UDWiki:Administration/Deletions/Archive/2011 06

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This page is for the request of page deletions within the Urban Dead wiki. Due to concerns about loss of data, the ability to delete pages is restricted to system operators. As such, regular users will need to request a deletion from the system operators. For consistency and accountability, system operators also adhere to the guidelines listed here.

Guidelines for Deletion Requests

All Deletion Requests must contain the following information in order to be considered:

• A link to the page in question. Preferably bolded for visibility. Note that Category and Image links need a colon at the front to turn them into links (ie [[:Category:Category]] and [[:Image:Image.jpg]]).
• A reason for deletion. This should be short and to the point.
• A signed datestamp. This can be easily done by adding ~~~~ to the end of your request.

In addition to placing a request on this page, please place the {{delete}} tag on the top of the page that is being recommended for deletion. Please make sure that the original content remains on the page, so that others can judge whether the page is worthy of deletion.

Any deletion request that does not contain these three pieces of information will not be considered, and will be removed by a system operator.

Once the deletion request has been entered, the request shall remain on this page, where it will be voted on for a period of two (2) weeks, as judged by the initial datestamp. At the conclusion of this two weeks, the appropriate action will be taken by a system operator, and at the end of that day the request will be moved into the Archive.

Certain types of pages may be better being scheduled for deletion in order to reduce the amount of red tape and stop this page getting too cluttered. To lodge a request for scheduled deletions, go to UDWiki:Administration/Deletions/Scheduling.

Deletion of pages that match a certain criteria may be better serviced by a request for a Speedy Deletion. Speedy Deletions are for removal of pages that are clearly of no value to the wiki, and do not incur the two week voting requirement. Speedy Deletion requests can be lodged at UDWiki:Administration/Speedy Deletions.

Speedy Deletion Eligibility

To be eligible for a Speedy Deletion Request, the page must fall under at least one of the following criteria:

1. No Content: The page contains no more than a line or two of content that cannot clearly be expanded, consists of random or incoherent content, or is duplicated elsewhere to no purpose.
2. Off-Topic: The page is a clearly off-topic page.
3. Unused Redirect: The page is an unused or underused (ie, only 1-2 pages using the link) redirect.
4. Empty Category: The page is a Category page that has no entries within it.
5. Missed Talk Page: The page is a Talk: Page from a previous deletion request that has not been deleted with the request (please note the relevant deletion request if this is so)

   As of 19 May 2010, Crit 5 is now a scheduled deletion.

6. Deletion Workaround: The page is a duplicate of a page that has been deleted from a previous deletion request (please note the relevant deletion request if this is so). A page that fits this criterion is immediately qualified for deletion without requiring it be nominated on the 'Speedy Deletions' page. Recreating a page that fits this criterion will get you a polite message to stop doing so. Any further infractions of this nature will qualify as vandalism and will be treated as such. Note that criterion 6 does not apply when the page has been restored through Undeletions.
7. Author Edit Only: The page has been requested for speedy deletion by the original author, and has been edited only by its author. Note that edits by adbots or vandals and reverts caused by them do not count.
8. User Page: The page is a User subpage that has been requested for speedy deletion by the original author.
9. Personal Page (Prefix Rule): The page is named after a user without the "User:" or "Journal:" prefixes and its content has been moved to the appropriate User or Journal page. Includes pages that should be User subpages, ie. in-game characters.

   As of 2011, August 29, Crit 9 is now a scheduled deletion.

10. Unused Template: The page is a template that has existed for at least one week and is currently unused within the wiki.
11. Non-existent User Page: The page is a User: page for a user that doesn't exist, and any content on the page has been moved to the appropriate User: or Journal: page.

    As of 20 June 2009, Crit 11 is now a scheduled deletion.

12. Defunct group page: The page is a non-historical group page, it is over two months old, it has not had an update in a month, and is not on the stats page. Such pages will remain in the queue for 5 days to determine their defunct status has been correctly identified. Due to the large number of pages that fit into this criterion, please {{speedydelete12}} on the pages to ensure that they are categorized differently from normal speedy deletion requests.

    As of 2007, September 16, this is no longer a valid criterion.

