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Please do not nominate your user page (or subpages of it) for deletion here. Instead, add {{db-userreq}} at the top of any such page you no longer wish to keep; an administrator will then delete the page for you. See Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion § G7 for more information.

Miscellany for deletion (MfD) is a place where Wikipedians decide what should be done with problematic pages in the namespaces which aren't covered by other specialized deletion discussion areas. Items sent here are usually discussed for seven days; then they are either deleted by an administrator or kept, based on community consensus as evident from the discussion, consistent with policy, and with careful judgment of the rough consensus if required.

Filtered versions of the page are available at

Information on the process

What may be nominated for deletion here:

Pages not covered by other XFD venues, including pages in these namespaces: Draft:, Help:, Portal:, MediaWiki:, Wikipedia: (including WikiProjects), User:, TimedText:, MOS:,^[a] Event: and the various Talk: namespaces
Userboxes, regardless of the namespace
File description pages when the file itself is hosted on Commons
Any other page, that is not in article space, where there is dispute as to the correct XFD venue.

Requests to undelete pages deleted after discussion here, and debate whether discussions here have been properly closed, both take place at Wikipedia:Deletion review, in accordance with Wikipedia's undeletion policy.

Notes

^ The vast majority of pages in the MOS: namespace are redirects, which should be discussed at RfD. MfD is only applicable for the handful of its non-redirect pages.

Before nominating a page for deletion

Before nominating a page for deletion, please consider these guidelines:

Deleting pages in your own userspace	If you want to have your own userpage or a draft you created deleted, there is no need to list it here; simply tag it with {{db-userreq}} or {{db-u1}} if it is a userpage, or {{db-author}} or {{db-g7}} if it is a draft. If you wish to clear your user talk page or sandbox, just blank it.
Duplications in draftspace?	Duplications in draftspace are usually satisfactorily fixed by redirection. If the material is in mainspace, redirect the draft to the article, or a section of the article. If multiple draft pages on the same topic have been created, tag them for merging. See WP:SRE.
Deleting pages in other people's userspace	Consider explaining your concerns on the user's talk page with a personal note or by adding `{{subst:Uw-userpage}} ~~~~` to their talk page. This step assumes good faith and civility; often the user is simply unaware of the guidelines, and the page can either be fixed or speedily deleted using {{db-userreq}}. Take care not to bite newcomers – sometimes using the {{subst:welcome}} or {{subst:welcomeg}} template and a pointer to WP:UP would be best first. Problematic userspace material is often addressed by the User pages guidelines including in some cases removal by any user or tagging to clarify the content or to prevent external search engine indexing. (Examples include copies of old, deleted, or disputed material, problematic drafts, promotional material, offensive material, inappropriate links, 'spoofing' of the MediaWiki interface, disruptive HTML, invitations or advocacy of disruption, certain kinds of images and image galleries, etc) If your concern relates to these areas consider these approaches as well, or instead of, deletion. User pages about Wikipedia-related matters by established users usually do not qualify for deletion. Articles that were recently deleted at AfD and then moved to userspace are generally not deleted unless they have lingered in userspace for an extended period of time without improvement to address the concerns that resulted in their deletion at AfD, or their content otherwise violates a global content policy such as our policies on Biographies of living persons that applies to any namespace.
Policies, guidelines and process pages	Established pages and their sub-pages should not be nominated, as such nominations will probably be considered disruptive, and the ensuing discussions closed early. This is not a forum for modifying or revoking policy. Instead consider tagging the policy as {{historical}} or redirecting it somewhere. Proposals still under discussion generally should not be nominated. If you oppose a proposal, discuss it on the policy page's discussion page. Consider being bold and improving the proposal. Modify the proposal so that it gains consensus. Also note that even if a policy fails to gain consensus, it is often useful to retain it as a historical record, for the benefit of future editors.
WikiProjects and their subpages	It is generally preferable that inactive WikiProjects not be deleted, but instead be marked as {{WikiProject status\|inactive}}, redirected to a relevant WikiProject, or changed to a task force of a parent WikiProject, unless the WikiProject was incompletely created or is entirely undesirable. WikiProjects that were never very active and which do not have substantial historical discussions (meaning multiple discussions over an extended period of time) on the project talk page should not be tagged as {{historical}}; reserve this tag for historically active projects that have, over time, been replaced by other processes or that contain substantial discussion (as defined above) of the organization of a significant area of Wikipedia. Before deletion of an inactive project with a founder or other formerly active members who are active elsewhere on Wikipedia, consider userfication. Notify the main WikiProject talk page when nominating any WikiProject subpage, in addition to standard notification of the page creator.
Alternatives to deletion	Normal editing that doesn't require the use of any administrator tools, such as merging the page into another page or renaming it, can often resolve problems. Pages in the wrong namespace (e.g. an article in Wikipedia namespace), can simply be moved and then tag the redirect for speedy deletion using {{db-g6\|rationale= it's a redirect left after a cross-namespace move}}. Notify the author of the original article of the cross-namespace move.
Alternatives to MfD	Speedy deletion If the page clearly satisfies a "general" or "user" speedy deletion criterion, tag it with the appropriate template. Be sure to read the entire criterion, as some do not apply in the user space.

