Forum:The Happy Fun User Page Super Friendly Cleanup Project

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This is the announcement and discussion page for the Happy Fun User Page Super Friendly Cleanup Project.

What is the HFUPSFCP?

 * The HFUPSFCP is the long-needed cleanup of userpages which violate Wookieepedia policy.

Why is it called the "Happy Fun User Page Super Friendly Cleanup Project"???

 * Because some folks tend to get a bit touchy when people use the word "purge."

Why are we doing this?

 * Because we're evil and cruel.


 * No, really, because it needs to be done, and has needed to be done for a long time. We've had policies and made policies about userpages going back to the birth of Wookieepedia but enforcement has been sadly lacking. We are now going to enforce those policies in one fell swoop.

Policies? What policies?

 * The ones linked in the welcome template. The ones linked on the upload form. The ones people have been deliberately ignoring for two years.

Could you maybe be a little more specific?

 * We really shouldn't have to be.

No, seriously.

 * The relevant rules being violated include but are not limited to:
 * What Wookieepedia is not:
 * Section 1.6: Wookieepedia is not a free host or web page provider
 * Section 2.2: Wookieepedia is not a general-purpose message board
 * Section 3.1: Your user page is not your primary contribution to this wiki


 * User image policy:
 * No more than 3 images should be uploaded which are intended solely for a userpage or customized signature.
 * User images must be tagged with the user-image template.
 * The total file size of these images must be below 500 kB.
 * Images must be "safe for work."
 * User page policy:
 * User page fan fiction must be restricted to either the main user page or a single subpage.
 * Secondary accounts set up primarily in order to have a second user page are disallowed.
 * User pages must not be put in categories which would cause them to be mistaken for "real" articles.
 * User subpages unrelated to Star Wars or Wookieepedia are not allowed.
 * No personal attacks
 * Userpages, talk pages, and subpages must not contain attacks against specific individuals.


 * Therefore, we will be deleting userpages and user images according to the following guidelines:
 * 1) If your userpage does not comply with any Wookieepedia policy as the participating admins interpret them, it will be truncated or deleted.
 * 2) If you have more than three user images or more than 500 kilobytes worth of user images, they will be deleted. (Wookieepedia:User image policy, #1/#3)
 * 3) Images which are "not work safe" will be deleted. (Wookieepedia:User image policy, #4)
 * 4) If you are now contributing under a different username, the pages and images associated with your previous username will be deleted. (Wookieepedia:User page policy, #2 / Wookieepedia:Sock puppetry)
 * 5) Excessively large fanon projects will be deleted. (Wookieepedia:What Wookieepedia is not, #1.6/#3.1)
 * 6) User talk pages that have been used as a general-purpose forum or chatroom will be deleted. (Wookieepedia:What Wookieepedia is not, #2.2)
 * 7) Guestbooks which exist as subpages will be deleted. Guestbooks which exist within a userpage will be removed. (Wookieepedia:What Wookieepedia is not, #2.2)
 * 8) Userpages with inappropriate categorization will be deleted. (Wookieepedia:User page policy, #3)
 * 9) Userpages with personal attacks will be truncated or deleted. (Wookieepedia:No personal attacks)
 * 10) Userpages that have been edited to the exclusion of useful edits will be deleted. (Wookieepedia:What Wookieepedia is not, #3.1)

So how do I save my userpage from the impending turbodeletelasers of the HIMS Administratorius?

 * It's pretty simple, really.


 * 1) If you have multiple fanon subpages, consolidate them into one page or (preferably) copy them to the Star Wars Fanon Wiki and mark them for deletion yourself. You can keep one fanon subpage, but if you have more than one and none are marked for deletion, they will all be deleted.
 * 2) If you have more than three user images or more than 500KB of user images, mark enough of them for deletion to bring yourself under those limits. If you violate those limits and none of your images are marked for deletion, they will all be deleted.
 * 3) If you have a former username that has pages or files you wish to preserve, copy them to your current username -- while remaining compliant with all applicable policies.
 * 4) If you wish to maintain a guestbook or a chat page, do it on MySpace or a similar social networking site. You may link to there from your userpage.
 * 5) If your userpage is in an inappropriate category, remove the code that places it in that category.

How are you deciding what to delete?

 * Your administrators have compiled lists of what to delete. We are also accepting suggestions from all users for additional userpages and files to delete.

When is this going down?

 * Deletion commences at 9 PM Eastern time on Sunday March 25. This is 24 hours from when this project was announced in the site notice. Because they are functionally "junk articles" per the deletion policy, the 24 hour grace period isn't even technically required.

How do you justify this?

 * How do you justify breaking the rules for so long? This is not a change in policy. This is the long overdue enforcement of existing policy.