13. Missed sub-page: The page is a sub-page from a previous deletion request that has not been deleted with the request, and that serves no individual purpose (please note the relevant deletion request).

A page may also fall under a scheduled deletion and should be posted here if it is missed by the sysops.

Guidelines for Voting on Deletion Requests

• One vote per user.
• Voting should take place underneath the request, and each vote should be started with a # with no empty lines inbetween votes.
• There are four vote types:
  • Delete. For agreement with the deletion request
  • Merge. For indication that the content on the page should be merged with another page (includes an implicit Delete).
  • Speedy Delete. For indication that the page meets one of the Speedy Deletions Criteria (includes an implicit Delete).
  • Keep. For disagreement with the deletion request.

• The specific vote keyword should be bolded within the lodged vote. Any relevant comments are also allowed, but these should not be bolded.
• At least one Delete vote must be entered by the deadline in order for a page to be deleted. System operators may not use their own vote after the deadline to delete a page.
• If more Delete votes are entered than Keep votes, the page will be deleted. In any other circumstance, the page is kept.
• If 3 Speedy Deletes are lodged, and there are no Keep Votes, the page will be deleted as per Speedy Deletions.

Deletion Queue

Category:Law Enforcement

This is an odd one. In theory, it's a cool, interesting method of keeping a unified system for PK reports among groups. In practice, it's been dead for 3 years and is more or less a dupe of Category:Police Groups (which, while pretty pov is just harmless RP value and isn't cited anywhere to feign authority). I liked the idea but it's basically just a dupe. -- LEMON #1 11:12, 25 October 2010 (BST)

1. Delete -- LEMON #1 11:12, 25 October 2010 (BST)
2. Delete. G F J 16:06, 25 October 2010 (BST)
3. Delete --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 18:33, 25 October 2010 (BST)
4. Delete - POV Dupe. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 00:47, 26 October 2010 (BST)
5. Delete -Dezonus- ^(talk) 23:06, 26 October 2010 (BST)

Category:Mercenary Groups

I guess I'll add a quick description and explanation. Usually, I'd just decategorise this and slip it through A/SD as a crit 4, but it's featured at Category:Groups#Groups so I think it may add something to the staple of UDWiki's group classification system, so I'd like to ask the community opinion.

Personally though, it's an underused category that has only niche appeal beyond categories like Category:Organisations and Category:Alliances. The bit that makes this an even sillier category IMO is the idea that only difference between, say, a 'mercenary' and a 'helpful group' is the idea that mercenaries get paid, which isn't possible in UD, so the whole thing is RPer baloney. Keep in mind I'll obviously decat before delete if this passes so that won't be an issue in your decisions hopefully. -- LEMON #1 11:12, 25 October 2010 (BST)

1. Delete -- LEMON #1 11:12, 25 October 2010 (BST)
2. Delete - Decat and I'll change to speedy.--User:Yonnua Koponen/signature3 11:28, 25 October 2010 (BST)
3. Delete. G F J 16:06, 25 October 2010 (BST)
4. Delete --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 18:32, 25 October 2010 (BST)
5. Keep - Mercenaries are paid in respect. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 00:51, 26 October 2010 (BST)

   Ironic tbh, since adding this category to your group page would likely result in a loss of respect far greater than can be redeemed through being an UD merc ;D -- LEMON #1 01:01, 26 October 2010 (BST)

Department of Emergency Management/Maintenance

We no longer use this page and would like to have it deleted. It does not contain valuable content (and is out of date anyway), there are no relevant links to it. Thanks, G F J 09:37, 23 October 2010 (BST)

1. Slow Delete - There were a good few different editors, and the page only looks half-worthless. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 19:02, 23 October 2010 (BST)
2. Delete --Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 21:09, 23 October 2010 (BST)
3. Delete No edits other than deletion notice since April, and a group member wants it gone -Dezonus- ^(talk) 02:28, 24 October 2010 (BST)
4. Delete -- LEMON #1 13:43, 24 October 2010 (BST)
5. Delete. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 00:26, 25 October 2010 (BST)

Stuff I've found during Orphan Template Massacre

I'm finding a lot of pages that clearly don't add anything to the wiki. All fall under Crit 1, 2