Please familiarize yourself with the following policies

Wikipedia:Deletion policy – our deletion policy that describes how we delete things by consensus
Wikipedia:Deletion process – our guidelines on how to list anything for deletion
Wikipedia:Guide to deletion – a how-to guide whose protocols on discussion format and shorthands also apply here
Wikipedia:Project namespace – our guidelines on "Wikipedia" namespace pages
Wikipedia:User page – our guidelines on user pages and user subpages
Wikipedia:Userboxes – our guideline on userboxes

How to list pages for deletion

Shortcut

WP:MFDHOWTOWP:MFDHOWTO

Please check the aforementioned list of deletion discussion areas to check that you are in the right area. Then follow these instructions:

Instructions on listing pages for deletion:

To list a page for deletion, follow this three-step process: (replace PageName with the name of the page, including its namespace, to be deleted)

Note: Users must be logged in to complete step II. An unregistered user who wishes to nominate a page for deletion should complete step I and post their reasoning on Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion with a notification to a registered user to complete the process.

I.

Edit PageName:

Enter the following text at the top of the page you are listing for deletion:

{{mfd|1={{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}}}
for a second or subsequent nomination use {{mfdx|2nd}}

or

{{mfd|GroupName}}
if nominating several similar related pages in an umbrella nomination. Choose a suitable name as GroupName and use it on each page.

If the nomination is for a userbox or similarly transcluded page, use {{subst:mfd-inline}} so as to not mess up the formatting for the userbox.

Use {{subst:mfd-inline|GroupName}} for a group nomination of several related userboxes or similarly transcluded pages.

Please include in the edit summary the phrase
Added MfD nomination at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName]]
replace PageName with the name of the page that is up for deletion.
Please don't mark your edit summary as a minor edit.
Check the "Watch this page" box if you would like to follow the page in your watchlist. This may help you to notice if your MfD tag is removed by someone.
Save the page

II.

Create its MfD subpage.

The resulting MfD box at the top of the page should contain the link "this page's entry"

Click that link to open the page's deletion discussion page.
Insert this text:

{{subst:mfd2| pg={{subst:#titleparts:{{subst:PAGENAME}}||2}}| text=Reason why the page should be deleted}} ~~~~
replacing Reason... with your reasons why the page should be deleted and sign the page. Do not substitute the pagename, as this will occur automatically.

Consider checking "Watch this page" to follow the progress of the debate.
Please use an edit summary such as Creating deletion discussion page for [[PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
If appropriate, inform members of the most relevant WikiProjects through one or more "deletion sorting lists". Then add a {{subst:delsort|<topic>|<signature>}} template to the nomination, to insert a note that this has been done.
Save the page.

III.

Add a line to MfD.

Follow this edit link and at the top of the list add a line:

{{subst:mfd3| pg=PageName}}
Put the page's name in place of "PageName".

Include the discussion page's name in your edit summary like
Added [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
Save the page.
If nominating a page that has been nominated before, use the page's name in place of "PageName" and add

{{priorxfd|PageName}}
in the nominated page deletion discussion area to link to the previous discussions and then save the page using an edit summary such as
Added [[Template:priorxfd]] to link to prior discussions.

