to mainspace as a real article when you're done with it, which obviously this cannot be. Bearcat (talk) 12:42, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
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Sandbox "article" about a fictional war that "occurred" in the future, principally online, over competing maritime EEZ claims by two countries much too far apart for there to ever be any possibility of competing maritime EEZ claims.
As always, sandbox is not a free playground to write any science fiction you want to for the lulz -- it's for working on stuff that's meant to be transferred to mainspace as a real article when you're done, which obviously this can't be, and just throwing the word "fictional" around in the body text a lot doesn't protect sandbox pages from having to be about encyclopedic real things. Bearcat (talk) 12:12, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete as web hosting and crystal balling.
- This differs slightly from other alternate history because the originator has stated in the lede paragraph and in the infobox that it is fictional. That doesn't make this a permitted use of the sandbox. Wikipedia has articles about fiction, but they are about fiction that has been published so that the publisher is a reliable source as to the content of the fiction, and has been commented on as fiction by reliable sources. That is, saying that this is fiction doesn't make its coverage permitted. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:27, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
October 3, 2025
editForeign-language draft that has the author's name but actually talks about the behaviors of baboons. Not written in an encyclopedic manner. GrinningIodize (talk) 21:57, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Weak Keep - Being in Dutch is not a reason to delete a draft but is a reason to decline a draft. Will expire in 6 months unless translated to English. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:59, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Hoang (6th nomination) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Another potential violation of WP:BLP. Ryanisgreat4444 (talk) 15:25, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Question - Can the nominator please explain what is thought to be a violation of BLP? Is the nominator proposing to delete the article, Ken Hoang, which has been kept after five real AFDs, or to delete the sixth AFD nomination, which was an April Fool? How is the existence of the AFD nomination an insult to the real person whose image appears in the article? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:45, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- I only made this nomination as a result of the subject still being alive. Ryanisgreat4444 (talk) 17:24, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Right, but there's no controversial or potentially defamatory material that's unsourced or poorly sourced. As an April Fool's joke, I say leave it alone (keep). — 🪫Volatile 📲T | ⌨️C 17:42, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Even if this page is not a BLP violation, April Fools' BLP nominations have been discouraged for a few years. Xeroctic (talk) 13:02, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Right, but there's no controversial or potentially defamatory material that's unsourced or poorly sourced. As an April Fool's joke, I say leave it alone (keep). — 🪫Volatile 📲T | ⌨️C 17:42, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- I only made this nomination as a result of the subject still being alive. Ryanisgreat4444 (talk) 17:24, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep. Inadequate nomination rationale. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:49, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep, as the nomination in question is for deleting a harmless, non-biographical AfD. GrinningIodize (talk) 22:08, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep No valid reason for deletion, it's a harmless April Fools prank. ~delta (talk • cont) 04:20, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep I see no reason to delete and I agree SmokeyJoe that the nominators reason for nominating is not adequate. GothicGolem29 00:15, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep, this seems to be fairly innocuous as far as April Fools AFDs involving living people go. 2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:5CA8:42D8:9718:AB3C (talk) 08:00, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Speedy deletion criteria U5 & G11. JBW (talk) 22:07, 3 October 2025 (UTC) Unsourced BLP in userspace, almost definitely an autobiography. The user has no edits outside of their own self-promotion and the text is extremely close to WP:G11 standard. I have input the WP:FAKEARTICLE into gptzero.me, which confirms that it is completely LLM generated as well. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 05:16, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
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October 2, 2025
editWikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Larry Sanger/Nine Theses (2nd nomination) |
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The result of the discussion was: Speedy Keep. This was SNOW closed as a KEEP mere hours ago; please don't immediately re-nominate it. CoconutOctopus talk 22:25, 2 October 2025 (UTC) This essay is clearly a call for the following:
-- Ahri Boy (talk) 22:24, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
