Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiElephas

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 There was no support for "keep" except implicit support from the author (Aris riyanto), and it came down to a question of delete v userfy. However, apart from the numerically greater number of "deletes", the two "userfies" gave little reason, beyond "why not?", whereas the "deletes" did give several reasons. (Incidentally, several comments seem to indicate that this was deletion discussion for all of the pages listed by Aris riyanto, but in fact only Wikipedia:WikiElephas was under consideration. Either Aris riyanto or anyone else is, of course, free to nominate any or all the others for deletion, but so far nobody has.) JamesBWatson (talk) 13:48, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another example of the explosion of wikifauna articles. There is no way to identify this sort of fauna, except for the fact that they seem to stamp out "people who steal other people's articles". Tis feels rather myspacy. Guerillero | My Talk 03:26, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Userfy. Silly Wikifauna may not have much value in the project namespace but there's no reason why one can't have a laugh in another user's userspace. It could even appear as a 'cryptid' in the fauna template... Kayau Voting IS evil 04:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete After reading the page, I see little relevance to Wikipedia, which would not be resolved by userfication. Delete per WP:NOTMYSPACE. Cunard (talk) 06:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• why?Aris riyanto (talk) 07:53, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• I can't see how incidents such as "[they] work together with WikiPolice to catch WikiToyol who steal somebody ideas on wikipedia world" happen on Wikipedia. Would you explain? Cunard (talk) 08:06, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Userfy is harmless and a bit naff but not suited for project namespace. Failing a userfy then Delete. Lovetinkle (talk) 20:10, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Cunard. --Kleinzach 00:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Not a meaningful contribution to the study of editing styles. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Hey dude, that's joke! Aris riyanto (talk) 02:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey dude, I think WikiAges · WikiAngel · WikiElephas · WikiCat · WikiCyclops · WikiDragon · WikiFallen · WikiGiant · WikiGoon · WikiGremlin · WikiGryphon · WikiHobbit · WikiImp · WikiJaguar · WikiKing · WikiKnight · WikiKomodo · WikiKraken · WikiMercenary · WikiMinnow · WikiMule · WikiOtter · WikiPlatypus · WikiPolice · WikiPrincess · WikiPuppy · WikiReaper · WikiSloth · WikiToyol · WikiTrout · WikiVampire · WikiWeasel · WikiWhale · WikiWitch · WikiWizard · WikiWolfcub · WikiZombie has to be deleted too. Aris riyanto (talk) 02:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Er... you want the weasel word guidelines to be deleted? ;-) Kayau Voting IS evil 14:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article is no problem like another wikifauna article. Aris riyanto (talk) 09:27, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Random unimportant WikiFauna. I thought the idea was cute when there were several distinctly separate animals, but now this is crazy. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:23, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• If it came down to it, I would vote on the following:

• Strong delete : WikiKraken, WikiToyol, WikiWolfcub, WikiZombie
• Delete : WikiCyclops, WikiGoon, WikiGremlin, WikiKing, WikiKomodo, WikiMule, WikiPrincess, WikiReaper, WikiVampire, WikiWitch (haha)
• No opinion : WikiCat, WikiFallen, WikiMercenary, WikiPlatypus, WikiPolice, WikiPuppy (Moved from delete pile, this isn't as negative as I had thought.)
• Keep : WikiAngel, WikiGiant, WikiHobbit, WikiImp, WikiKnight, WikiSloth, WikiWizard
• Strong keep : WikiAges, WikiDragon, WikiGryphon, WikiJaguar, WikiMinnow, WikiOtter, WikiTrout, WikiWeasel, WikiWhale

• Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:36, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think is the 'criteria for inclusion' of Wikifauna articles? (BTW, I don't think polic is fauna.) Kayau Voting IS evil 15:59, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, any fauna that are negative should be deleted, since nobody would identify themselves as such except in jest. This covers the goon, king, komodo, kraken, mule, reaper, toyol, vampire, witch, and zombie. Additionally, any fauna that are redundant copies or near-copies of another should be removed. This would cover the wolf cub (puppy), the cyclops (ogre), gremlin (imp), and komodo (dragon). The only other one I would want removed is the princess, but that is because I just think it is too silly. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The delete list looks reasonable --Guerillero | My Talk 00:49, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking the guiding principle should be whether the characterisation contributes to an understanding of editing styles. There is some scope for negative characterisations, like WikiPrincess. If someone can recognise elements of a WikiPrincess in themselves, then it may helpfully lead to an improvement in their approach to contributing. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per Reaper Eternal. Passionless -Talk 03:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

'I am willing to delete this article, if a similar article was also deleted.' Aris riyanto (talk) 08:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:WAX? Kayau Voting IS evil 15:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Userfy Not worth much drama in any case. Collect (talk) 18:47, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Because this page has little to do with editing Wikipedia, I oppose userfication, which would not rectify the violation of WP:NOTMYSPACE. Cunard (talk) 08:02, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete all "WikiFauna" as unproductive, don't userfy per Cunard. — Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 16:19, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete only the elephas. Save the other WikiFauna for other discussions if you think they're not up to snuff. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 23:04, 27 February 2011 (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.