1. Infected Swarm/News - not used, no content.
2. Kempsterbank Neighbourhood Watch/Levels - an attempt at unused files loop
3. Rhodenbank Civil Defense Corps/Current Operation - Only a few lines of text. Not current in the least.
4. The Expendables - Crit 1
5. Nintendorks/MrFacePlanningArea - crit 1
6. Mossad/header
7. Mossad/current
8. The Renegades/Renegade Scout - Crit 1
9. The Renegades/Safe House Camander - Crit 1
10. Tour Necrotech/udtool - Crit 1

There will probably be more --~ 07:11, 21 October 2010 (BST)

1. Slowly Delete the two pages on Mossad, there's actually some hope that they might be finished, following this threat of deletion, Speedily Delete the rest. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 07:32, 21 October 2010 (BST)
2. Delete them all. They're all pre-2008 orphaned crit 1s, other than the expendables, which the author says on his talk page was just a joke.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 08:40, 21 October 2010 (BST)
3. Baleet 17:26, 21 October 2010 (BST)
4. Delete -- LEMON #1 09:49, 22 October 2010 (BST)
5. Delete. G F J 09:37, 23 October 2010 (BST)
6. Keep. Delete. I'll of course change my vote when Vapor puts the correct delete template on all these pages. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 11:49, 23 October 2010 (BST)

   Done. ~ 19:11, 23 October 2010 (BST)

7. Delete. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 18:45, 23 October 2010 (BST)
8. Delete ~ Red Hawk One ^{Talk | space for lease} 19:59, 23 October 2010 (BST)
9. Delete - Why not? -Dezonus- ^(talk) 02:35, 24 October 2010 (BST)

   Delete -- LEMON #1 13:44, 24 October 2010 (BST) sorry, i double voted >.> -- LEMON #1 11:15, 25 October 2010 (BST)

Guides:PKer tips

This was me at age 12 and I want it gone--Mtumbe Ngoube 03:29, 21 October 2010 (BST)

1. Speedy Delete - Criteria 7, although I kinda like it. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 03:43, 21 October 2010 (BST)

   Keep - The memory wipe removed the evidence that you in fact wrote it. Can't delete a good page on trust. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 03:46, 21 October 2010 (BST)

   Speedy Delete - Sorry you had to go through so much trouble. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 18:44, 23 October 2010 (BST)

2. Keep - Guides page lists a different user as the creator.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 08:42, 21 October 2010 (BST)

   Speedy--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 18:29, 23 October 2010 (BST)

3. Keep - It's not a bad page. --Karloth Vois ^¯\(°_o)/¯ 11:37, 21 October 2010 (BST)
4. Keep and A/VB - The user who put it up for deletion appears to be lying about claiming authorship. They deliberately deleted the link to the true author in order to make it easier to lie, in the hope of sneaking this in and getting it speedy deleted.--_GANG Giles Sednik _CAPD 16:02, 21 October 2010 (BST)

   Speedy Delete - User has demonstrated ownership of the page.--_GANG Giles Sednik _CAPD 16:23, 23 October 2010 (BST)

5. Keep - will look into this further after coffee. 17:26, 21 October 2010 (BST)
6. Keep - Power to the Pker :< --^TCAPD(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ 17:49, 21 October 2010 (BST)
7. Keep - Sneaky Hobbittses --~ 18:32, 21 October 2010 (BST)
8. Speedy. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 18:45, 23 October 2010 (BST)
9. Keep - Is a fairly good article -Dezonus- ^(talk) 02:33, 24 October 2010 (BST)
10. Keep - just let it be. You can remove your name from the guides page, if you want, but I don't see anything particularly embarrassing about being associated with this article -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 13:15 24 October 2010 (BST)
11. Scheduled Deletion -- LEMON #1 13:44, 24 October 2010 (BST)
12. Delete. G F J 14:33, 24 October 2010 (BST)
13. Speedy In fact, according to precedence, all keeps are to be overruled. I actually want this page to be kept, as it is a quality article, however by the book this a definite crit 7. --Thadeous Oakley 22:17, 24 October 2010 (BST)

    To be honest, I respect the power of community vote here, so we should see it through, but the second the vote is over, the author can feel free to blank the page and if a sysop comes across it that minute, it'll be gone without even needing a vote. It's a stupid measure of bureaucracy, but there we are.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 22:19, 24 October 2010 (BST)