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Unsourced & promotional BLP in userspace from a user with few good-faith edits. The WP:FAKEARTICLE also makes false claims, for example it says he captained Australia at the 2000 Olympics, which is obviously not true. Statements like "Jaafar's talent is unquestionable" and "Jaafar can just as easily now grace the cover of any fashion magazine as he can a soccer magazine. He is credited with instilling a new "chic" factor in Dulwich Hill's dressing room." push this close to a WP:G11. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:01, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- Deleteas an unreferenced BLP or Speedy Delete as G11. This isn't close to G11 because it is G11. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:25, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Unsourced autobiography. The prose also borders on being a WP:G11 candidate. To date, the creator has made no edits outside of their own autobiography. Please delete as an unsourced BLP Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 17:27, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- Deleteas an unreferenced BLP or Speedy Delete as G11. This isn't close to G11 because it is G11. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:26, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: SNOW KEEP. This already has far more participation than a normal MfD and there is an overwhelming consensus that this is an appropriate essay to have up. Barkeep49 (talk) 18:35, 2 October 2025 (UTC) Oh boy, here we go. So I actually I already posted my concerns at User talk:Larry Sanger/Nine Theses, however after second thought I think this might be more appropriate. I'll just copy over here what I said there:
So, looking back at this, I have come to the conclusion that this does not belong on-wiki. Some editors evidently believe that some of this problematic material should be included, as shown there. So what does the crowd think? Bon appétit mes amis. Sophisticatedevening(talk) 15:20, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
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User has repeatedly resubmitted this draft despite being told many times that they have not shown the subject’s notability. Despite the draft being rejected, they figured out how to manually resubmit. And what did they change since last time? They added one source. Rejection hasn’t stopped the disruption, so let’s try this instead. Oh, and I still think it might be LLM-generated. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 13:02, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete - The source they did add was another piece written by the subject so didn't even remotely help the case towards notability. This has now become disruptive. McMatter (talk)/(contrib)
- Delete Tendentious resubmission. Tenshi! (Talk page) 13:14, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- Weak Delete - I disagree with the rejection. I will agree with the rejection if I see specific tells of generation by a large language model. Although I disagree with the rejection, resubmission after rejection is disruptive. Discussion would have been an appropriate response to rejection. Resubmission after rejection is never constructive. A partial block may be in order. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:07, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon see more history at DRAFT:L. Burke Files McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 16:32, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- User:Mcmatter - I did see the history, and I don't see specific evidence of the use of an LLM, and I disagree with the rejection, but disagree more with the attempt to resubmit after the rejection. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:53, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon see more history at DRAFT:L. Burke Files McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 16:32, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep – This deletion nomination is unfair, I have made significant improvements to the original draft and continued to add credible and relevant sources. Please do not conflate content issues with innocent conduct errors - my resubmission was based on the improvements I had made. If you believe the draft still does not meet the notability bar - which I would strongly argue it does given the voluminous sources relating to this active journalist - please remember WP:DRAFTSPACE exists precisely to allow for the gradual improvement of potential articles. The allegation that the content is LLM generated is untrue however I did use it to assist in formatting, as I have done with this edit! Please keep the draft. Pete Peterviddle (talk) 11:31, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Peterviddle This is not the case, the only improvement you have made to the article was to add more primary sources even after I informed you on your talk page what was required and provided feedback on the sources you thought were the best ones. I would be happy to revoke the rejection if actual effort to find some sources that met the criteria was attempted. So I will say it here again. The sources to prove notability need to be independent of the subject, this mean no interviews, not written by the subject in any way and not a press release. They need to be published in a reliable source known for editorial oversight and fact checking. The last thing required of the sources proving notability is significant coverage, meaning it needs to provide in depth coverage of the subject beyond the scope of "Joe is CEO of ABC Company and has this to say about the....". The reason for the rejection was your continued submittal without actually improving issues with the draft. If you find sources these criteria and base the draft off of them you will probably very quickly see this discussion change. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 13:26, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- We have citations from Burke Files in prominent news outlets:
- Report: Russia Laundered Millions via Danske Bank Estonia | OCCRP
- Recent coverage about his upcoming book:
- Trump-Linked Political Fundraiser Writes Book on How to Launder Money
- More details on six other books he has published and his career to date.
