Wikiquote:Votes for deletion
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Votes for deletion is the process where the community discusses whether a page should be deleted or not, depending on the consensus of the discussion.
Please read and understand the Wikiquote deletion policy before editing this page.
- Explain your reasoning for every page you list here, even if you think it is obvious.
- Always be sure to sign your entry or vote, or it will not be counted.
The process
Requesting deletions
To list a single article for deletion for the first time, follow this three-step process:
I: Put the deletion tag on the article. |
Insert the {{vfd-new}} tag at the top of the page.
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II: Create the article's deletion discussion page. |
Click the link saying "this article's entry" to open the deletion-debate page.
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III: Notify users who monitor VfD discussion. |
Copy the tag below, and then click THIS LINK to open the deletion log page. At the bottom of the log page, insert:
replacing PAGENAME appropriately.
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Note: Suggestions for requesting deletion of multiple pages, non-article pages, and repeat nominations may be found at VFD tips.
Voting on deletions
Once listed, the entire Wikiquote community is invited to vote on whether to keep or delete each page, or take some other action on it. Many candidate articles will have specific dates by which to vote; if none is given, you can assume at least seven days after the article is listed before the votes are tallied.
To vote, jump or scroll down to the entry you wish to vote on, click its "edit" link, and add your vote to the end of the list, like one of these:
- Keep. ~~~~
- Delete. ~~~~
- (other actions; explain) ~~~~
- Comment (not including action) ~~~~
Possible other actions include Merge, Rename, Redirect, Move to (sister project). Please be clear and concise when describing your action.
The four tildes (~~~~) will automatically add your user ID and a timestamp to your vote. This is necessary to ensure each Wikiquotian gets only a single vote. You can add some comments to your vote (before the tildes) to explain your reasons, but it is not required. However, it may help others to decide which way to vote.
Please do not add a vote after the closing date and time; any late vote may be struck out and ignored by the closing admin.
NOTE: Although we use the term "vote", VfD is not specifically a democratic process, as we have no way of verifying "one person, one vote". It is designed to "take the temperature" of the community on a subject. Sysops have the responsibility of judging the results based on a variety of factors, including (besides the votes) policies, practices, precedents, arguments, compromises between conflicting positions, and seriousness of the participants.
Closing votes and deleting articles
Sysops have the responsibility to review the list and determine what articles have achieved a consensus, whether it is for deletion, preservation, or some other action. All candidate articles should be listed here at least seven days before the votes are tallied. Many VfD entries will have "Vote closes" notices to indicate when the votes will be tallied.
- The sysop tallying the vote should add a Template:Vfd top ("vote closed" header with the result of the vote) to the top of the article's VfD discussion page, as well as a Template:Vfd bottom at the end of the page.
- If consensus is for deletion, the sysop should follow the deletion process to delete the article.
- If it is to keep, or if there is no consensus for action, the sysop should remove the {{vfd-new}} tag from the article and post a notice on the article's talk page about the completed VfD, including a link to the VfD discussion on that article. The {{vfd-kept-new}} template can be used for a standard notice.
- There may also be a vote to move (rename) or otherwise change the article. The sysop's actions will depend on the specific situation in these cases. In those cases, a notice should also be posted on the talk page documenting the decision.
To avoid conflict of interest, a sysop should never close a VfD that he or she started. However, a sysop may close a VfD in which he or she has voted.
After a reasonable time, a sysop will then move the entire entry into the appropriate month page of the VfD log. (Some old discussions are available only in the old Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive.)
Note: In the interest of cross-wiki cooperation, please check Wikipedia to make sure their articles don't link back to an article that has just been deleted. Also de-link any other language edition articles.
Reviewing closed votes
All closed votes will be archived indefinitely in per-month pages at Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Log. (A few are still found only in the old Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive.) See that page for details.
Deletion candidates
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
*Little Einsteins
*The Garfield Show
*Super Why!
*Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
These articles and more are part of an epidemic that doesn't seem like it's going to stop. Specifically, these articles all have the same issues: poorly-written "quotes", horrible formatting, obviously fake quotes, non-quote material... Articles like these need to be abolished, and with this VFD, we can help stop this issue. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 23:07, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
Vote closes: 00:00, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete all, per nom. ~ UDScott (talk) 18:05, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete all, per nom. Markjoseph125 (talk) 00:01, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
As I wrote on the talk page when this was created, while the quotes presented are certainly validly sourced quotes, is there anything on the page that is memorable or quotable? I would posit that it does not meet what is set forth in Wikiquote:Quotability, especially the 5th and 6th factors (Is the quote particularly witty, pithy, wise, eloquent, or poignant? and Is the quote independently well known? Has it withstood, or is it likely to withstand, the test of time?). Having such extremely long pages that only quote from dry textbooks or medical journals is not IMHO what this project is supposed to be about. — UDScott (talk) 20:03, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Vote closes: 21:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete. ~ UDScott (talk) 20:03, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- Keep. I don't know if Wikiquote has an equivalent to the ICU at Uncyclopedia, but this is a difficult page, not a bad one, and it is in need of some major changes, not deletion. What if instead of deleting all of it, someone shortened the page down to things they might actually say to someone at a party? I feel the textbooks do a good job of explaining what it is in general so we should keep those, while the medical journals focus too much on specific genes and results from a limited number of case studies so we could lose them.
