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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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
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Please familiarize yourself with the following policies
[edit]- Wikipedia:Deletion policy – our deletion policy that describes how we delete things by consensus
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- Wikipedia:Guide to deletion – a how-to guide whose protocols on discussion format and shorthands also apply here
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[edit]Please check the aforementioned list of deletion discussion areas to check that you are in the right area. Then follow these instructions:
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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.
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| CfD | 0 | 59 | 130 | 0 | 189 |
| TfD | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 41 |
| MfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FfD | 0 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 56 |
| RfD | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 90 |
| AfD | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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.
February 28, 2026
[edit]A TA was reverting my speedy deletion tags, can this be deleted? Thanks Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 19:42, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Comment base user talk pages are explicitly not eligible for WP:U1, redirects left behind following page moves due to a user being renamed are explicitly not eligible for WP:U2, and User:EasternShah needs to read the WP:CSD before tagging any additional pages for deletion. WP:MFD is however the correct venue for deleting the now blanked page. Though why deletion is desired here is still unclear, so I take no formal position here on that question for now. ~2026-12223-02 (talk) 00:52, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
- Keep or Speedy Keep 1 - The effect of deleting a blanked user talk page is to hide the history from non-admins. That is undesirable. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:12, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
- you can check the history, it doesn't have any meaningful history Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 15:52, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
February 27, 2026
[edit]Fake alternate history election sandbox, which turns the 1956 United States House of Representatives elections into a parliamentary election won by "prime minister" Hubert Humphrey. (The dissolution of parliament was still granted by President Eisenhower according to the body text, so they haven't mucked with that bit of history, but this isn't how the US election process works.)
While this doesn't strictly violate BLP, since the people named here certainly aren't still alive, it still violates other Wikipedia policies to publish false and inaccurate information. (And yes, as usual, this was left in all of the real article's categories for public consumption.) Bearcat (talk) 19:56, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete - Like other alternate history, this was made up, and presents fiction as fact, and is web hosting by a non-contributor. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:52, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Comment - The issue with the categories isn't a reason to delete, but there are reasons to delete. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:52, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete per “fake alternate history”, which is offensive to Wikipedia. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:36, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
Fake alternate history election sandbox, which copies 1993 Virginia gubernatorial election and reinfoboxes it for October 1995, which was (a) not a real Virginia gubernatorial election year, and (b) not the month in which a Virginia gubernatorial election would have been held even if 1995 were the right year. It features the real incumbent governor of the state (but running for an imaginary party) running against a person who has never been a gubernatorial candidate at all as far as his article says (also running for a different imaginary party).
As usual, since both of these people are still alive, it violates WP:BLP to publish false information about living people, even in userspace. And as usual, this was left in all of the real article's categories for public consumption. Bearcat (talk) 19:48, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete - Like other alternate history, this was made up, and presents fiction as fact, and is web hosting by a non-contributor. Also, as noted, a BLP violation. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:54, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Comment - The issue with the categories isn't a reason to delete, but there are reasons to delete. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:54, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete per “fake alternate history”, which is offensive to Wikipedia. Also the BLP angle. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:37, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
February 26, 2026
[edit]- Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Article alerts (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
The page has not been receiving article alerts since 2010. This page is overall useless as it does not serve a purpose other than just to exist. Wikiman (talk) 23:46, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- I put it up for speedy deletion it exists for something that no longer functions. Moxy🍁 00:04, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- I don't see a reason why this shouldn't work. If someone is interested in the updates, User:AAlertBot has instructions for setting them up. - Eureka Lott 00:22, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete as useless, which is what the nominator said. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:44, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- Archive. Old things that were once used should be archived, not deleted, unless there is a reason to delete and not archive. MfD is not a forum for managing WikiProject minutiae. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:39, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
Appears to be a documentation of some kind. Delete per WP:NOTWEBHOST and WP:UPNOT. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 05:06, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- Question for nominator - Why are you reviewing a sandbox approximately 24 hours after it was created? Robert McClenon (talk) 17:49, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- It was flagged on a filter as
Possible self promotion in userspace
. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 18:17, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- It was flagged on a filter as
