Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion
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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.
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[edit]What may be nominated for deletion here:
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Archived discussions
[edit]A list of archived discussions can be located at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates.
Current discussions
[edit]- 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 2, 2026
[edit]U7 declined, AI-generated essay. Sarsenet•he/they•(talk) 09:00, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- Speedy delete/Speedy redirect to Khmer Empire: For speedy delete, G15. For speedy redirect, it is an essay about the Khmer Empire, and we have article about that, so it's best to redirect it there. Guythatlikeshorses2talk 10:28, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- It doesn't qualify for G15. Sarsenet•he/they•(talk) 10:42, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- Keep. A user sandbox, which can plausibly be notes for their encyclopedic editing. No disruption asserted in the deletion nomination, so no reason to delete. Creator has made encyclopedic edits, which is why U7 got declined. Not unambiguous enough as LLM use for a G15. If creator goes inactive, U6 will take care of it in due course, in the meanwhile it is harmless. (General comment: LLM use is harmful when it gets into Main or Wikipedia space, or if it is used in inter-user communications. It is not worth seeking out in user sandboxes, which are a form of jot notes. If a user chooses to use an LLM in their preparatory notes, and then checks the results and rewrites it in their encyclopedic editing, nothing bad has happened.) Martinp (talk) 13:26, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
October 1, 2026
[edit]AELECT header subpages
[edit]- Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Header (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
- Wikipedia:Administrator elections/December 2025/Header (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2026/Header (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- (Time stamp for bot to properly relist.) In solidarity, Gommeh (talk 🎮 sign) 20:15, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
- (Time stamp for bot to properly relist.) — Godsy (TALKCONT) 05:27, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
See Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections#Header subpage. This means that Wikipedia:Administrator elections/March 2027/Header (for the March 2027 elections) would never need to be created. GTrang (talk) 15:27, 9 September 2026 (UTC)
- Question: If these are effectively duplicates that weren't used, any objection to speedying them as uncontroversial maintenance (CSD G6)? Newyorkbrad (talk) 15:51, 9 September 2026 (UTC)
- No objections. And feel free to delete the latest one under G7 if desired. Staraction (talk · contribs) 16:00, 9 September 2026 (UTC)
- Yes. Wikipedia:What G6 is not. SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:47, 10 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete, per the rationale given in my original post at WT:AELECT. I also wouldn't object to expediting with G6 and G7 as suggested above. Mr. Starfleet Command (talk) 16:59, 9 September 2026 (UTC)
Merge: If a new, more general header already exists, it's best to merge the rest of the headers simply for the fact that the headers listed here are technically subheaders.
- 🐴🌀[citation needed] 21:55, 9 September 2026 (UTC)
- Archive, do not delete. Archive, whether by blanking and tagging as an archive, or by converting to a redirect. They have non-trivial histories, so G6 should not be used. Deletion of once-functional project pages should be reserved for things that should never have been created. Administrator elections are a whole community matter, and so hiding some of the history from nonadmins is a bad thing to do. SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:43, 10 September 2026 (UTC)
- @SmokeyJoe:
Deletion of once-functional project pages should be reserved for things that should never have been created.
