Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion

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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:Speedy deletion § U1 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:, 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.
Deletions in draftspace	Unlike articles, drafts are generally not deleted solely due to lack of demonstrated notability or context. Drafts that have not been edited in six months may be deleted under criterion for speedy deletion G13 and do not need nomination here. 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. For further information on draft deletion, including when nomination here is appropriate, see WP:NMFD
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 page as {{historical}} and/or moving it into the historical archive, 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 moving it into the historical archive, or 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 does not 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
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MfD	0	0	0	0	0
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RfD	0	0	0	65	65
AfD	0	0	0	39	39

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.

October 24, 2026

Wikipedia:Artificial intelligence on Wikipedia: Judging the work, not just the tool

AI-generated essay (it says so at the bottom), but that's not the entire reason I'm nominating it for deletion. I highly doubt it was looked over at all given that there's still a "intended for human review before publication" at the bottom of this already-published essay, but that's still not the whole reason I'm nominating it. The reason I am nominating it is because it's saying (if you can really call this rat's nest of WP:AIDISCLAIMER "saying" anything) that it's OK to violate WP:NOLLM, and we don't need that in projectspace. Gnomingstuff (talk) 23:27, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

Userfy per reasons by nom. Would not oppose deletion either, but either way this doesn't really belong in project space in this state. TruenoCity (talk) 23:48, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

Delete: While I personally believe that this is a ﬂawed viewpoint, if you really want to oppose a general content guideline, you should at least take the time to write your thesis yourself.

Wikipedian^{Talk to me!}_{or not…} 01:18, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Goes against NOLLM, as Gnomingstuff said, and is not suitable for projectspace. ⚙ Crash >> Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 01:31, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

Delete - This would qualify for Speedy Deletion as G15 because it contains comments intended for the user. It definitely doesn't belong in project space, but it also explicitly violates a provision that applies in all namespaces. Robert McClenon (talk) 09:35, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

User:MyNikko/Userboxes/Sex Addicted

Is this appropriate to have? I don't see why a user would ever need to have this on their userpage... TheAwesome Hwyh 21:47, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Keep. No actual reason for deletion based on WP:UBCR. I think it's fine in the same way other sexuality and addition userboxes are. ⚙ Crash >> Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 00:06, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

Keep per Organhaver. No userbox is truly "necessary", so in my opinion that isn't a good reason to delete one. I don't think a simple and dry statement like this is inflammatory or substantially divisive enough to violate WP:UBCR. Chess enjoyer (talk) 01:45, 25 October 2026 (UTC)
keep per above. Strange but not enough to violate our guidelines I think --Lenticel ^(talk) 00:34, 26 October 2026 (UTC)
Keep it's crude, but doesn't violate WP:UBCR TruenoCity (talk) 03:29, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

October 23, 2026

User:Manchestek/sandbox

Absolutely massive page being used as web hosting. User was blocked on eo.wikipedia.org due to similar activity, but moved it to here after the block. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 20:28, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Delete - I am not entirely sure what this is. It may be a list of association football national team standings. It does not appear to be encyclopedic, and the author does not appear to be contributing to the encyclopedia.
- Sometimes we see pages that seem to be tests or experiments with the display capabilities of Wikipedia that are unrelated to the purpose of Wikipedia, which is to be an encyclopedia. This appears to be such a page. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:01, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
Delete. WP:NOTWEBHOSTING by a non contributor. SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:20, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
delete per above --Lenticel ^(talk) 00:04, 24 October 2026 (UTC)
Comment: I have cleared this user's sandbox. If they need the contents for reasons related to Wikipedia, they can always find it in the page history. This should resolve the issue. Maayaaaaa (talk) 04:21, 24 October 2026 (UTC)
Delete nonetheless, keeping it in the page history is still web hosting. Bruhpedia (talk) 01:26, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

User:CentennialElections

Wikipedia is not a web host and not for alternatoive history. A mass-MFD nomination seems like the best way to let this user know that such pages are not wanted here, rather than relying on subjective interpretations of the hoax speedy deletion criterion. Graham87 (talk) 08:51, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