    The second the vote is over? He could wipe the page now if he so wanted. -- LEMON #1 00:04, 25 October 2010 (BST)

    Yeah, but iirc there's a rule somewhere saying community opinion over-rules everything. Frankly, there's no rush with it, in any case.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 00:10, 25 October 2010 (BST)

    I don't think that's a rule at all. But we can let this unfold, though realistically, it will end up deleted by the end of the voting time. -- LEMON #1 00:47, 25 October 2010 (BST)

    Yeah, can't remember where I read it, and it may have been a dream.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 00:52, 25 October 2010 (BST)

    It was put there by DiCaprio in a plot to smuggle blood diamonds out of New York so he can squish a grasshopper. 00:54, 25 October 2010 (BST)

    And seconds later I could revert, and add a few changes of my own. Ta da, community page -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 01:53 25 October 2010 (BST)

Recent Actions

Image:6921 1240826906602 1407201129 678660 5373470 n (Custom).jpg

Unused image that is a duplicate of Image:Boschsweater2.jpg -Dezonus- ^(talk) 00:16, 4 October 2010 (BST)

1. Speedy - . --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 00:18, 4 October 2010 (BST)

   Lethargic Delete - As Acorn. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 01:16, 4 October 2010 (BST)

2. Speedy, but these things get deleted as a matter of course anyway, unused images are scheduled after 2 weeks. 00:18, 4 October 2010 (BST)
3. Keep - They're not the same image exactly, and they were just uploaded today. Give the guy a chance to use them if he wants to. Also, unused images are already scheduled for deletion, so there's very little reason to post them here, since they'll be deleted as Misanthropy said. —Aichon— 00:37, 4 October 2010 (BST)
4. Speedy Deletion - I put images like this up for A/SD as crit 1's all the time. If the other one is only different for minute reasons, and one of them is used, that's more than enough demonstration that one is needed and the other isn't, and only serves as a failed upload attempt. If we're unsure we can always ask the uploader, but this one is pretty textbook. -- LEMON #1 02:55, 4 October 2010 (BST)
5. Speedy - He uploaded with no name, so it came up as a weird name, then chose to go back and rename it, I reckon.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 14:57, 4 October 2010 (BST)
6. Speed. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 19:36, 8 October 2010 (BST)
7. Keep for now, then delete it on the 17th (as per the usual scheduled deletion) if it hasn't been used yet. ~~ Chief Seagull ~~ ^talk 14:17, 11 October 2010 (BST)

Deleted with 5 deletes, 2 keeps and a scheduled deletion criteria.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 20:03, 18 October 2010 (BST)

Umbrella (Accessory) and Umbrella (Group)

Obvious crit 2s, but considering an impending keep from Misanthropy, I'll put it here in the first place.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 14:08, 2 October 2010 (BST)

1. Speedy Delete --Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 14:08, 2 October 2010 (BST)
2. Keep/VB - Umbrella (Group) is a group page which you have no claim to. 14:16, 2 October 2010 (BST)
3. Keep/VB - Not without crit 7, ya don't. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 23:34, 2 October 2010 (BST)
4. Speedy Delete --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 23:42, 2 October 2010 (BST)
5. Speedy --Thadeous Oakley 23:45, 2 October 2010 (BST)

   Just because something (a page) exists doesn't mean it has rights. Said pages serve no purpose whatsoever, and also a crit 2. Moving it to userspace is an option for me aswell. --Thadeous Oakley 23:49, 2 October 2010 (BST)

   Group page for a group. Hence purpose. Has been stated already. 23:51, 2 October 2010 (BST)

   Group is a joke, and not real. Hence no purpose. Has been stated already.--Thadeous Oakley 00:08, 3 October 2010 (BST)

   Can you point to profiles in-game of people in this group? Otherwise, it looks to me like a fake group page that's entirely off-topic. —Aichon— 01:28, 3 October 2010 (BST)

   You mean like this one? 01:38, 3 October 2010 (BST)

   Works for me. —Aichon— 02:03, 3 October 2010 (BST)