If nominating a page from someone else's userspace, notify them on their main talk page.
For other pages, while not required, it is generally considered civil to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the miscellany that you are nominating. To find the main contributors, look in the page history or talk page of the page and/or use TDS' Article Contribution Counter or Wikipedia Page History Statistics. For your convenience, you may add
{{subst:mfd notice|PageName}} ~~~~
to their talk page in the "edit source" section, replacing PageName with the pagename. Please use an edit summary such as
Notice of deletion discussion at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the nomination page you are proposing for deletion.
If the user has not edited in a while, consider sending the user an email to notify them about the MfD if the MfD concerns their user pages.
If you are nominating a WikiProject, please post a notice at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council, in addition to the project's talk page and the talk pages of the founder and active members.

Administrator instructions

XFD backlog
V	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
CfD	0	62	27	89
TfD	1	19	5	25
MfD	0	0	1	1
FfD	0	15	8	23
RfD	0	26	8	34
AfD	0	0	3	3

Administrator instructions for closing and relisting discussions can be found here.

Archived discussions

A list of archived discussions can be located at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates.

Current discussions

Pages currently being considered for deletion are indexed by the day on which they were first listed. Please place new listings at the top of the section for the current day. If no section for the current day is present, please start a new section.

August 8, 2025

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/MediaWiki talk:Copyrightwarning

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: Procedural close. I'm going to use the "any reasonable administrator" clause of WP:INVOLVED and move this to RFD myself despite having commented. If anyone thinks this is a WP:BADNAC let me know and I'll revert the close. (non-admin closure) Warudo (talk) 17:55, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki talk:Copyrightwarning

This page is the talk page of a deprecated mediawiki page where its parent page was deleted by a WMF staff. so technically this would qualify for CSD under a talkpage without any parent page. however, i just don't feel comfortable CSD-ing it. after all, it's a page in the mediawiki namespace and the redirect is pretty ancient. so bringing this unique circumstance here to see whether the community agrees this redirect without a parent page should exist. Also, should the discussion exist in MfD (which is what i picked) or RfD? Yelps ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ critique me 13:36, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as G8. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:45, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
~~All redirects go to RfD so this is technically the wrong venue. However, speedy delete as G8 instead of opening an RfD per WP:NOTBURO.~~ Warudo (talk) 16:08, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Interface pages are weird. MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning is not a red link even if deleted so G8 might not apply. So, on second thought just close as wrong venue and take to RfD. Warudo (talk) 16:11, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.

User:Buchananite25/sandbox

Another sandbox page which appears to exist solely to concoct imaginary election results. Although currently it's a straight copy-paste of 2006 Alaska gubernatorial election that hasn't been actively fictionalized yet, that's almost certainly forthcoming as the page's history has been entirely "copy-paste real election article and then start making alternate-history changes to it" -- past versions of the page have included a 1996 US presidential election with Pat Buchanan as the Republican candidate instead of Bob Dole, an Israeli Knesset election fought between New York City mayoral candidates, a 2006 Florida gubernatorial election in which Charlie Crist's name was Stromy Barnhill and Jim Davis's name was Charlie Crist, a 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election that was won by Christy Mihos instead of Deval Patrick, a 2016 Republican presidential primary that was won by Mike Pence instead of The Donald, a a 2022 Florida gubernatorial election won by Byron Donalds, and an entirely fictional 1990 US presidential election (not even a presidential election year) won by James Baker.
This, once again, appears to be the user's exclusive editing interest -- apart from a few stray bits of mainspace vandalism around revising Massachusetts elections to posit Christy Mihos as the winner, their edit history has otherwise been exclusively on this with virtually no productive contributions at all, so they're clearly WP:NOTHERE to help build an encyclopedia. Bearcat (talk) 12:48, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, or Speedy Delete as U5 - As of the time that Bearcat nominated this sandbox for deletion, and as of 1600 GMT, 9 August, the party affiliations in the infobox of the candidates are not their party affiliations as reported in the article as reported by reliable sources. Since some of the persons mentioned are living persons, the biography of living persons policy applies, and is applicable in all namespaces including sandboxes. The history of this sandbox includes multiple other BLP violations. The contribution history of the author seems to be that this is what they do, so this is also improper web hosting. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:07, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Feline Frame-Up/sandbox

