Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion
| Skip to: Table of contents / current discussions / old business (bottom). |
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
- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion no drafts
- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion no portals
- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion no user pages
Information on the process
[edit]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:,[a] 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
Before nominating a page for deletion
[edit]Before nominating a page for deletion, please consider these guidelines:
| Deleting pages in your own userspace |
|
|---|---|
| Deletions in draftspace |
|
| Deleting pages in other people's userspace |
|
| Policies, guidelines and process pages |
|
| WikiProjects and their subpages |
|
| Alternatives to deletion |
|
| Alternatives to MfD |
|
Please familiarize yourself with the following policies
[edit]- 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
[edit]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.
|
Administrator instructions
[edit]| V | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CfD | 0 | 65 | 104 | 63 | 232 |
| TfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| MfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FfD | 0 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 52 |
| RfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| AfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 116 |
Administrator instructions for closing and relisting discussions can be found here.
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.
September 24, 2026
[edit]| Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/MOS:Shark teeth with alphabets |
|---|
The result of the discussion was: speedy delete per WP:G2. RL0919 (talk) 21:05, 24 September 2026 (UTC) Not a page suitable for the MOS namespace, as it has nothing to do with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Mathguy2718 (talk) 03:00, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
|
September 23, 2026
[edit]This is a non-notable news website that has been rejected, then deleted by the creator, then recreated and rejected again, but the page creator (who eventually declared their COI after much pulling of teeth) is still wasting everyone's time by continuing to work on the draft (edit for clarification: and repeatedly asking editors to undo the rejection after being told to stop working on the draft, see User talk:Panecashio#September 2026, Draft talk:Radarkpop#COI Edit Request: Review New Sources to Overturn Rejection, User talk:Helpful Raccoon#Draft:Radarkpop), which in this case means adding obvious spam as references. They asked on my talk page to overturn the rejection , I said no and that they should stop working on the draft, then afterwards they added even more spammy sources. The most recent one was published hours before it was added to the draft , indicating the creator is specifically asking people to publish spam in an attempt to get the draft approved. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 17:39, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
IgnoreLet the creator work on his draft. The "spam" he might be adding could be placeholders to new sources. And please also see WP:LUDA.Delete: Due to the tendentious history shown below, I have striken out my previous comment and had changed my !vote to Delete.
- 🐴🌀[citation needed] 22:13, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
Very weak ignore (keep). This is borderline for the "tendentious resubmission" reason that blasts through WP:LUDA and provides a reason for deleting a draft. I can't compare the text that was deleted on Aug 29 (nor do I want to spend the time to do so...) so no opinion whether the most recent submission on Sept 10 was arguably disruptive already. However, you noncontroversially rejected it (again). The creator's continued editing of the draft since then, no matter how spammy, is pretty harmless in draftspace until and unless they'd make another poorly sourced AfC submission, and may harmlessly expire with a G13 in a few months time. So, narrowly, I end up on suggesting to let it be for now. Martinp (talk) 23:18, 23 September 2026 (UTC)- The disruption comes from repeatedly asking people to undo the rejection (which I didn't make clear in my nomination), so WP:LUDA does not apply. Draft talk:Radarkpop#COI Edit Request: Review New Sources to Overturn Rejection and User talk:Helpful Raccoon#Draft:Radarkpop, as well as the long discussion at User talk:Panecashio#September 2026, all occurred after my rejection. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 23:40, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Panecashio also created and attempted to submit Draft:Radarkpop (website) after my rejection. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 00:31, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- The August 29 deletion was of a redirect-from-move to Draft:Radarkpop (K-Pop Radar). The G4 in that title's logs apparently refers to Radarkpop (Independent) (AfD discussion); the draft itself was only tagged G7. Those, the September 6 version deleted here, and the current version all have different text and references; all but the mainspace version were substantially shorter than the current, and of the refs I clicked on - one chosen arbitrarily from each version - only this from the other draft title so much as mentioned the subject.The post-afd pattern here has clearly been to submit, then G7 and try again after each version has been declined or rejected a couple times. I count eight declines/rejections from eight different reviewers going back to August 2 on Draft:Radarpop (Independent) (sic); that's more than enough for me. —Cryptic 01:03, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Interesting, I didn't realize the history was this long. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 01:01, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Striking my keep and !voting Delete per the longer tendentious history described above. Martinp (talk) 10:40, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete as tendentious, per nom, per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Radarkpop (Independent), and due to the current references being WP:Reference bombing. Advise the proponent to not try again with any more than the WP:THREE best sources. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:48, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete - It is not clear what the originator is trying to do, but they do not appear to be here to contribute. Why are they repeatedly tagging versions for G7 and then resuming creation? This appears to be a non-useful game. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:03, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- It was pretty useful for getting extra de novo reviews, instead of just "nothing's changed since the last time you asked". If there's a non-abusive reason, I can't think of it. —Cryptic 21:52, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- IAR Speedy Delete. Disruptive re-creation by now blocked editor. Would be an A7 in mainspace. Star Mississippi 00:55, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