- L. Burke Files DDP CACM | IFC Review
- I understand the point about sources but it seems here the argument is that LBF does not meet notability requirements - this is clearly unfair, there are far more fringe published authors than LBF with Wikipedia pages at the moment Peterviddle (talk) 15:42, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Peterviddle, you're right there probably are, and if they don't demonstrate proper notability they should also be flagged and possibly removed. See WP:OTHERSTUFF. Each draft and article is always looked at on it's own we don't compare any other existing article or draft to any other when it comes to the inclusion criteria. Fair or not fair has no weight in almost any discussion here. Looking at your 3 sources here, the first is just a quote from him and offers no significant coverage of him, it confirms he exists and has some expertise, nothing else. The second only mentions him once as a co writer but spend more time discussing the other author making them almost more notable then Files, again no significant coverage on Files. The last is a profile page from a publisher, so not independent and potentially not reliable as it is most likely written by Files or his team. Don't take anything happening here as an insult to you, writing an article on Wikipedia can be one of the most difficult tasks to undertake, there are a lot of policies, guidelines and nuances that can be difficult to understand and get at first. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 18:51, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Peterviddle This is not the case, the only improvement you have made to the article was to add more primary sources even after I informed you on your talk page what was required and provided feedback on the sources you thought were the best ones. I would be happy to revoke the rejection if actual effort to find some sources that met the criteria was attempted. So I will say it here again. The sources to prove notability need to be independent of the subject, this mean no interviews, not written by the subject in any way and not a press release. They need to be published in a reliable source known for editorial oversight and fact checking. The last thing required of the sources proving notability is significant coverage, meaning it needs to provide in depth coverage of the subject beyond the scope of "Joe is CEO of ABC Company and has this to say about the....". The reason for the rejection was your continued submittal without actually improving issues with the draft. If you find sources these criteria and base the draft off of them you will probably very quickly see this discussion change. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 13:26, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
September 30, 2025
editPlease include User:StefanDressmaker/vincedalmasso in this nomination. Both are unsourced BLPs, likely hoaxes, given that they tell different stories for the same person. Found zilch on the purported subject in the wild. Paradoctor (talk) 13:33, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: As an unsourced BLP. That is enough for deletion, nothing else needs saying. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:46, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete All as two unreferenced BLPs, neither with useful information. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:06, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete all per Robert McClenon. — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 21:21, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete all per above --Lenticel (talk) 05:52, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
September 29, 2025
editUnsourced BLP of non-notable person. Paradoctor (talk) 16:37, 29 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: I generally deplore ragpicking old user space, but in this case Paradoctor has found a 2017 user sandbox containing a Facebook-sourced promotional BLP. No part of this pagespace should remain anywhere on Wikipedia. A reasonable BEFORE finds a similarly-named, similarly-located person on LinkedIn who is a self-employed Tasmanian freelancer with no credits. BusterD (talk) 20:30, 29 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete as a promotional BLP with no sources (only one reference that is actually a link). Not quite U5 because the editor made a few useful edits to plants, but close enough to be in line for deletion at MFD. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:34, 29 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete as promotional. Lorstaking (talk) 09:45, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete as promotional. — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 14:10, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:PROMO --Lenticel (talk) 05:59, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: speedily deleted by JBW Salvio giuliano 17:49, 5 October 2025 (UTC) WP:STALEDRAFT #4, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transistor as a service. IYAM, this is pure WP:OR, maybe even a hoax. Paradoctor (talk) 12:26, 29 September 2025 (UTC)
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This user only has two edits creating this user page from over three years ago. It looks to be a résumé, though we have no way of verifying if this is the same person or an impersonator.