Biography of a living person without adequate sourcing that would meet WP:BLP. Stockhausenfan (talk) 08:21, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, the outlet cited (reduxx.info) spews nothing but transphobic hatred while claiming to be "feminist". I tried to find another source backing this claim using a search engine, there were however only other far-right/user-submitted outlets that cite the article from reduxx (InfoWars being one of them). The user added it to the Erika Hilton article, which I reverted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madeline5834 (talk • contribs) 09:39, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Seems to be a draft of this edit that has been reverted. From a cursory Google search, I cannot find any evidence outside of some unreliable far-right information outlets. TruenoCity (talk) 18:45, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This is not exactly a biography, because it is a biographical fragment. Biographical fragments about living persons are subject to the biographies of living persons policy, and this fragment violates that policy. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:39, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Hawaii: Part II

As much as I like this album, I believe this draft has no chance of getting into mainspace.

Here's why:

The draft has been declined 4 times, all for the same reason: unreliable sources (like student media and blogs).
These concerns were left unaddressed on attempted resubmissions.
I myself attempted to find suitable sources but found none.

That is why I believe this draft has no chance of becoming a live article and should be deleted. Thanks, 1isall (talk/contribs) 04:07, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - It isn't either necessary or useful to nominate drafts for deletion simply because they will never be accepted. If the draft is left alone for six months and is not edited, it will be deleted automatically. If editors are editing it in those six months, they may be trying to find sources. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:08, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: A draft being declined doesn't mean it should be deleted. If sources are found - for example, a news outlet might write about Miracle Musical in the next few months - the draft has a chance of being published and nobody would have to go through the trouble of rewriting a deleted draft. --cheesewhisk3rs ≽^•⩊•^≼ ∫ (pester) 06:35, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just to quote Wikipedia:NMFD: "Failure to demonstrate that the topic meets notability guidelines is not considered sufficient reason to delete a draft, unless it has been repeatedly declined and resubmitted at AfC without improvement." This pretty much seems to be the case here. Thanks, 1isall (talk/contribs) 12:06, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's pretty much why I decided to try and take this draft to here. Thanks, 1isall (talk/contribs) 12:58, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

August 6, 2025

Template:User css-N

(Time stamp for bot to properly relist.) bibliomaniac 1 5 23:55, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The text in this userbox is almost identical to Template:User css-4, which indicates expert knowledge. The "-N" templates for programming languages have long been treated as a joke, since the "native speaker" wording is not really applicable to them. The associated categories have already been deleted multiple times — see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 January 12#c-Timrollpickering-2012-01-21T01:56:00.000Z-Category:User_pas-N. I believe the appropriate solution is to replace all uses with "User css-4" and either delete this template or reclassify it as a joke template, as an analogous ones (Template:User pas-N and similar in Category:Humorous user templates) still exist. Solidest (talk) 08:43, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment In case someone missed the title of this page, there was a previous nomination of this at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User css-N. Justjourney (talk | contribs) 02:54, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Replace all uses with Template:User css-4 and then Delete per nom; I find Black Falcon's "redirect" !vote in the 2010 discussion much more convincing than the "keep"s there. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:36, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, bibliomaniac 1 5 23:55, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Userboxes/The Right Group

Useless page created by blocked editor. There aren't any other lists of userboxes for a specific entity, as opposed to a general concept. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:06, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. 88.97.192.42 (talk) 23:10, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per IP88.

49.151.187.185 talk

14:35, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

August 5, 2025

Aganachil drafts

These drafts all appear to be Grand Theft Auto roleplay or fantasy content - all of them make repeated references to the fictitious locations of "San Andreas" and "Los Santos", which are part of the setting of that game. I realize that drafts are not checked for notability or sanity, but some of these have enough vaguely plausible-looking references that I figured I'd make sure they don't get through. Omphalographer (talk) 19:53, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete All as long as we are here. These are not U5 because they are not in user space but in draft space. However, they appear to be use of draft space for web hosting, because they are the only edits by the originator and have not been submitted (because they would be rejected if submitted). Robert McClenon (talk) 21:01, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dolesbang/Whatever the Plan 9 shows, you have to let the Chinese firefly go

