The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was no consensus. Ricky81682 (talk) 23:52, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User:Paulmcdonald/List of college football rematch games[edit]

This does not seem like a notable topic - surely these events are fairly common. Delete it, or send this to mainspace. Legacypac (talk) 04:15, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it's userspace, not an article. It's been a while since I've put effort into it, but it is clearly marked that it is not an article using standard methods.--Paul McDonald (talk) 13:29, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Yes, it's userspace, not an article, as Paulmcdonald says, and it has not been edited since December 2011, giving the impression that he never intends to post it as an article. What's more, it is not remotely suitable as an article if it were to be posted as one. Userspace is not a free web host for holding article-like pages that are not going to become articles, and have nothing to do with contributing to the encyclopaedia. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment There is no deadline, and userspace sandboxes have many purposes, only one which is to possibly promote to full article status. There is no policy violation that I can see. No copyright violation, no BLP violation, ... just that a couple of editors don't like that I've got a few article ideas in userspace.--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:08, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, there is no deadline, but that doesn't mean that it's OK to use userspace for long-term storage of article-like stuff which is never going to be made into an article. "Userspace is not a free web host and should not be used to indefinitely host pages that look like articles, old revisions, or deleted content, or your preferred version of disputed content." If this page serves some purpose to do with work for the encyclopaedia other than being a draft for an article, then please tell us what that purpose is, as it is not at all obvious. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:29, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Query is there some policy or guideline in violation here?--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:23, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.