I was too vague with my previous CSD. In an effort to not look like a knucklehead, I'll just say what I meant; G11, only promotitive. | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 12:10, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete, a “test”, and is not a draft. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:04, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- WP:G2 applies. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:39, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
NeutralThis would probably not be WP:G11 either, as it is not very clear what this would have been promoting (maybe Monifieth High School?). This seems more like some test edit by an unlogged user and not any genuine attempt of a draft, but leave useless drafts alone. TruenoCity (talk) 14:26, 23 September 2026 (UTC)- yes, that what I meant it was promoting. | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 16:56, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Actually Delete per WP:G2, and the spirit of WP:G13 if it goes undeleted by the time 7 days pass as mentioned in my other comment TruenoCity (talk) 02:22, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Question If the draft was left untouched, it would have been automatically deleted around September 28 as the last edit before was on April 1. If no one makes any edits by the time this MFD ends, should we delete per the spirit of G13? The only edits made since were a declined CSD nomination and this MFD nomination. TruenoCity (talk) 14:26, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- I do think those count towards delaying G13 sadly | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 16:56, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Note that I've successfully modified the G13 criteria recently so that a MfD nomination does not itself reset the G13 clock. But a substantive CSD rejection does. Nevertheless, absent an unexpected argument, I'd be supportive of deleting this per the spirit of G13, as well as the other substantive arguments here, at the end of the discussion period (which will be after Sept 28). @OneReaction5890, welcome to deletion; it takes a while to learn some of the arcane stuff. I wouldn't be surprised that a clearly articulated G2 or a G11 speedy deletion nomination (rather than the nonspecific one you made) would have been successful. But if you nominate here, expect a discussion, and expect people to say their own stuff in their own words in a way that is a lot slower and more deliberative than a concise, criteria-specifying CSD nomination. For the record, I agree with a Delete. Martinp (talk) 23:26, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Don't worry, this isn't my first rodeo- although I may need to take a few more rodeos so I have experience. | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 13:50, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Note that I've successfully modified the G13 criteria recently so that a MfD nomination does not itself reset the G13 clock. But a substantive CSD rejection does. Nevertheless, absent an unexpected argument, I'd be supportive of deleting this per the spirit of G13, as well as the other substantive arguments here, at the end of the discussion period (which will be after Sept 28). @OneReaction5890, welcome to deletion; it takes a while to learn some of the arcane stuff. I wouldn't be surprised that a clearly articulated G2 or a G11 speedy deletion nomination (rather than the nonspecific one you made) would have been successful. But if you nominate here, expect a discussion, and expect people to say their own stuff in their own words in a way that is a lot slower and more deliberative than a concise, criteria-specifying CSD nomination. For the record, I agree with a Delete. Martinp (talk) 23:26, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- I do think those count towards delaying G13 sadly | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 16:56, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Speedy Delete per G2. This page is clearly a test page.The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 20:42, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Move to sandbox: Not G11, but probably G2. Sandboxifying the page would be the best decision when it come to the fate of this page. 🐴🌀[citation needed] 22:16, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- This draft was created and only edited by a temp account, so there is no user to sandboxify it to. TruenoCity (talk) 02:25, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete should have been ignored and allowed to be deleted via G13, "biased" by itself is not enough to G11 a draft. Maybe could have fallen under G2. But also just ignore old harmless drafts with a single edit about to G13 eligible, as a general rule. Skynxnex (talk) 03:11, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete as a test edit. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:01, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete, speedily or otherwise, as a test. Clearly this is not a draft of anything that could ever be an article. --DanielRigal (talk) 15:24, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
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.) — 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)
WP:UP#GOALS - only mainspace edit by editor was this vandal edit. Bungle491 (talk) 05:21, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Comment - The original version of the sandbox seems to potentially contain content covering a rugby competitor who is a minor, see Special:Diff/1370245007. The new content seems to be a weird template-esque outline of coverage regarding the court case (real or not) of an individual. Thus, quite a broad range of things occurring in this sandbox. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 05:44, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Ignore: Even though the user has made one vandal on a mainspace article, and the weird layout of the sandbox, try seeing WP:LUDA. I think this user might update the draft soon, but if anything else happens, please notify me.