In terms of length, it's nowhere near as bad as the page for Roe v. Wade, the scientific language is just more difficult to understand compared to the terminology used in a legal journal. If the page is deleted doesn't it suggest that there is nothing worth saying about this subject? How can that be true when it's a particularly bad form of cancer? I know some subjects are easier to have a polite conversation about than others and this really isn't one of them, if you are discussing teratomas at a dinner party than you probably aren't getting invited back.
The criticisms of the quality of this page apply equally well to the Use of fetal tissue in vaccine development and that is definitely something a lot of people discuss because of the recent Covid-19 pandemic. It's almost as if diseases are kind of hard to talk about to a general audience while sounding intelligent but not too intelligent. I would appreciate another editor's help instead of creating yet another page on a controversial reproductive health subject almost or entirely on my own, even if it's about to be deleted. The lack of communication I have with other editors is starting to get to me and impact the quality of my contributions, I don't know who the intended audience is anymore. I had assumed the community here would have contributed much more help to the abortion pages than they actually provided, I don't know what or whom you people actually care about.
I add Wikipedia references because I trust Wikipedia's judgment, if it is good enough for Wikipedia than I assume there is at least an introduction or a conclusion worth adding to Wikiquote. CensoredScribe (talk) 16:17, 31 March 2024 (UTC) - Delete No quotable quotes and "No potential to become a proper Wikiquote page," to cite WQ:Deletion policy. People have said quotable things on medical topics such as cancer, but a dry passage from a medical journal or textbook describing some specialized form of cancer is not "quotable." Furthermore, by collecting random items from medical journals into this article gives a false impression of providing medical advice. HouseOfChange (talk) 19:20, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Keep The article isn't doing any harm, and could be trimmed. I think there is some quotable material here. Ficaia (talk) 06:27, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, for lack of quotability (one of Wikiquote's criteria). This material would be fine on a Wikipedia page; to put it here is simply a category mistake. Markjoseph125 (talk) 12:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Nothing remotely memorable here (and not really about the topic, other than mentioning its name). — UDScott (talk) 00:26, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
Vote closes: 01:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete. ~ UDScott (talk) 00:26, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, per nomination. Markjoseph125 (talk) 12:32, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Person doesn't appear notable and the quotes don't seem widely quoted. Page's creator is likely the subject themselves. Looking at the history on Feb 27, the subject's registered account edited the page and then 6 minutes later an IP user continued with similar edits. — William Graham (talk) 17:41, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, per nomination. Markjoseph125 (talk) 01:45, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Vote closes: 18:00, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Quotes of Antonino Natoli are not quotable since their speaker is not notable enough for a inclusion in the English Wikiquote, but he might be relevant enough for the Italian Wikiquote. Another argument in support of this request for deletion is it's creation by a known enwiki LTA longterm vandal or one of its socks and enwiki guidelines suggest deleting entries created by sockpuppets to take away the reward of making an entry. In this case, enwiki policies are relevant since WQ:SOCK redirects to w:en:WP:SOCK, the English Wikipedia instance of the rule. — A09 (talk) 13:19, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, per nomination. Markjoseph125 (talk) 01:46, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Vote closes: 14:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Quotes of Antonino Natoli are not quotable since their speaker is not notable enough for a inclusion in the English Wikiquote, but he might be relevant enough for the Italian Wikiquote. Another argument in support of this request for deletion is it's creation by a known enwiki LTA longterm vandal or one of its socks and enwiki guidelines suggest deleting entries created by sockpuppets to take away the reward of making an entry. In this case, enwiki policies are relevant since WQ:SOCK redirects to w:en:WP:SOCK, the English Wikipedia instance of the rule. — A09 (talk) 13:19, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, per nomination. Markjoseph125 (talk) 01:46, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Vote closes: 14:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
A hoax or self-made up area near Lake Como with quotes being redundant to other entries about the Lake Como. Furthermore, it was likely edited or created by a known enwiki long term abuse vandal. Any unique quote should be moved to its corresponding entry. — A09 (talk) 13:26, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, per nomination. Markjoseph125 (talk) 01:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Vote closes: 14:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Lack of quotability. This is just a bland, generic statement of a politician, insufficient for Wikiquote. — Markjoseph125 (talk) 23:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, as nominator. Markjoseph125 (talk) 23:49, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Vote closes: 00:00, 16 May 2024 (UTC). Markjoseph125 (talk) 23:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Unnecessary. Completely lacks quotability. Puerile. — Markjoseph125 (talk) 20:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- Vote closes: 21:00, 20 May 2024 (UTC).
- Delete, as nominator. Markjoseph125 (talk) 20:19, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, per nom, adds nothing of value to Wikiquote. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:53, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- Delete, per nom - nothing of value for WQ here. ~ UDScott (talk) 17:01, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- I would actually not be so quick to delete this. The film, though made with modest production values, was remarkable in its ability to convey concepts in a mostly made-up caveman language. I suspect that it will be possible to find usable quotes about the film. BD2412 T 22:22, 20 May 2024 (UTC)