We're not LinkedIn and past MFDs have held that it's not appropriate for a user to simply dump their biography here while not making any edits to the project itself. I recommend deletion. MZMcBride (talk) 03:10, 29 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete - The nominator says that the originator shouldn't simply dump their resume here while not making edits to the encyclopedia. That's also what U5 says. This is also an unreferenced BLP. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:16, 29 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hello. There's a discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) about U5. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:11, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete - at best, this is an unsourced BLP, which is still a delete here. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:11, 29 September 2025 (UTC)
- Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze has all the sources you need; quite frankly, that article needs a little bit of work so if all the people are oh so concerned about... listing major events in a Rwandan politician's career, your time could be much better spent by actually improving the mainspace article on him... GreenLipstickLesbian💌🦋 01:49, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- I have no concerns about notability of the person. I still think that we should delete the unsourced BLP in userspace. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 20:35, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- No you don't; you have an entire unsourced list of living people, claiming they're all members of a club with connections to violent racism[3][4] in your userspace. User:Spiderone/PEML Why is yours okay and this one not? GreenLipstickLesbian💌🦋 08:38, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- You can tag that for deletion if you wish, I won't contest it. I have no recollection of making it. For 'User:Ngabitsinze' it's basically an attempt at writing an autobiography article. It's a BLP with no sources in userspace. As a valid draft, it could perhaps be moved to draft space but since Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze already exists it would be redundant, so deletion is fine, as the mainspace version is far superior. Per WP:FAKEARTICLE Userspace is not a free web host and should not be used to indefinitely host pages that look like articles but are not intended for mainspace. I am still not convinced that we need to retain this userspace article. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 17:20, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- Also, as per nominator, it is not 100% clear whether User:Ngabitsinze is Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze himself or someone impersonating him. Again, we lose nothing by deleting the user page since the mainspace article contains all of the necessary information about him and more. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 17:25, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- No you don't; you have an entire unsourced list of living people, claiming they're all members of a club with connections to violent racism[3][4] in your userspace. User:Spiderone/PEML Why is yours okay and this one not? GreenLipstickLesbian💌🦋 08:38, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- I have no concerns about notability of the person. I still think that we should delete the unsourced BLP in userspace. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 20:35, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
September 28, 2025
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The result of the discussion was: delete. ✗plicit 01:03, 6 October 2025 (UTC) Fascist userbox. Should be deleted, just as the "User fascist" userbox was deleted in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User fascist. Was previously nominated as part of the trainwrecked MfD Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Dictator Userboxes as a "dictator userbox", but the primary problem is not that it is a dictator userbox, the problem is that it is a fascist userbox. No serious editor transcludes it. It is only transcluded by "provocative political userbox" barely-here users who are attracted by the privilege of hosting "politically incorrect" content on the Internet. —Alalch E. 23:11, 28 September 2025 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 16:38, 5 October 2025 (UTC) Sandbox creating an alternate history version of 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election -- while it hasn't messed around with the body text yet, the infobox has been changed to give the candidates different names and vote totals than they had in reality.
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Radio World New plymouth/sandbox |
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 16:38, 5 October 2025 (UTC) Yet another sandbox which exists solely to create a fictional alternate history version of List of presidents of the United States. This one seems to stay on track with reality up to Bill Clinton, but then goes Al Gore, John McCain, Barack Obama with the wrong dates, Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard.