So you're ok with deleting the most recent one, then? It never had utility and was created in error (a perfectly reasonable mistake, of course); in fact the author indicated that she would be fine if it were G7ed. And it was the only one I initially suggested should be deleted before this discussion was formally opened. - Just seeking clarity on your stance :) Mr. Starfleet Command (talk) 21:52, 10 September 2026 (UTC)
- Yes. The last one was not used, was made by mistake, and the author consents (its G7 eligible). SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:24, 10 September 2026 (UTC)
- @SmokeyJoe:
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Godsy (TALKCONT) 05:27, 23 September 2026 (UTC) - Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, In solidarity, Gommeh (talk 🎮 sign) 20:15, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: Withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) Wikipedian Talk to me! or not… 21:30, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
This page is just a duplicate of User talk:Gommeh/Archives/2015/August, no reason to duplicate it. In solidarity, Gommeh (talk 🎮 sign) 20:40, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was: speedy redirect to Flydubai Flight 1073 (WP:SRE). No prejudice against a speedy deletion per G15 if the draft would have met that criterion. @Dclemens1971: No prejudice against a speedy renomination at RfD, if desired (that venue is much better suited to deliberate if LLM-content within redirect page histories poses a reasonable risk of migrating to the mainspace). (non-admin closure) — Godsy (TALKCONT) 04:25, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
AI-generated fork/duplicate of an article that already exists at Flydubai Flight 1073. (WP:AISIGNS are present in prose and one source URL doesn't exist.) In addition to the WP:NOLLM violation, there is no reason to keep this draft around as a temptation for someone else to move to mainspace. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:14, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
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September 29, 2026
[edit]WP:NOT - Uploader's personal screenplay. Will never make it out of draft space. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:59, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
- Weak Keep - Drafts that will never make it out of draft space will never make it out of draft space. Nominating them for MFD uses more editor time to review them than is used in allowing them to be ignored and expire. Most of the criteria for What Wikipedia Is Not are reasons for declining or rejecting drafts rather than deleting them. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:02, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
- Weak keep: To put it simply, per above. 🐴🌀[citation needed] 04:14, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
- keep per WP:LUDA Magikarp Fan, Arenghtqru888 lol ( hopefully I don't get trouted...) 18:25, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
- Weak delete: this is a textbook WP:NOTWEBHOST violation, and the content seems to be LLM-generated at least in part. I disagree with Robert on his second point: WP:DEL-REASON#14 mentions WP:NOT violations as being a reason for deletion, and I don't see any reason to allow obviously unsuitable content to remain live, even if outside of mainspace. That said, I don't have any strong feelings on the matter, since G13 would get rid of the draft in six months' time anyways; and if I were in the nom's place I would probably not take this draft to MfD. But since we are here now, I guess it is better to have this deleted. JavaHurricane 11:49, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
- I find drafts and sandboxes like this via Commons, because they contained files nominated for deletion as out of scope or copyright violations. Usually the draft or sandbox is a clear G11 or U6, but this one seemed borderline, so I kicked it to MFD instead. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:18, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
September 28, 2026
[edit]Created 14 years ago while we were trying to decide how to word an RfC. I now know to do this sort of thing in my userspace. Alas, a now-blocked IP added a comment, so not eligible for a G7 speedy. Guy Macon (talk) 19:44, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
- Archive: Because we know how RFC’s can be worded, it is safe to archive. Don’t delete though, since this could be a bit beneficial to some. 🐴🌀[citation needed] 21:54, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
- Mark Historical, which is probably what the above editor means by Archive. There is no reason to delete this. (It doesn't free server space.) Robert McClenon (talk) 03:57, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
September 27, 2026
[edit]- Draft:Diploma in Building Surveying (Glasgow) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Was deleted by G13 several times after being restored through RFU. Latest RFU was declined. This isn't going anywhere. SALT recommended. - In solidarity, UtherSRG (talk) 03:00, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete as misuse of wikipedia as a webhost. This page has been deleted five times already, and I believe this is the RFU UtherSRG is talking about. We have been hosting this draft for six month intervals since 2021. Enough is enough. I'm hesitant to salt the page as that might encourage title gaming. Chess enjoyer (talk) 03:27, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
Delete: Per above. In solidarity, 🐴🌀[citation needed] 04:16, 27 September 2026 (UTC)- Weak Delete - I was about to say Neutral, and that nothing is gained by deletion because the draft can be recreated. On second thought, deletion has two minor advantages. First, it will mark the title as deleted, so that a recreation from scratch can be tagged for G4. Second, a request to refund it will be denied at REFUND. We don't need to wait six months . Robert McClenon (talk) 04:41, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete with prejudice as a waste of time. Do not SALT per Wikipedia:Salting is usually a bad idea, especially in draftspace. SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:24, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
- delete per above --Lenticel (talk) 00:17, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
September 26, 2026
[edit]- Draft:William J Kincaid, Retired USAF WSO (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
WP:NOTFORUM International Fujita scale (talk) 11:45, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Weak Keep - This was already declined and is not waiting for AFC review. Sending this to MFD creates busy work for the editors at MFD and does not relieve work for the AFC reviewers. The nominator is clearly acting in good faith, but is doing nothing but wasting community time. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:12, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
- Keep as drafts are sometimes useless and need not be checked for sanity. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 05:37, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
WP:NOTFORUM International Fujita scale (talk) 11:42, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: How does that apply to NOTFORUM? ⚙ Crash >> Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 18:56, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
SpeedyDelete/
Ignore: For speedy delete, seems to fall under G2.For the delete part, the page seems empty, but for the Ignore part, see WP:LUDA. 🐴🌀[citation needed] 21:42, 26 September 2026 (UTC)- I would disagree that it falls under G2 as a speedy deletion criteria. As a decline reason, yes, but not CSD. ⚙ Crash >> Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 23:51, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Neutral - We don't need useless drafts brought to MFD. Either tag them for speedy deletion or don't tag them for speedy deletion. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
- Keep and ignore per Robert McClenon. Rags need not be picked. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 05:31, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
LLM-written. Signs: bolded text, numbered headings, and "code to copy" intended as a message to the LLM user. This is not worth keeping in Wikipedia namespace, is inappropriate as a subpage of Wikipedia:Fundraising, and as the product of an LLM and not a human is not worth keeping as even a user page.