This appears to be a template housed in userspace with a nondescriptive name. It causes both accessibility issues by rotating text on user talk pages, and usability issues by preventing the reply tool from working. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:17, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, then just ask the user(s) it who use(s) on talk pages to kindly change it or not use it on their user talk page. Keep - Eva Ux 19:56, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Eva UX can you please give a brief explanation about your connection to User:Dolesbang and User:Mushy Yank? Otherwise I think this might be confusing and I would rather it come from you. S0091 (talk) 21:05, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would like Eva UX to come clean about this, so I look forward to their response. But, as a interim measure: Dolesbang was blocked by a CU to enforce Eva UX's one account restriction, and there was an appeal Mushy Yank's block posted from the Eva UX account, so I think it is safe to assume that they are the same individual. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 23:02, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

see my talk page. - Eva Ux 03:33, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Eva UX I have to say just telling people to look at your talk page is unhelpful because it does not mention Dolesbang but I think HouseBlaster addressed it. Setting that aside, you indicate you would have changed your talk page if one kindly requested it. Therefore, I kindly request you not use it and I kindly request you {{db-author}} User:Dolesbang/Whatever the Plan 9 shows, you have to let the Chinese firefly go which I think would save everyone time and allow this MfD be closed. I will note Liz did complain to you (as Mushy Yank) here and here then noted her complaints were not effective here. Honestly, I would have brought up the issue with the Reply tool not working to you but given you had dismissed Liz's concerns, I thought it would be a waste of my time. S0091 (talk) 18:40, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak~~ Delete as long as we are here and the originator is indefinitely blocked for abuse of multiple accounts including this one. It appears that all that this does is to rotate the screen. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:52, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
~~Delete~~ as an accessibility nightmare. Making text harder to read is unkind, especially to people with worse eyesight. Seriously, people. Making anything inaccessible is not "fun" or "cool". And nobody should be forced to ask editors to stop using a template which causes them hardship. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 23:02, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Everything I said was true. The tone of Eva's replies here leave a lot to be desired, but they have remedied the issue. So I support keep with explicit consensus against reinstating any weird formatting. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 21:38, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: per nom and HouseBlaster. Maybe this isn't mentioned in MOS:Accessibility out of a hope for common sense. REAL_MOUSE_IRL talk 12:09, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This User page has significantly changed since its deletion nomination.(I have removed the rotation and that sets the matter making both deletion rationale and all Delete votes moot.)--- Eva Ux 18:23, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, I did not notice your note when I responded above. Will you request G7 so this can be put to bed? S0091 (talk) 18:53, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don’t understand the question. Why would I request Speedy deletion when I vote Keep and amended the page, thus addressing the issue? (And as for your request above: Some disliked the tilted layout, some liked it very much (including Robertsky and other users; your search seems to have been incomplete). So, no. - Eva Ux 19:01, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The MfD is to delete the page which so far has consensus so it will either be deleted when this is closed (unless consensus changes) or you can request G7. As far as the other, your reason for keeping was because no one asked you to change it so that is what I was addressing. I really would have brought up the Reply tool not working to you had it not been for you dismissing Liz's concerns. S0091 (talk) 19:17, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I guess to be clear, I saw Liz make those comments when she made them so that is how I know they existed and obviously you did not change your Mushy Yank talk page and again the reason I did not bring up the Reply issue to you. S0091 (talk) 19:22, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why should this page be deleted when concern is MOOT? - Eva Ux 19:29, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Umm....because this is a deletion discussion. You saying it's moot is meaningless unless others agree with you, thus forming a censuses it is in fact moot. I'm trying to save the community some time but you are not interested so I will leave it. S0091 (talk) 19:50, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am not interested??? The problem WAS RESOLVED (by me). How can one save more time to the community if not by addressing issues (real or not)? The concern is moot because it is moot not because I say so. - Eva Ux 19:57, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You know, you really got to stop with the caps (and bolding too). It does not help your arguments and likely diminishes them because you come across as combative. Anyway, pinging @HouseBlaster, @REAL MOUSE IRL@Pi.1415926535 to see if they agree this is now moot. Robert has already responded and is unconvinced. I think it would be helpful if folks could explain why Eva Ux changing their talk page is or is not sufficient to prevent deletion. S0091 (talk) 20:35, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I have struck "Weak" from my vote. It appears that Eva is trying to confuse the jury, as to what this page was and has been, and as to who Eva is. But MFD is a content forum, so we can delete an offending page but not an offending user. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:02, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm not sure what this page is for or why it appears that "Dolesbang/Whatever the Plan 9 shows, you have to let the Chinese firefly go" is the page title. Could the page title reflect the actual name of the page and not be altered? And, no, I thought the tilted User talk page was distracting and difficult to read and was surprised when it wasn't changed to a normal page after my complaints (and any others?). As for who is who, I have no idea why that is being kept such a mystery instead of identifying alternate accounts on the main User page as we ask all other editors to do. That's all I'll say about this rather confusing situation. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:17, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The page is actually titled User:Dolesbang/Whatever the Plan 9 shows, you have to let the Chinese firefly go. It used to be the "template" (hosted in userspace) which created the rotated text and weird color, but Eva has kindly removed that junk. As for who is who, while I wish Eva was more forthcoming (and second your request for a userpage note), we have established that Dolesbang, Eva, and Mushy Yank are the same editor. Best, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 21:38, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
To be fair, Dolesbang and Tchèque Point were declared by the Mushy Yank account but Eva Ux, Artus Sauerfog Dark-Eon and Chateau Brillant were not. S0091 (talk) S0091 (talk) 21:52, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This template was causing the tilted text, until that was removed during this discussion. Responding to the ping above, I think this is now moot assuming the style isn't re-added after this discussion closes. REAL_MOUSE_IRL talk 21:40, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know about the technical aspects of how this page is coded. I just know that when I click on the link and look at the page, the "User" is absent from the page title as it is displayed. I'm sure it's there in the page title (or else it would be identified as a main space page) but, for me, the namespace "User" doesn't appear. I also have no idea what it all means (Chinese firefly? Plan 9?) but that seems trivial beyond the question about its existence and purpose. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:51, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's the same for their Eva Ux User pages. Neither has User: or User talk:so they are doing something to change the titles. S0091 (talk) 15:09, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The template displays the namespace prefix in 1px-sized white font. If you highlight the entire page title and zoom in a lot, you might be able to see the prefix (I can, but I'm on a desktop and I had to zoom in a bunch). Many other users hide the prefix, so I don't think deleting this one page is the appropriate way to go about making changes. Best, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 20:56, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Television stations task force/TV Markets