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TimeToFixThis/sandbox6 |
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The result of the discussion was: speedy delete by Significa liberdade (G7). (non-admin closure) ObserveOwl (talk) 21:43, 2 October 2025 (UTC) User sandbox consisting of infoboxes presumptively crystal-balling a future J.D. Vance presidency, complete with Marco Rubio as vice-president and a cabinet that's mostly just everybody in DJT's cabinet staying in the same place except for Rubio and Tulsi Gabbard getting promoted. As always, sandbox is not for making predictions about the future -- and even in the event that Vance does win the 2028 election with Rubio as his vice-president, updating their articles at that time will not be difficult enough that we would already need anticipatory sandboxes to exist three years in advance of actually knowing the election result. Bearcat (talk) 14:50, 28 September 2025 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Stormijennerfp |
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Salvio giuliano 17:46, 5 October 2025 (UTC) Per WP:STALEDRAFT #6: Unsourced BLP of non-notable child Paradoctor (talk) 13:22, 28 September 2025 (UTC)
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September 27, 2025
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Salvio giuliano 21:29, 4 October 2025 (UTC) Not an essay relevent to encyclopedia writing and apparently created to troll. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 20:59, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User Virgin Evans |
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Salvio giuliano 19:32, 4 October 2025 (UTC) Redundant. Wrapper for an existing template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:35, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Linguolabial ejective stop |
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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Salvio giuliano 12:17, 4 October 2025 (UTC) Non-notable, probably will not be notable ever. Also, it appears to be abandoned by the owner. BodhiHarp 03:33, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Bruh2899/List of EPAC Category 5 tropical cyclones |
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The result of the discussion was: delete. ✗plicit 05:03, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
WP:NOTWEBHOST. Since this list is entirely WP:OR and self-published, it can't serve any encyclopedic value. Jasper Deng (talk) 01:10, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
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September 26, 2025
editWikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Haruvinraj |
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Salvio giuliano 19:52, 3 October 2025 (UTC) This is an unsourced BLP (the YouTube link doesn't work for me) and a borderline WP:U5. I considered tagging for a speedy delete but wasn't fully confident that it would be deleted as a U5 as it is a long-standing user, who has been here since 2014. I am fairly confident that we should delete at MfD for being an unsourced autobiography written by a potential WP:NOTHERE user. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:09, 26 September 2025 (UTC)
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September 25, 2025
editWikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Harit Sahai Verma |
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The result of the discussion was: delete. ✗plicit 23:41, 2 October 2025 (UTC) Very similar case to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Sumitprs/sandbox/Satya Prakash. Probably not blatantly promotional enough for anyone to want to delete as G11 or U5 but the fact still remains that this is an unsourced BLP/CV written by a user with no constructive edits (see WP:NOTCV) and we lose nothing of value by deleting it. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:03, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ununennium |
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Salvio giuliano 06:11, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
Improperly created AfD with only this page having been created. I've attempted to reach out to the user twice (arguably three times counting my comment) at User talk:Oh, It's Me! So Cool! § Recent AfD about this page with no response. Since I am not willing to formally complete the AfD nomination (as it has no valid deletion reason, nor does one exist) and because no CSD can really apply, I suppose the best place to put it is here. (Also yes I'm aware of the irony of nominating a deletion for deletion.) Perryprog (talk) 01:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cryptozoology/to do |
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The result of the discussion was: keep. Salvio giuliano 19:53, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Relic without an associated Project page, not used by the inactive WikiProject (nor was ever used in any meaningful way), no incoming links. Delete as what should be an uncontroversial cleanup. TNstingray (talk) 22:01, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
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September 21, 2025
editWikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Who is Rock Lee's wife? |
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The result of the discussion was: no consensus. Salvio giuliano 19:54, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
This page is effectively an FAQ in draftspace, and has been declined as obviously unencyclopedic. Somepinkdude (talk) 14:00, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
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September 23, 2025
editWikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Tyler Robinson (suspect) |
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The result of the discussion was: redirect to Tyler James Robinson. Salvio giuliano 09:17, 5 October 2025 (UTC) Article exists in Tyler James Robinson. Absolutiva 08:45, 23 September 2025 (UTC)
Speedy Redirect This is a copy as so it is not needed and can be redirected to Tyler James Robinson. GothicGolem29 01:08, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
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September 22, 2025