Note that Sohom_Datta attempted to blank and redirect this article on July 5, 2026, to User:Guy Macon/Wikipedia has Cancer but this was reverted by the original author. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 04:36, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
Speedy delete: This falls under G15, but this is subject to change in the future.
- 🐴🌀[citation needed] 05:36, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
KeepVery serious project topic that outweighs the LLM allegation. SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:32, 26 September 2026 (UTC)- Speedy delete: G15. A non-LLM version can and absolutely does exist.
- Wikipedian Talk to me! or not… 09:40, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Speedy delete per above; G15 —Leaf.Sheap ⇖ /.°°.\ ⇗ (They•Them) 20:56, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete per G15, as much as I recognize that this is a topic that some folks would like to keep around, I don't see this LLM barf of mismatched arguments being useful to community. -- Sohom (talk) 11:46, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete per all of the above. Also, looking at the what links here page and the implausibility of this as a search term, I oppose redirecting this to WP:CANCER. I have stashed away a copy and will eventually get around to searching it to see if there is a Shetland pony hiding under this pile of manure that I can use in my essay, but don't hold your breath. --Guy Macon (talk) 02:25, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you.
I support more attention on the financial issues you’ve raise, and so balked at speedy deleting some in the space.
Delete per User:Guy Macon. SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:30, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you.
- Comment: Technically, this doesn’t fall under G15, as G15 is only reserved for where there are unmistakable clear‐cut signs of LLM usage, and there’s a weak argument to be made that “code to copy” is also intended for anyone wanting to know what to copy to show solidarity. Wikipedian Talk to me! or not… 02:29, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
- WP:G15 is about obvious AI generation and we can come to a consensus about obvious AI generation even without the traditional AI signs. Sohom (talk) 09:17, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
- Just nuke it. Obvious AI is obvious. Obvious WP:LOUT is obvious. Obvious attempt to hide this page among the legit pages listed at is obvious. --Guy Macon (talk) 12:10, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
- WP:G15 is about obvious AI generation and we can come to a consensus about obvious AI generation even without the traditional AI signs. Sohom (talk) 09:17, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
September 25, 2026
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The result of the discussion was: delete. Salvio giuliano 11:12, 2 October 2026 (UTC) Does not have content after 6 years despite author claiming content is comming soon ibicdlcod (talk) 10:43, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
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- Draft:How to download new versions of Minecraft (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. |)are2|_eap (Talk) 07:11, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
Delete: Nominator has a point.
- 🐴🌀[citation needed] 07:40, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete: per nom. WP:NOTHOWTO.
Magikarp Fan, Arenghtqru888 lol ( hopefully I don't get trouted...) 20:03, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete per NOTHOWTO. it’s not that this draft is offensive, but Wikipedia has a purpose, and this is outside of that purpose. SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:32, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
Decline as per [[WP:NOTHOWTO|Wikipedia is not for how-to guides.Oh. Wait a minute. This is MFD, not AFC. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:25, 26 September 2026 (UTC)- Weak Keep as a useless draft. There is no harm done in keeping drafts that violate What Wikipedia Is Not unless they are actually harmful or disruptive (e.g., BLP violations, polemics, etc.). Robert McClenon (talk) 01:25, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
- Neutral Leave useless drafts alone, this is a harmless useless draft that would be automatically deleted at some point. Not voting keep either as this doesn't really belong on Wikipedia though per WP:NOTHOWTO. TruenoCity (talk) 17:32, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
Old business
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