Remember 2006? Remember The WB and UPN? This page does. It consists of the output of all the TV market navigation templates as they existed back then. It's an utterly useless page that somehow has received the occasional update to avoid disambiguation pages and survived the removal of Nielsen DMA mentions from these navboxes in 2008 (after a copyright complaint). It has no utility in the year 2025. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:02, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~Mark historical~~ - We don't need to logically delete old stuff that is still historically accurate. Nothing is ever physically deleted. We can mark it historical and accessible to editors, which is slightly better than marking it historical and accessible only to admins. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:45, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that it's also inaccurate and serves no useful purposes. A lot has happened in American TV in the last 20 years. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 22:55, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
User:Sammi Brie - Was it accurate in 2006? If so, it is still accurate as historical data. If it is tagged as historical, that should clarify that the data was correct in 2006. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:34, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There have been enough edits by Mlaffs, Wcquidditch and others as part of updating links that it in some places no longer reflects 2006 information. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 04:47, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete - If this page no longer contains historically accurate data about the past, then it is a hodge-podge of uncertain data. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:14, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Free Document Maker

After the first draft's creation, it got declined four times, then rejected, then moved to mainspace by the creator, then deleted at AfD, then recreated as an AI-generated draft, then declined, then rejected. After the creator's account was blocked, they created two socks to edit the draft.