- 🐴🌀[citation needed] 07:08, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Ignore, i.e. Keep. A newish user has made a single and ill-advised edit to mainspace. The proper response is not to nuke their harmless user sandbox, but to hope that their next mainspace edit is better. (BTW, I would not be surprised editing-under-the-influence is a factor here). If the user does not become a editor, U6 will eventually delete this sandbox anyway. Martinp (talk) 10:55, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete - This appears to be an unsourced biography of a living person. We cannot be sure whether it is what it appears to be. If it isn't, then it is a useless sandbox page, but it is safer to treat it as a BLP and delete it. Unreferenced BLPs are deleted in any namespace. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:30, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete: As an unsourced WP:BLP.
It could be made up. It could be an attack page. In either case, this is not the purpose of Wikipedia. The page is not within reasonable leeway for a productive contributor. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:50, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
September 21, 2026
[edit]WP:STALEDRAFT (19 years old) GoingBatty (talk) 00:13, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
- Blank with {{userspace blanked}} if desired. Not of poor enough character or repugnant enough quality to warrant deletion here, and there is no time limit (contemplating whether a subject may or may not ever rise to mainspace standards is not a task this venue is fond of taking up). Blanking also remedies any potential fake article concerns (given that the username is similar to the topic at hand), a yet un-raised concern which I am sympathetic to. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 04:22, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
- As per the page cited in the nomination:
if the draft is not problematic (e.g. no BLP, reliability, promotional issues) but not ready for mainspace, let it be
. Agree with blanking given there are no citations, though. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 12:14, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
- Blank with userspace blanked, there is a case for a WP:FAKEARTICLE here but I don't think it's worth deleting. -Samoht27, forever with the workingfellow. (talk! and see!) ( 14:51, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
- Blank with userspace blank: This nominated page is a userspace, meaning no time limit is imposed, but at the same time, it has no citations and fails WP:FAKEARTICLE, so blanking it is honestly the best option. 🐴🌀[citation needed] 21:34, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete as fake information. There is no sitcom Shelby, and no such character. This is enough of a problem to justify deletion, although next time, just blank these things on discovery, without fanfare. SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:58, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
September 19, 2026
[edit]Straight advertising, and it probably meets G11, plus the user who created the page was blocked, and this draft is straight up unsuitable. Cosmic-840≈ ● ✒️ 14:24, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete: sure seems a little bit like advertising.Magikarp Fan, Arenghtqru888 lol ( hopefully I don't get trouted...) 17:54, 21 September 2026 (UTC) 17:04, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete: Falls under G11 and also I think nom’s comment and a !voter’s comment got combined.🐴🌀[citation needed] 21:48, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- yeah, sorry. I don't know how to type the
- Delete thing without copy pasting it
- Arenghtqru888 lol ( hopefully I don't get trouted...) 20:04, 20 September 2026 (UTC)
- It is quite simply bolded text (
''' ''') with a bulletpoint (*). 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 20:25, 20 September 2026 (UTC)
- It is quite simply bolded text (
- Keep. This is most certainly not G11, at least from the standards of the page I saw. Unless this draft was created in violation of the user's block (per G5), then there is absolutely no reason for deletion.A draft being "unsuitable" is not a reason it itself for deletion. Please also see WP:Leave useless drafts alone, and correct me if I'm wrong for any of this. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 23:37, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- Ignore. It has been REJECTED, with no further edits. This is standard AfC processing. Don’t rob the author and spectators of being able to read the Reject notice. MfD is the next step after they keep working poorly with it. SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:19, 20 September 2026 (UTC)
