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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by John Quincy Adding Machine (talk | contribs) at 07:33, 14 April 2008 (→User:Jdavidb/blog: i'm sorry, didn't mean to be so hostile). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

User:Jdavidb/blog

See WP:NOT. Wikipedia is NOT a blog. Also, here says Wikipedia sucks. Now, that doesn't tell the truth nor does cite sources. Nothing444 21:57, 10 April 2008 (UTC) [reply]

  • Keep. I think Wikipedia sucks, too; or at least its starting to. I agree with him that the notability requirements have become too narrow. Is that banning material now? Can we not state our concerns about policy on our own userspace anymore? The 'blog' is almost exclusively wikipedia-related. While I always assume good faith, I'm starting to grow suspicious of the nominator's flurry of nominations for the deletion of userspace content. I'm sure he may mean well, but attacking users isn't a way to help the project. Celarnor Talk to me 22:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, to cite sources for "notability requirements have been too narrow" isn't really necessary, considering the statement is aimed at Wikipedians who know about WP:N, WP:BIO, WP:BOOK, WP:PROF, WP:FILM, WP:BAND, WP:ORG, WP:WEB, etc. Celarnor Talk to me 22:56, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • These don't appear to be related. This is about a person's thoughts about Wikipedia, the other appears to be a personal blog. I think there's a distinction between the two. Metros (talk) 02:46, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Either way, we're not Myspace or' Wordpress. If someone wants to publish thoughts about us, or do something personal, they can do so somewhere else. Neutral for now. BoL (Talk) 03:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. This isn't just any personal blog with gossipy personal details or "daily life" or whatever. This blog is almost exclusively Wikipedia-related. We allow users to put Wikipedia essays in their userspace. This is something like that. The format may be different, it may not be limited to one particular issue, but it's Wikipedia-related all the same.--WPholic(user)(talk) 10:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. WP:NOT#BLOG means that Wikipedia is not a free host for personal blogs unrelated to Wikipedia. Blogs about Wikipedia are allowed. Discussion and criticism of Wikipedia within the community is healthy for the improvement of the encyclopedia. WaltonOne 11:03, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Celanor and Walton. Joe 19:03, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as long as it stays wikipedia-related. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 08:16, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Delete, blogs are not allowed, no matter how Wikipedian they are. There's a whole Internet out there for that, we are wasting OUR bandwidth for his ramblings. And your little 'said Wikipedia sucks' remark made me cringe. Have you thought of a career in popular journalism? +Hexagon1 (t) 03:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What about remarks in the userspace about events? What about essays that haven't been moved into the project? That's essentially what this is. Celarnor Talk to me 03:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There's a distinction between remarks and a subpage called 'Blog'. Likewise between essays and blogs. +Hexagon1 (t) 06:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, what is it? Is it the word 'blog'? Celarnor Talk to me 06:21, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As I see it a remark is usually a brief one or two sentence comment, a blog is usually a series of feature-sized entries discussing something. One we tolerate, one we don't. He started a subpage with the intention of writing a blog. He wrote a blog. Wikipedia is not a blogging service. +Hexagon1 (t) 07:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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