So this is an AI-generated WP:PROMO draft about a not notable subject which is now only edited by socks. I don't see any point of it remaining on the site. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 07:53, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a blatant case, for multiple reasons:
- Being worked on after rejection and without discussion.
- Recreation after deletion from article space.
- Being the product of artificial intelligence.
- Undeclared conflict of interest.
- Sockpuppetry. If not deleted, more sockpuppets may continue editing the draft. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:29, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom and McClenon, and weak salt TruenoCity (talk) 01:58, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Robert McClenon. Clear-cut case of tendatious resubmission for which salting should be considered — 🪫Volatile ^{📲T | ⌨️C} 02:13, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Sujanpatilwiki/sandbox

Hit'n'run non-English and the only ref is a spam-problem. Someone who wanted to write an article for enwiki would need to start from scratch with a good ref anyway, don't need this clogging up de-spamming search results. DMacks (talk) 01:48, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak Keep~~ - Drafts, and drafts in user space, are not deleted for notability or for quality of references, or for various other reasons for which articles may be deleted. Drafts are declined for problems with references, and are also declined for not being in English. Leave Useless Drafts Alone. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:33, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Speedy Delete as U5. I have never seen a weak speedy delete,but sometimes there are first times for things. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:51, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Max.entre/sandbox

Years-long multi-account x-wiki disruption related to promoting this person and/or his company. See for example [1]. The presence of this abandoned sandbox is making it hard to keep track of current GrowJust spam problems. DMacks (talk) 00:13, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete as U5. The originating account is not blocked in English Wikipedia, but has made no other edits. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:45, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It’s a five year old product of a single edit account, probably violates NOTPROMOTION but does not meet U5 or G11.

Blank with {{Userpage blanked}}. That will solve your problem, immediately, painlessly, at low cost. - SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:49, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

August 4, 2025

User:TeeTylerToe/sandboxar

Per WP:COPIES and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ComparePages?page1=User%3ATeeTylerToe%2Fsandboxar&rev1=730139164&page2=Assault+rifle&rev2=730133270 Paradoctor (talk) 13:49, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Copies of mainspace articles in user space are redundant forks which do not reflect subsequent edits to the article space article. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:11, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:TeeTylerToe/sandbox22

Per WP:COPIES and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ComparePages?page1=User%3ATeeTylerToe%2Fsandbox22&rev1=714523076&page2=Fairchild+Republic+A-10+Thunderbolt+II&rev2=714486988 Paradoctor (talk) 12:12, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Copies of mainspace articles in user space are redundant forks which do not reflect subsequent edits to the article space article. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:10, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(typical for all these TTT sandboxes) why not just blank them and move on? Why the MFD's? --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:20, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

August 3, 2025

User:TeeTylerToe/sandbox2

Per WP:COPIES and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ComparePages?page1=User%3ATeeTylerToe%2Fsandbox2&rev1=559883921&page2=MEKO&rev2=551032398 Paradoctor (talk) 23:56, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Copies of mainspace articles in user space are redundant forks which do not reflect subsequent edits to the article space article. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:30, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:TeeTylerToe/sandbox1

Per WP:COPIES and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ComparePages?page1=User%3ATeeTylerToe%2Fsandbox1&rev1=624538941&page2=Los+Angeles-class+submarine&rev2=624244435 Paradoctor (talk) 23:50, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Copies of mainspace articles in user space are redundant forks which do not reflect subsequent edits to the article space article. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:29, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Destiny

Draft about a fan film which is supposedly being directed by the page's creator (who has been blocked) and presumably their friends. Has only been edited meaningfully by the creator (or their socks), and is never going to become an article, given that the topic is entirely WP:MADEUP. Given the creator's persistent sockpuppet activity at this draft, this would probably be better off deleted right away rather than waiting for G13. silviaASH (inquire within) 03:13, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete: Unacceptable misuse of the draftspace and highly unlikely to be of any encyclopedic value, per WP:SOAP, WP:HOAX, and WP:G3. No point in waiting for G13 per the criteria at WP:NMFD. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥^{(discuss · contribs)} 04:29, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a hoax. There certainly have been initiatives from Nintendo to create a Legend of Zelda film. The author has used these sources to lend an air of legitimacy to this article and weaved their own fan fiction itiative to seem like it is an extension of the legitimate initiative from Nintendo. -- Whpq (talk) 14:56, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete:
- Probable hoax. (I don't see this as an obvious hoax.)
- Work of sockpuppeteer and sockpuppets.
- Likely target of more sockpuppets of author, and so probably will not expire for G13. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:17, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