edit- User:Dronebogus/Userboxes/NoTankies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
- (Time stamp for bot to properly relist.) Salvio giuliano 06:13, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
Per WP:UBDIVISIVE; divisive userboxes are not wanted. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:53, 14 September 2025 (UTC)
- The box's creator has pointed out that they are under an ban on participating in XFD discussions. In fairness, please see their comment. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:16, 14 September 2025 (UTC)
- Keep per Dronebogus' talk page response. I'm usually against "divisive" userboxes, but this one is perfectly acceptable, and not much worse, than, say, {{User stop autocracy}}, {{User:FormalDude/Userboxes/ETR}}, or {{User:Pitsarotta/Userboxes/Anti-Stalin}}. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 19:11, 14 September 2025 (UTC)
- Weak Delete. I'm not much into policing userspace, but a userbox reading "This user doesn't like (pejorative term for people with certain beliefs)" is pretty much a textbook example of the type of divisive wording we've chosen to not allow in userboxes. I note the user has said on their userpage that they didn't think this particular point of view would be that controversial, and I agree most of us would agree with it. But we can't let "it's the majority view" excuse divisive *wording*. Though it might be considered more staid and boring, the same point could be made less divisively by expressing support (or opposition to) a worldview rather than dislike for certain people. Martinp (talk) 12:00, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
- @Martinp: Are you against a userbox expressing disdain for Fascists? jp×g🗯️ 01:48, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- I am against userboxes that are divisive (people against people) and use pejorative labels to boot. That includes situations where I might endorse the underlying opinion. Specifically, I would not be against a userbox saying "This user is against authoritative communism" or even "This user thinks we need to be vigilant against authoritative communists". Martinp (talk) 10:37, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Martinp: Fair enough; thank you for taking the time to respond. jp×g🗯️ 01:52, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- I am against userboxes that are divisive (people against people) and use pejorative labels to boot. That includes situations where I might endorse the underlying opinion. Specifically, I would not be against a userbox saying "This user is against authoritative communism" or even "This user thinks we need to be vigilant against authoritative communists". Martinp (talk) 10:37, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Martinp: Are you against a userbox expressing disdain for Fascists? jp×g🗯️ 01:48, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep per Dronebogus' talk page response and Cremastra. I myself have this userbox on my user page, and I don't see anything controversial or problematic about stating opposition to tankies and what they stand for. — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 10:07, 18 September 2025 (UTC)
- Keep I don't think this is any different from userboxes that say they don't like fascists. It may be divisive to some, but I think saying you don't like authoritarian communist regimes and their supporters is similar to saying you don't like authoritarian fascist regimes and their supporters. BootsED (talk) 22:11, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete Even without touching on the fact that the term itself is derogatory and therefore problematic for use on personal pages, its formulation itself is very vague and ambiguous, which is why, returning to the nature of derogatory political labels, anyone can understand it as a hidden attack on left-wing participants. Do you remember any "propaganda of totalitarian regimes on Wikipedia"? Was it really a disguised attack on users who argued against anti-Soviet or anti-socialist narratives in any articles? If this userbox is considered acceptable, does that mean other users will also be able to create derogatory userboxes like "this user is against woke propaganda on Wikipedia" or "this user is against neo-Marxist propaganda on Wikipedia"? Even a superficial study yields too many uncomfortable questions. I am against any things that could potentially create tension or antagonism among users. Solaire the knight (talk) 22:37, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- If you think that being anti-Stalin is indistinguishable from being a Democrat, then you are (Personal attack removed). I feel like e.g. Holodomor denial is pretty clearly morally reprehensible, and if you cannot understand the difference between that and being vaguely left-leaning, there is a competence issue. jp×g🗯️ 22:47, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- @EuanHolewicz432: This is a very confusing use of {{RPA}}; I explicitly did not claim the editor thought this (see "IF definition". Cambridge English Dictionary. Retrieved 2025-10-04.), and I do not think that accusing a hypothetical interlocutor of "behaving in a very strange or silly way" is a personal attack (see "OFF YOUR ROCKER definition". Cambridge English Dictionary. Retrieved 2025-10-04.). jp×g🗯️ 02:32, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- I assume you didn't use our homegrown Wiktionary to define that idiom because of its clear pejorative implications. And it truly stretches credibility that you do not consider "if you think so and so, then you are (pejorative)" to be a barely veiled personal attack. If you are going to argue formalities, then formally this userbox is divisive and should be deleted without question, therefore I expect you to withdraw your keep argumentation shortly. To be clear, I do not actually expect that - I expect another passive aggressive non-response instead. EuanHolewicz432 (talk) 04:48, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- @EuanHolewicz432: This is a very confusing use of {{RPA}}; I explicitly did not claim the editor thought this (see "IF definition". Cambridge English Dictionary. Retrieved 2025-10-04.), and I do not think that accusing a hypothetical interlocutor of "behaving in a very strange or silly way" is a personal attack (see "OFF YOUR ROCKER definition". Cambridge English Dictionary. Retrieved 2025-10-04.). jp×g🗯️ 02:32, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete It can be modified, but it is too inflammatory or divisive at the moment. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 22:59, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Salvio giuliano 06:13, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete "Tankie" is a pejorative term for a group of people with certain political beliefs, one which is common in toxic online discourse. There's nothing wrong with expressing an ideological position, but labeling people as "tankies" is not the kind of discourse we want on Wikipedia. Day Creature (talk) 07:56, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