I'm also nominating the following 27 pages. Hopefully I've formatted the list OK; if not, feel free to tweak my formatting. User:CentennialElections/sandbox/The 2024 Indiana Gubernatorial Election, but Jennifer McCormick somehow wins is in yesterday's bot-tagged U6 candidates in review category, so it is not included here: Graham87 (talk) 09:27, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

list of pages

Delete All - These are using Wikipedia as a web host, and are not encyclopedic. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:06, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
Comment I do not think there is any question that these sandboxes are appropriate, but that is not what I find most concerning here. @Graham87, as far as I can see the talk page of this user was created when you notified them of this mass deletion nomination. That means it is likely that no one ever told them about WP:NOTWEBHOST. How can this be the best way to let this user know that such pages are not wanted here? I am somewhat bewildered that the only other alternative you saw to a mass MfD nom would have been a mass speedy nom, instead of starting with a simple talk page message. You are even nominating their actual userpage for deletion, which has virtually nothing on it. I can't help but feel that we are fully in WP:BITE territory here. Choucas 🐦‍⬛ 14:56, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
- Pages that violate WP:NOT get deleted. Blatant hoax content is speedy deletable regardless of intent. Even if we warned the user, the outcome is that they will either abandon the pages or knowingly continue. Don't bite the newcomers is proper etiquette; however, looking at the creator's contributions, it seems that alternate history userpages are their exclusive editing interest, so it appears the user is WP:NOTHERE (although this is outside the scope of MFD). TruenoCity (talk) 18:08, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
- (after edit conflict ... yes, I was editing that slowly): indeed re above. @Choucas: I just got this notification (they're placement is a bit odd using a screen reader and I need to check on them manually). Thanks for your message on the user's talk page. I wasn't sure how effective such a message would be, given the extreme nature of the situation; they've had the account for over a year, have never made an edit outside their userspace , and are very nearly extended-confirmed, Before the user page criteria for speedy deletion were changed a year ago, speedy deletion would have absolutely been an option in this case. I was basing my nomination on this discussion I started on the speedy deletion talk page about a fairly similar but less extreme case. As for the main user page, it's an embryonic scratchpad for a list of alternative history pages, which we really don't want, hence my inclusion of it in this nomination; by the time they'd created it, they'd already made 54 edits. I thought that it'd be more effective if they were told by several people (not just me) that what they're doing is not the best here, which is why I started this nomination. Edited to add: the only desirable outcome from warning them first is that they request all the pages be deleted on their own accord, which isn't very common in my experience. Graham87 (talk) 18:32, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
Delete as offensive to Wikipedia, and WP:NOTWEBHOSTING by a non contributor. WP:BITE does not apply because the user is not a genuine Wikipedia newcomer. Alternative histories are fake information and incompatible to the purposes of Wikipedia, tolerance of their existence anywhere on Wikipedia risks perception that Wikipedia tolerates fake information. SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:30, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

User:SmokeyJoe makes a cogent point about an issue that sometimes occurs here, and that may or may not be applicable to this MFD. SJ says that tolerance of their existence anywhere on Wikipedia risks perception that Wikipedia tolerates fake information. I agree. It is sometimes argued that we should give some latitude to established editors to have a little fun in their sandboxen with things like alternate history. SJ points out that fake information should not be tolerated anywhere in Wikipedia (even by established editors). These pages are by a non-contributor, and I think we can all agree that we don't want to let them play with Wikipedia if they don't work on improving it. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:21, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Delete: Wikipedia is not a web host for alternative election history. Schützenpanzer (Talk) 15:56, 25 October 2026 (UTC)
Comment: it has just come to my attention that about a day and a half ago, during this MFD and after explanatory messages were sent on their talk page, this user created the page User:CentennialElections/sandbox/CentennialElections Alternate History Lightning Round (October 2026), which I have therefore added to this MFD. Graham87 (talk) 15:47, 26 October 2026 (UTC)
Delete that too. SmokeyJoe (talk) 20:04, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Delete as well, an if the user persists, make an entry at WP:ANI TruenoCity (talk) 21:04, 26 October 2026 (UTC)
Delete, this is either WP:HOST or far worse if people stumble upon these and think they're an attempt to represent actual history. Bruhpedia (talk) 01:30, 27 October 2026 (UTC)
Comment - MFD is a content forum, but I have filed a report at WP:ANI. Robert McClenon (talk) 09:28, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

They've been indef'd now TruenoCity (talk) 23:52, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

Old business

Everything below this point is old business; the 7-day review period that began 11:40, 21 October 2026 (UTC) ended today on 28 October 2026. Editors may continue to add comments until the discussion is closed but they should keep in mind that the discussion below this marker may be closed at any time without further notice. Discussions that have already been closed will be removed from the page automatically by Legobot and need no further action.

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.