- Ignore - There is no need to delete drafts that have already been rejected once, unless the draft is tendentiously resubmitted. Rejected drafts that are ignored for six months will go away. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:50, 20 September 2026 (UTC)
- Ignore, i.e. Keep, per WP:LUDA. If it doesn't actually qualify under G11 (and in my opinion it doesn't) or G5 (it doesn't, the creator was blocked after creating the page, and a different user(name) has been editing since and submitting at AfC), it's ok that it ages in draftspace. Whether it's suitable for inclusion is precisely what the AfC gate is designed to assess, and G13 will harmlessly take care of drafts the gate stops that do not improve. Drafts should come here for discussion only if they are more actively disruptive, and neither the AfC gate (+G13 as backstop) nor speedy deletion is adequate to take care of it. Here processes are working exactly as intended. Martinp (talk) 11:24, 20 September 2026 (UTC)
- Keep per those above. If eligible for a csd, anyone may press the button (to submit for consideration or actually delete). Failing that, leave it be for the soul bag that is G13. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 04:32, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
Similar case to Draft:Republic Of Lyrasa and Draft:Microjapan in that it is perhaps not a blatant hoax but it is still a hoax or at least WP:MADEUP. The only coverage I can find in searches is this Teahouse archive, where another user says I recommend you tag for deletion your declined draft Draft:Nekesistema about an imaginary micronation. No hits for "Jewish Nekesistema" or "Federation of Nekesistema". A violation of WP:NOTWEBHOST and WP:UP#GOALS #4. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 08:22, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete: Clearly falls under G3.🐴🌀[citation needed] 09:27, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- Extra comment: From what I have seen, sources don't even match the "country" the creator is claiming. And the "official Nekesistema website" was made from Canva. 🐴🌀[citation needed] 01:17, 20 September 2026 (UTC)
- (Now Speedysee below) Delete per nom, since we're here. With a bit of a sigh, since a sandbox with no incoming links, by a user who hasn't been seen for >2.5 years and never really edited anything else, isn't worth the effort to discuss if one stumbles across it, unless it is more actively disruptive. If one hesitates on WP:G3 (and it is good to be cautious on applying "blatant hoax" tags), then it would also be eligible under WP:U6 (and eventually bot-tagged as such, I think). Martinp (talk) 10:01, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- Comment. Prompted by this and one other recent MfD nom, I've proposed a small change at Wikipedia_talk:Speedy_deletion#Proposed_small_change_to_G13,_U6,_U7 Martinp (talk) 10:31, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- The policy wording clarification is now uncontroversially implemented, and therefore this page is indeed eligible for a speedy delete per U6, without the need to discuss to what extent it's a G3 edge case, i.e. what level of made-up/hoax it is.Martinp (talk) 11:43, 22 September 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for sorting that. I would definitely support a speedy deletion in this case. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 11:49, 22 September 2026 (UTC)
- The policy wording clarification is now uncontroversially implemented, and therefore this page is indeed eligible for a speedy delete per U6, without the need to discuss to what extent it's a G3 edge case, i.e. what level of made-up/hoax it is.Martinp (talk) 11:43, 22 September 2026 (UTC)
- Comment. Prompted by this and one other recent MfD nom, I've proposed a small change at Wikipedia_talk:Speedy_deletion#Proposed_small_change_to_G13,_U6,_U7 Martinp (talk) 10:31, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete - See also Attempts to claim Bir Tawil as a sovereign state. It is unclaimed by both Egypt and Sudan because they recognize that it isn't worth the efforts of real nations claiming it, and they ignore inquiries about silly claims. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:47, 20 September 2026 (UTC)
- Delete How many more of these are there? This is probably a G3. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arenghtqru888 (talk • contribs)
Old business
[edit]| Everything below this point is old business; the 7-day review period that began 02:47, 18 September 2026 (UTC) ended today on 25 September 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. |