Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google

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: delete. Avi (talk) 16:59, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google[edit]

It's just not a useful essay. To quote another editor "No offense to the creator, [but] it's an incoherent rambling rant that doesn't really have any overarching theme or meaning. It starts with a section on WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE, then touches on WP:NOTWEBHOST, then veers into a rant that starts off about WP:LINKSPAM with some nonsense about how links from Wikipedia will upset all your customers, but veers off midway through to talk about how WP:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. None of the things here are related to how "Wikipedia is not google", and we already have much better written essays explaining each of the individual problems."

Normally I'd be like enh it's not hurting anyone, but there's question about the shortcuts, and that led to a Requested Move because the title doesn't describe the contents, and that kind of led to the realization that there really isn't a good title because the essay isn't really focused on any one thing, and eh, it's not worth the trouble of sorting all that out.

Again, no offense to the writer, and thanks for the effort, and userfication would be fine, but we do have to cut back extraneous pages now and then. Herostratus (talk) 09:06, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete/userfy per the nom. Userfication is OK as long as the shortcut is removed for use elsewhere. But it's worse than confusing: it's misleading, and the fact that it's in mainspace—despite receiving fewer views than a Nixon used-car sale—may implicitly lead to readers assuming the essay speaks for the community. And incoherently at that. ——Serial 09:10, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As the IP who left the quoted comment, Delete, or Userfy and delete the Wikipedia space shortcuts (i.e. WP:NG, WP:NSE, WP:WING, WP:NOTGOOGLE, WP:Wikipedia is not a Web search engine and WP:Wikipedia is not a search engine). A confusing and redundant essay that has had complaints posted on it's talkpage dating all the way back to it's creation. The major issue is that the content does not match the title or redirects, so this has been repeatedly misquoted at RFD as a reason for deleting redirects, despite the essay saying nothing relevant. Since this is basically a collection of thoughts on other essays I can't see it being of any use even if moved to a new title. 192.76.8.91 (talk) 12:07, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
delete. The only thing holding this essay together is that its claims are generally in support of its thesis that Wikipedia is not literally Google. But that's pretty obvious (just check the URLs), and there is no other coherent point being made by this essay that isn't better stated elsewhere. CapitalSasha ~ talk 12:12, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete in its current form. The essay is basically "Wikipedia is not everything", but presented with a confusing title. It doesn't actually argue for anything substantive. A move to userspace would be appropriate here. This isn't even a minority viewpoint (which I generally support keeping, even when I disagree), it's just bad. Elli (talk | contribs) 12:30, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete / Userfy, with explicit "go ahead and retarget the WP-space short redirects too" clearance (which I think should be automatic, but that's another issue), per issues brought up in requested move. If this article was refocused and moved, it should really be to something like "Wikipedia:Search engine optimization", except that already exists and is better / more accurate, so we'd be stuck with something like "Wikipedia:Search engine optimization, another view" or some other such confusing "here's a similar essay on the same thing" issue. Per arguments above, the current essay isn't useful, and it's not a minority viewpoint that's coherent-but-controversial either. Retarget the shortcuts to Wikipedia:Search engine optimization. SnowFire (talk) 15:55, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/userfy essay per nom, DAB WP:NG between the two other targets in the hatnote, delete other projectspace redirects. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 16:54, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Do Not Keep as per other editors. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:22, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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