- Neutral at this time. It's a sandbox. We don't know at this time whether the originator is web hosting or simply experimenting. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:56, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- Relevant (archived) thread on VPM; this is likely a school assignment. OutsideNormality (talk) 03:51, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- @OutsideNormality: do you think it's then appropriate to then delete all of the relevant pages? Do you think a block would also get this "instructor"'s attention? TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 01:10, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
- Delete as a WP:NOTWEBHOST violation by a non-contributor. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:42, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
February 24, 2026
[edit]NN rapper. Article created by editor since indeffed for sockpuppetry and undisclosed paid editing. Ravenswing 06:11, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
- Weak Keep - Whether the rapper is notable is of no concern. This is not a G5 because the sockpuppeteer was not blocked when this draft was created. Leave Useless Drafts Alone. Robert McClenon (talk) 08:26, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep per Robert McClenon. This is a draft, not an article, and drafts are not checked for notability. It is not overly promotional, and the timeline does not allow for a G5 speedy deletion. Chess enjoyer (talk) 08:38, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep per the above. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 16:30, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep. Containing this is what draftspace is for. Bringing it to MfD is a net negative. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:43, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
February 23, 2026
[edit]There is WP:SNOW chance of this actually being accepted, especially considering that Draft:Gimkit isn't a even article yet. Additionally, this fails the notability guideline and does not belong on Wikipedia. Speedrunz (talk) 02:41, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: This is not yet an article, so, to my knowledge, notability does not matter yet. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 03:38, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- See WP:NMFD, which says "
Failure to demonstrate that the topic meets notability guidelines is not considered sufficient reason to delete a draft
". - I do not believe that any of your other arguments constitute deletion and I do not believe this draft meets any of the deletion reasons in policy, either. I will vote keep. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 03:44, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- See WP:NMFD, which says "
- Weak Keep - This looks like a useless draft. See Leave Useless Drafts Alone, because sending them to MFD requires more volunteer time than letting them expire after six months. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:19, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep per WP:NDRAFT. Even though the topic is unlikely to pass notability guidelines, there's no urgent need to delete non-notable drafts as there is for non-notable articles, as long as the draft isn't harmful (which this isn't). Better to let it expire by G13 rather than nominate it for deletion. ApexParagon (talk) 18:29, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:NOTGUIDE. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 05:07, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: Isn't that policy only for mainspace? Correct me if I'm wrong. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 05:30, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
This is written from the perspective of a single user's experience and I'm not seeing a meaningful difference between fancruft and fancruft specific to comics. — An anonymous username, not my real name 01:09, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. Not a valid reason. It would be helpful if instead of deleting it, maybe just improve it? Robloxguest3 (talk)
08:01, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Userfy as personal musings, which are harmless in userspace (Note the "I" phrasings), but this is not a Wikipedia essay and to the extent it is, it's duplicative of WP:Fancruft which is a much more serious essay on the topic. SnowFire (talk) 15:01, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- it isn't a duplicate by the way Robloxguest3 (talk)
15:57, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
Agree because of how personal it is. The essay is too low-quality for a Wikipedia essay and doesn’t explain what fancruft is other than linking to WP:Fancruft in one section so it is much more suited to userspace. Awesomecat (✉ / ✎) 20:34, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- it isn't a duplicate by the way Robloxguest3 (talk)
- Weak Keep - No reason given to delete, and considerable leeway is given for essays to be in Wikipedia space. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:36, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon, I'm not seeing how this provides any useful information. All it says is that fancruft can exist in articles about comics (in
every single page I have seen
) and that it should be removed. It doesn't even define what fancruft is. There's nothing discussed here that can't be found in WP:FANCRUFT, except for the fact that the latter essay doesn't specifically mention comics (a mention could easily be added, however). I don't see the value of splitting up one valuable and oft-cited essay into fragments which differ from it little (especially when the fragments are given as first-person narratives rather than general advice). I do agree that there's no harm in moving this to userspace. — An anonymous username, not my real name 22:55, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon, I'm not seeing how this provides any useful information. All it says is that fancruft can exist in articles about comics (in
- Userfy per SnowFire. Sugar Tax (talk) 19:33, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
- Userfy: per SnowFire. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 16:30, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- Userfy: seems to fail WP:REDUNDANTESSAY (overlap with WP:FANCRUFT); additionally, it appears to be a single opinion essay at this point, and thus better suited to userspace. ButlerBlog (talk) 17:16, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- WP:Redundantessay is not a policy. Just wanted to let you know. Robloxguest3 (talk)
16:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- WP:Redundantessay is not a policy. Just wanted to let you know. Robloxguest3 (talk)
February 22, 2026
[edit]Possibly inflammatory. Kind of peculiar in the way that necrophilia is a disorder (often) but also refers to the sexual act.
I don't oppose disorder userboxes, but the category of this userbox and other general things imply more of a sexuality part.
