Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:Danielfolsom
- 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: Keep per normal policies You can request an account rename as indicated below. — xaosflux Talk 23:25, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
User talk:Danielfolsom[edit]
I realize this is generally frowned upon, but I was hoping to secure a deletion of my old talk page. I work in a public school, and already have had some awkward run-ins with students who have googled me and found my old account. I've requested a username change, but given that my signature is so thoroughly pinned to all of my archives, I'd also like to request a user talk deletion. I simply do not plan on returning as an editor and would like as clean of a break possible so that my current life is unaffected.--danielfolsom 01:01, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- Comment - I've applied {{courtesy blanked}} to the page. If it isn't deleted as you desire, that is at least a small improvement. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 03:49, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- Blanking per Godsy is usually sufficient. Bringing it here to MfD was actually counter productive due to the Streisand effect. You have now increased its prominence. You name now appears on more pages, and all the pages now are receiving more download requests, and google is noting that. It is not the end though, it can be ameliorated, we can redact your name on every page on this website.
- For privacy concerns, you are usually best advised to contact the Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team off-wiki.
- To hide your real name, which is a very common thing editors choose to do well after beginning their editing, go to Wikipedia:Changing username
- A more extreme version of the above, though not correspondingly more effective, is to request Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing
- --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:12, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
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