MediaWiki talk:Deletereason-dropdown: Difference between revisions

:What we have found, with a very active wiki, and with a user base that increasingly understands the process, there are very few Requests for deletion. We have other alternatives to deletion. If I see that some user has created a "nonsense page," I will not usually tag it for deletion, I will move it to their user space. I don't do this with anonymous pages. If an anonymous page seems to have some possible redeeming value, I may move it to a space created for anonymous essays. Sometimes these pages get a proposed deletion tag.

:Hardly ever does anyone get upset. Exceptions are rare, the most recent involved Leucosticte, who knew that the page he created would be controversial. He did not choose to appeal a deletion decision. (He was advised not to, that he is teetering on the edge of a global WMF ban for his general activity, but he could have appealed, in this case, and would not have been sanctioned for appealing, as long as he didn't do something grossly disruptive. His activity here would get him blocked in a flash on just about any WMF wiki. --[[User:Abd|Abd]] ([[User talk:Abd|talk]]) 23:02, 7 January 2015 (UTC)