Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Sandbox/Storytelling
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany 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 debate was Keep. Sandboxes are mostly harmless, and objectionable content can be blanked by anyone. Xoloz 13:54, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
All very nice but really needs to be cleared out as it's (a) got drogatory references to Jimbo Wales and (b) run long past the sell-by date implied by the Sandbox location. Just zis Guy you know? 22:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Keep I think you should clean it up but by no means delete it. Wikipedia would just not be the same without just a little humor to balance out the overwhelming seriousness. Ruff Bark away! 03:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm all for humor (and indeed humor), but most of this is strictly amateurish storytelling - when did we become Myspace? Just zis Guy you know? 16:03, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- We didn't, but maybe what you consider to be amateurish isn't amateurish to someone else. QuizQuick 04:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- Keep Per Ruffin Writer. QuizQuick 03:57, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Keep Wikipedia needs a place for the users to express themselves freely and uninhibited. At most the page should have a heading explaning that it is not to be taken seriously. Clamping down on humour will only make users feel constricted in a stuffy environment. Think outside the box 16:29, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- For the sake of convenience, reboot the rest still there and start anew with a more-or-less blank page with the beginning stating the page's purpose and how contributions should be structured. DrWho42 23:56, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- How do you know the new stories will be any better? QuizQuick 04:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
- I don't although I'm wondering how long this "article" will become. Aside from that, I think there should be that beginning sentence stating the purpose of the page (obvious, I know, just something short) and how contributions are done (for instance, are they written by one user or is it a collaboration? Prolly either, but it doesn't seem to say). DrWho42 05:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
- There was a set of instructions to begin with, but someone deleted them so I readded it. QuizQuick 13:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
- I don't although I'm wondering how long this "article" will become. Aside from that, I think there should be that beginning sentence stating the purpose of the page (obvious, I know, just something short) and how contributions are done (for instance, are they written by one user or is it a collaboration? Prolly either, but it doesn't seem to say). DrWho42 05:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
- How do you know the new stories will be any better? QuizQuick 04:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
- Delete. Fun stuff for a blog, not for Wikipedia. GMcGath 14:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
- 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.