Do we think keep, for whatever reason, delete, or just modify? 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 18:56, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- "necrophilia is a disorder", whilst paraphilias used to be classified as disorders within both the DSM and the ICD, in subsequent versions (see Paraphilic disorder#ICD-11 and Paraphilic disorder#DSM-5) they are not. Cognsci (talk) 19:16, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Right. I may have misspoke, whoops. That's supposed to be what the "often" is for. I don't know the actual percentages. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 19:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- As for inflammatory, the Wikipedia page for Necrophilia isn't listed as a contentious topic so I find it unlikely that other wikipedians will agree with that sentiment. Cognsci (talk) 19:39, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Whether a topic is listed as a contentious topic has more to do with prior disruption in the topic area than whether the topic is necessarily itself divisive. Pedophilia isn't listed as a CTOP, but it's certainly been divisive in the past; see WP:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war. ~2026-12505-11 (talk) 15:01, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
- The arbitration request you linked seems more to do with user conduct (as arbitration requests typically are) than it does to do with the topic of pedophilia. Cognsci (talk) 15:44, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
- Whether a topic is listed as a contentious topic has more to do with prior disruption in the topic area than whether the topic is necessarily itself divisive. Pedophilia isn't listed as a CTOP, but it's certainly been divisive in the past; see WP:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war. ~2026-12505-11 (talk) 15:01, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
- As for inflammatory, the Wikipedia page for Necrophilia isn't listed as a contentious topic so I find it unlikely that other wikipedians will agree with that sentiment. Cognsci (talk) 19:39, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Right. I may have misspoke, whoops. That's supposed to be what the "often" is for. I don't know the actual percentages. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 19:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep Cognsci (talk) 23:12, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Cognsci You don’t say why this Userbox should be keeping VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 17:58, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Well I think userboxes about human sexuality help us to collaborate more effectively on articles, do you disagree? Cognsci (talk) 18:44, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Cognsci You don’t say why this Userbox should be keeping VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 17:58, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
Two previous speedy deletions have been declined already. This user page has been made more promotional since the previous speedy deletion attempts and the user is clearly WP:NOTHERE.
It should be deleted for being an unsourced BLP. If that's not enough, then please also consider that this user is using Wikipedia as a webhost. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 13:33, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Comment - whilst there is a non-promotional version of this user page in the history, the user has insisted, on two occasions here and here, to convert this into a vanity page. In my view, a better solution is just to delete the entire user page. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 13:37, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete as an unsourced promotional biography of a living person and as web hosting by a non-contributor. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:06, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Comment - MFD is a content forum. We do not decide whether an editor is not here constructively, but we do decide whether their user page is [[WP:NOTHERE|not here for the encyclopedia]. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:07, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete: per Robert McClenon. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 16:32, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- As the admin who declined the first speedy, I wouldn't have reverted if it had been tagged G11 again, and likely would have deleted and blocked. This user's exhausted their good faith assumption quota. —Cryptic 01:41, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- I agree. I think it's always good to give a newbie at least one chance to turn things around. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 08:21, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
February 21, 2026
[edit]- Wikipedia:Reporting interaction ban violations (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)
Article has not been edited in several years and contains very little information. Speedrunz (talk) 20:14, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect to Wikipedia:Dispute resolution#Last resort: arbitration TruenoCity (talk) 21:06, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- strongest possible meh. I have no idea what was in my mind when i created it but it’s deliciously pointedly snarky. Spartaz Humbug! 22:36, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Spartaz: Per your contributions at the time, you created it shortly after this conversation (warning: long page!) at the talk page of @Ihardlythinkso:. Graham87 (talk) 04:21, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you Graham. I was in fine form in that conversation wasn't I. I wonder how I got so grumpy and terse?! Spartaz Humbug! 20:09, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Spartaz: Per your contributions at the time, you created it shortly after this conversation (warning: long page!) at the talk page of @Ihardlythinkso:. Graham87 (talk) 04:21, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep I really don’t see the point of this nom. It is a very short piece of good advice. I don’t see a reason to delete it, but since it has never been used it could be userfied. The redirect target seems like a bad idea; IBAN-ed users explicitly shouldn’t be in disputes. 1brianm7 (talk) 01:37, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Anything but delete per above and also because its talk page has a brief but constructive discussion. Graham87 (talk) 04:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep - This is close to Speedy Keep 1 because there isn't really a deletion rationale. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:39, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep, neither the essay being short or not being edited in several years is a valid rationale for deletion. No prejudice against userfying if the creator wants. ApexParagon (talk) 01:40, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
- the creator has already voted Meh Spartaz Humbug! 17:57, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- Keep per above. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 05:09, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- Either Redirect or Userfy would work. the Doug hole (a crew 4 life) 13:52, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
Denigrating the contributions of other editors isn't conducive to building an encyclopedia. - Eureka Lott 19:42, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- note: after removing anything that either doesn't exist or doesn't fit, it is now ONEOTHER. i would suggest a redirect to Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create, as stupid articles would serve much better as a redirect than a list. User "Oreocooke" (speak of the sun and it shines) 21:33, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect to Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create: since WP:STUPID already goes there. Schützenpanzer (Talk) 19:05, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Move the redirect to WP:Stupid articles for capitalization. Awesomecat (✉ / ✎) 20:47, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
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