- 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The result of the discussion was Nomination withdrawn, I did not realize how new the creator was Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:44, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This WikiFauna is redundant to the WikiPuppy. Even its userboxes are copied from the WikiPuppy's. If the creator wants, maybe we should userfy it for him since he seems to identify himself as a WikiWolfCub. Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:35, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- No, the WikiWolfcub is definitely not the same as a WikiPuppy! I'd really appreciate it if you didn't delete. Please can you hang on, on this one?
- The main thing as far as I can see about the WikiPuppy is that it doesn't contribute much - but this Wolfcub has moved the Dartmoor Pony from start class to a 'good' C class almost single-handedly, is currently in some pretty technical debate about getting the Exmoor Pony page to dispel a commonly-held myth while retaining the ancient history of the breed, and under my commons username I've donated a mass of images to help expand current / create future articles (and not happy, therefore, about being labeled 'same as WikiPuppy' in anyone's mind!) ThatPeskyCommoner (talk) 05:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- OK, this made me laugh. A duel over minutia, in a subcategory of a category that provides pre-packaged "species" for human Wikipedia editors to self-identify with, purportedly to provide some educational and reflective merit connected with building the encyclopedia. However, it appears that, if the fauna is spurious or facetious, then it should be deleted. See, for example, Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:WikiBishop#Wikipedia:WikiBishop and Wikipedia talk:Fauna. Although there appears to be a guidline standard to apply, I cannot bring myself to argue that WikiWolfcub is distinct enough from WikiPuppy that it should be kept. This nomination has got to be a record as the most miscellaneous matter posted at MfD. To be an official record, this MfD will have to last the entire seven days and be properly closed (keep, delete, etc.). -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 05:49, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Looks fine to me. Of course, new ideas copy from old ones - and then get edited. This is clearly labelled as "humor" per guidelines; it serves to unite a community in productive editing. I see no more reason to delete this than WP:SPIDER, WP:TINC, or any of the rest. If it helps people join up and edit...what they hey? If you're concerned with a specific, click 'edit'. What's the policy/guideline reason for deletion? A new user, doing good things, and - as a sideline - has a little bit of a light-hearted moment. Note: I'm involved, 'coz I have mentored the user. But also, as a principle, I abhore userboxen. Despite that, I still think this nom is a bit of a waste of time. If you absolutely insist, then sure, I suppose it could be moved to user-space. Would that, really, make a qualitative difference to Wikipedia? Whereas, if myself and ThatPeskyCommoner were not messing around here in MfD, we'd actually be editing articles and improving this project. Chzz ► 07:29, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- So, just because it is humor, we keep every page? In reality, all the WikiFauna pages violate WP:MYSPACE, but I definitely do not intend on getting rid of all of them. I actually enjoyed the WikiFauna pages—I found them humorous, and I even have the WikiGryphon on my userpage. However, I don't like the fact that they are just exploding into massive numbers of redundant copies or "bad" WikiFauna (i.e. the WikiKraken, the wikipedian who makes hoaxes).
- You can also see the MfD noms of the WikiToyol and the WikiElephas, where I mentioned my opinions before. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:33, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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