- Delete I am admittedly a bit stricter on my interpretation of the userbox guidelines than some, but this seems too divisive for my liking. Userboxes expressing opposition to political groups using derogatory terms are a bad idea, and I agree with Solaire's arguments as well. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:11, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
- Keep. By strict construction of policy as written, then yes, an anti-Stalinite userbox is divisive, as well as an anti-Hitlerite userbox, but by the basic principle of common sense, I would bet fifty dollars against ten that an anti-Hitlerite userbox would be kept at MfD, which would make the selective deletion of this one in particular an asinine and grotesque mockery of the project. jp×g🗯️ 22:35, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- If you're seriously comparing the defense of Hitler and the Nazis to the defense of various communist countries in response to criticism, then you're only proving that the userbos in question should be removed as it antagonizes users against each other. Not to mention that the USSR wasn't limited to the Stalinist regime, and the term "tankie" isn't directed solely at that. Solaire the knight (talk) 12:20, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Please quit joking around. There were many Fascists and they were all scum. I hope you will permit me to say that without demanding an apology. I realize that the comparison may offend you, but the fact of the matter is that the totalitarian dictators of the 20th century were all enemies of freedom, and they were all murderers. We are able to write freely on the Internet because they failed, and their bloody plans defeated. Anybody who seeks to rewrite the historical record to declare them heroes (whether they are Mao, Pinochet, Franco or Stalin) is in the disgusting company of racists, pseudoscience cranks and malware spammers: people whose presence here is a strict detriment. jp×g🗯️ 08:47, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- The more you make it clear that Wikipedia is a platform for you to express your own political views, the closer you are to the removal of this userbox. You can write about anything on the internet. But please, in appropriate places. Wikipedia is not a political forum. Solaire the knight (talk) 11:03, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Please do not troll. jp×g🗯️ 23:58, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- You mean like you are now? EuanHolewicz432 (talk) 00:37, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Please do not troll. jp×g🗯️ 23:58, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- How does this relate to the MfD? EuanHolewicz432 (talk) 15:40, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for asking — you can see what the MfD is about by navigating to the top of the page, where there is a link to the page under discussion. jp×g🗯️ 00:00, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Not the question that was asked. EuanHolewicz432 (talk) 00:38, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for asking — you can see what the MfD is about by navigating to the top of the page, where there is a link to the page under discussion. jp×g🗯️ 00:00, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- The more you make it clear that Wikipedia is a platform for you to express your own political views, the closer you are to the removal of this userbox. You can write about anything on the internet. But please, in appropriate places. Wikipedia is not a political forum. Solaire the knight (talk) 11:03, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Please quit joking around. There were many Fascists and they were all scum. I hope you will permit me to say that without demanding an apology. I realize that the comparison may offend you, but the fact of the matter is that the totalitarian dictators of the 20th century were all enemies of freedom, and they were all murderers. We are able to write freely on the Internet because they failed, and their bloody plans defeated. Anybody who seeks to rewrite the historical record to declare them heroes (whether they are Mao, Pinochet, Franco or Stalin) is in the disgusting company of racists, pseudoscience cranks and malware spammers: people whose presence here is a strict detriment. jp×g🗯️ 08:47, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- If you're seriously comparing the defense of Hitler and the Nazis to the defense of various communist countries in response to criticism, then you're only proving that the userbos in question should be removed as it antagonizes users against each other. Not to mention that the USSR wasn't limited to the Stalinist regime, and the term "tankie" isn't directed solely at that. Solaire the knight (talk) 12:20, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete. This specific user has, in the past, gone on to argue at length why userboxes far less directly divisive should be deleted and therefore I consider the assumption of good faith to be broken with regards to their argumentation against deletion. Furthermore, the extent of wiki-political activism of this user approaches not-there levels (consider their XFD topic ban). This (clearly divisive) userbox serves as not much more than an extension of this disruptive activity. As a side note, implicitly equating fascism with (Soviet or otherwise) socialism is political soapboxing and not policy discussion.