August 2, 2025

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies

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The result of the discussion was: delete. ✗plicit 23:59, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies

AI generated, COI, paid editor, no in-line citations and the general references do not support the article enough Sushidude21! (talk) 08:58, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As per Indian educational standards, Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies (RDIAS) is a recognized institute, as it is affiliated with GGSIPU and has approval from AICTE. It is included in many public databases and has an 'A 'grade accreditation from NAAC. Significant coverage beyond press releases or insignificant mentions can be found in reliable, independent sources such as The Times of India, Financial Express, and other sites. ~~~~ RDResearcher2025 (talk) 10:11, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It will be helpful if you can reply without the use of AI. If you have references, can you please add them as inline citations? TruenoCity (talk) 13:06, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Abstain drafts are not checked for notability. Reviewer declined the draft but not rejected. However, the writing is somewhat promotional in tone and is clearly written by AI. TruenoCity (talk) 13:15, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question - What are the tells of artificial intelligence? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:22, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Robert McClenon: See revision 1286984331: It exhibits WP:MARKDOWN, WP:AICURLY, and WP:AITITLECASE. Combined with: redundant top content heading duplicating the page title, use of American English in a page about an Indian topic, the overall tone and style, and the paid editing context. —Alalch E. 21:33, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I see WP:AICURLY and WP:AITITLECASE. The latter doesn't persuade me, because I forget that stupid rule all the time. I see inconsistent use of headings, but I have seen that before LLMs became a problem. I don't see any specific evidence of Markdown, but maybe I don't know what to look for. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:27, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - What it is doing with the quotes is worse than I had expected. It isn't even using the Unicode curly quotes characters, which MS Word supplies as an auto-correction and which have to be turned off. It is using magic markup to specify curly quotes. I will remember that as something to look for. It is doing the wrong thing by conscious effort. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:27, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as produced by artificial intelligence. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:27, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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July 29, 2025

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ShadowDragon343/Donald Trump

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:22, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:ShadowDragon343/Donald Trump

(Time stamp for bot to properly relist.)

Salvio giuliano

06:13, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:UBDIVISIVE, userbox serves no other purpose than to soapbox and divide people LakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 02:03, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete:I forgot I made it as its been so long but given theres several others of the same thing, feel free to delete. ShadowDragon343 (talk) 00:41, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep to be clear I nominated this other Trump template for deletion. Where I draw the line is hatred or insulting. Vanilla expression of support for Trump don't cross that line for me. grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 23:15, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Salvio giuliano

06:13, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete needlessly divisive. This is not what userpages are for. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 00:36, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Blitziko/Userboxes/User opposes Donald Trump

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:22, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Blitziko/Userboxes/User opposes Donald Trump

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Salvio giuliano

06:12, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:UBDIVISIVE, userbox serves no other purpose than to soapbox and divide people LakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 02:03, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep to be clear I nominated this other Trump template for deletion. Where I draw the line is hatred or insulting. Expressions like these are still civil enough that it doesn't cross that line for me. grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 23:16, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Salvio giuliano

06:12, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete needlessly divisive. This is not what userpages are for. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 00:36, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nom and WP:UBDIVISIVE. Noorullah (talk) 05:33, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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August 1, 2025

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:갤럭시 AI

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The result of the discussion was: delete (with creator's agreement). Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:21, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:갤럭시 AI

Translation into Korean from Galaxy AI per revision history Snowman304|talk 21:30, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete or Trans-Wikify - Just as in user space, copies of mainspace articles into draft space are redundant forks of content, unless the author wants to move this into the Korean Wikipedia. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:19, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I was not aware this draft page existed, but I understand your point and agree with deletion. I have no plans to move this content to the Korean Wikipedia, so I’m fine with it being removed. Thank you for the clarification. Mandy Harper (talk) 02:48, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Closed discussions

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates

[1] The vast majority of pages in the MOS: namespace are redirects, which should be discussed at RfD. MfD is only applicable for the handful of its non-redirect pages.

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