   Yes. Recruitment messages have gone out on 10 radio channels, hundreds of pages link to it, there are plans for a recruitment add, and maybe even a forum. Join today! --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 02:09, 3 October 2010 (BST)

6. Speedy. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 23:46, 2 October 2010 (BST)
7. Keep - Wow, that's all I can say. Fucking wow. -- LEMON #1 01:34, 3 October 2010 (BST)

   You do realise this is essentially the same as banana tactics, right? A crit 2 with no place on this wiki?--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 11:59, 3 October 2010 (BST)

   Exactly! Look at banana tactics. Humourous, satirical, still extant. 12:04, 3 October 2010 (BST)

   Yeah, I was just making the comparison seeing as he's always voted to delete Banana Tactics and seems shocked to fuck by this request.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 12:07, 3 October 2010 (BST)

   I don't think this is similar to Banana Tactics at all... -- LEMON #1 09:28, 4 October 2010 (BST)

8. Keep - As per comments above. —Aichon— 02:03, 3 October 2010 (BST)
9. Keep - these are great! fuck i hate seeing shit like this deleted. it only adds to the wiki. xoxo 11:37, 3 October 2010 (BST)
10. Keep - as daft as they are, these appear to be real groups. Let em stay under their um-ber-ella... ella... ella, eh, eh, eh. ~~ Chief Seagull ~~ ^talk 12:27, 3 October 2010 (BST)
11. Keep - Far better than Banana Tactics. And than the other Umbrella groups. -- Spiderzed▋ 00:31, 4 October 2010 (BST)
12. Keep - Respectively, the two pages serve to inform wiki users about the common parasol and an amazing and original new group that is taking the game of urban dead by storm.--_GANG Giles Sednik _CAPD 19:25, 8 October 2010 (BST)
13. Keep - God told me to--^TCAPD(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ 19:36, 8 October 2010 (BST)

Kept with 4 speedy delete votes to 9 keep votes.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 17:30, 16 October 2010 (BST)

Umbrella Security Service

Blanked by author, who also happens to be the only editor. Left a "delete" tag in the edit summary on the also blanked talk page. Crit 7 probably. Seems to be related to Umbrella Inc--Thadeous Oakley 10:32, 16 October 2010 (BST)

Yeah, as good as any scheduled so I've just deleted it. -- LEMON #1 10:36, 16 October 2010 (BST)

I guessed as much as that. Still brought it up for regular deletions, since some are so touchy about this. --Thadeous Oakley 10:38, 16 October 2010 (BST)

Umbrella,_Inc.

Moved from A/SD

I dont know whether this is Crit. 7 or not, but page history reads: "13:28, 23 September 2010 Wesker (Talk | contribs) (Actually, Umbrella is dead.)" -Dezonus- ^(talk) 09:35, 23 September 2010 (BST)

If you look at the edit history, its been edited by several people, so doesnt qualify under the author edit only rule.--Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:45, 23 September 2010 (BST)

Seriously mate, I think this is best served at Deletions rather than just dismissing it outright. It's been blanked and not reverted because Whesker is "enough of a leader" of the group to not have his edits contested, and usually when that happens but the ops don't class it as crit 7, we send to deletions. Thoughts? -- LEMON #1 11:35, 23 September 2010 (BST)

1. Delete - Close enough to crit 7 by proxy that it should be deleted, though we can't do it as a scheduled due to the exact circumstances. —Aichon— 17:24, 23 September 2010 (BST)
2. Delete. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 17:26, 23 September 2010 (BST)
3. Delete. He was listed as leader at the time.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 17:40, 23 September 2010 (BST)
4. Delete - It would be a shame to lose such a pretty page, but if the group wants it gone, they can. I left a message on their talk page to make sure, though. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 23:46, 23 September 2010 (BST)
5. Delete - as Aichon. -- LEMON #1 04:19, 24 September 2010 (BST)
6. Delete - No vested interest here, hurrr! --Thadeous Oakley 10:28, 27 September 2010 (BST)
7. Delete. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 23:46, 2 October 2010 (BST)

• Gorn -- Cheese 16:14, 8 October 2010 (BST)

  You forgot something. --VVV ^RPGMBCWS 00:04, 9 October 2010 (BST)

  Done.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 00:22, 9 October 2010 (BST)

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