- EuanHolewicz432 (talk) 07:13, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- If you are not familiar with the concept of an analogy, I would recommend consulting the Wikipedia article, as it may prove helpful (rather than arguing about which dictator was worse — see WP:NOTFORUM). jp×g🗯️ 09:06, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- We shouldn't be discussing dictators here at all. As you yourself wrote, but somehow don't fully grasp, Wikipedia is not a political forum or a political platform. I also have my own political opinions and views, but Wikipedia is not the place for them. If I want to discuss politics with someone or express my opinion, I'll go to Twitter, YouTube, or even Facebook. On Wikipedia, we're writing an encyclopedia, not expressing our sympathies or dislikes for any politicians or regimes. Solaire the knight (talk) 11:09, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Well, if you want to strike your own !vote further up the page, I won't stop you. jp×g🗯️ 00:01, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- I am well aware an analogy is being made - my point being that making that analogy in this context is political soapboxing. I would also like to point out the obvious: your tone and conduct throughout this MfD is wholly inappropriate and certainly not befitting of an administrator. EuanHolewicz432 (talk) 15:39, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Feel free to open an ANI thread about my disapproval of the Khmer Rouge, or about my mentioning politics in a MfD about a political userbox. Otherwise, please do not cast aspersions or falsely accuse me of claims I have not made.
- The ignorance of the userbox's creator should not be a consideration in establishing sitewide precedent. jp×g🗯️ 23:58, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Any eventual ANI thread that was to be made would pertain to exceeding lack of civility all throughout, indicative of an emotional involvement that reaches further than civil discussion of site policy, and not whatever persecution you seem to have imagined. Almost nothing you have said has actually pertained to said policy, and certainly nothing you are saying in the various responses that you have made all throughout this MfD actually relates to what the other party is saying. You are talking through people, at least insofar as you're not belittling them at that moment.
- Why exactly this specific MfD is creating sitewide precedent that many other similar deletions have yet to establish remains another mystery. EuanHolewicz432 (talk) 00:48, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- I think that my position is pretty easy to understand, both in terms of its relevance and in terms of its factual basis, if you read the actual things I wrote. jp×g🗯️ 02:32, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- I'm sure you think so. EuanHolewicz432 (talk) 04:41, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- I think that my position is pretty easy to understand, both in terms of its relevance and in terms of its factual basis, if you read the actual things I wrote. jp×g🗯️ 02:32, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- We shouldn't be discussing dictators here at all. As you yourself wrote, but somehow don't fully grasp, Wikipedia is not a political forum or a political platform. I also have my own political opinions and views, but Wikipedia is not the place for them. If I want to discuss politics with someone or express my opinion, I'll go to Twitter, YouTube, or even Facebook. On Wikipedia, we're writing an encyclopedia, not expressing our sympathies or dislikes for any politicians or regimes. Solaire the knight (talk) 11:09, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- If you are not familiar with the concept of an analogy, I would recommend consulting the Wikipedia article, as it may prove helpful (rather than arguing about which dictator was worse — see WP:NOTFORUM). jp×g🗯️ 09:06, 4 October 2025 (UTC)