Forum:CT Archive/Amendments to deletion process

These votes are regarding proposed amendments to the trash compactor process and deletion policy. These amendments would establish more clearly that deletion and trash compactor process must occur with reference to other site policies and existing content. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:04, October 28, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 1
Recently, a trash compactor was held regarding the deletion of supplements within the Angry Birds Star Wars video game franchise. While the outcome of the process was keep with no consensus, I feel that the trash compactor never should have been allowed to be held in the first place, as there is no clear policy regarding items of this type and other material such as "Darth Maul's Party Town" is kept. Wikipedia has a policy called "WP:LIKE"; it says basically that not liking something is not a valid reason for deletion. I propose the following item be amended to the deletion policy and/or Trash compactor:


 * Those proposing a trash compactor nomination for an article must provide reference to a specific policy indicating why the item in question is not suitable for Wookieepedia. The trash compactor process is not a place to propose policy. If there is no existing policy that indicates that the article is not permissible, then the trash compactor process will not be permitted if the article clearly falls within the realm of similar content that has been allowed in the past. Trash compactor nominations without reference to specific policy will be removed.

Support

 * 1) As nominator. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:04, October 28, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 2
Secondly, a while back, I had an article deleted regarding Star Wars Reads Day, without process, and again without regard to other articles that have been considered permissible in the past, such as Darth Vader hot air balloon and SuperShadow. I propose the following be added to the deletion policy:


 * Any article that is not obviously spam, unrelated to the goals of Wookieepedia, or nonsense where an actual article should have been created must be placed within the trash compactor process if it is to be considered for deletion.

Support

 * 1) I believe this is already covered within the statement "Articles that do not fit into this wiki or are proven non-notable non-canon will be put up for a vote to be deleted," however, I think the above would make it more clear that it is never permissible for an article to be speedily deleted simply because someone thinks it doesn't fit. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:04, October 28, 2014 (UTC)