Wikipedia talk:Don't delete the main page

	This page is within the scope of WikiProject Wikipedia essays, a collaborative effort to organize and monitor the impact of Wikipedia essays. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion. For a listing of essays see the essay directory.Wikipedia essaysWikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia essaysTemplate:WikiProject Wikipedia essaysWikiProject Wikipedia essays
Mid	This page has been rated as Mid-impact on the project's impact scale.
	The above rating was automatically assessed using data on pageviews, watchers, and incoming links.

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Don't delete the main page page.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Policy

Shouldn't this be policy? Tim Vickers (talk) 05:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I hope not. We don't need a policy for every obvious error. Superm401 - Talk 08:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was joking, having this as policy would be a classic case of instruction creep. :) Tim Vickers (talk) 17:37, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

I fully support a redirect to this from Wikipedia:Hey y'all, watch this! --NellieBly (talk) 11:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Profanity

"and then there are "oh fuck" situations." Maybe the F-word should be removed. Korodzik (talk) 11:32, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why? Reso lute 14:32, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:PROFA. Korodzik (talk) 08:53, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't an article, and I really don't see how the statement in context could be considered offensive by a reasonable person, imo. Reso lute 14:41, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DELETE THE MAIN PAGE!!!

Seriously! I try to do some research on main pages, and find this crap! It is a blatant violation of WP:SELF, and is unencyclopedic. 75.118.170.35 (talk) 15:26, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BEANS

This page is a violation of BEANS. Fahadsadah (talk) 16:29, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha! Exactly what I was thinking. I was looking at that vid of the nuke going off and started to think "Blanking the main page?!? Hmm...! It might just do the trick!" for the first time in my life! ;-) Trigaranus (talk) 17:29, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lame Edit Wars

There seems to have been a long edit war about whether the true figure for an incorrect claim, unverifiably made in IRC, is 5000 or 9000. Anyone want to write it up for Lame Edit Wars? 87.243.208.102 (talk) 03:38, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Violation

This violates WP:BEANS.

What's so funny

To all watchers hereof. I intend to remove the {{Humorous essay}} notice from this essay. All joking aside... well, that's the point. The topic isn't funny and the page isn't humorous. Nor should it be. If I don't hear anything back within an undefined time period varying from 5 seconds to 24 hours, I will delete the notice. Thank You For Your Support. 12.51.248.245 (talk) 13:41, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

the point is, someone said that it could not be deleted (as a joke) but then someone went and tried (and it did get deleted) so this page is to just remind people, not to delete the main page. Sophie ^(Talk) 13:50, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As someone who worked with the individual who deleted the main page and who saw first hand what happened as a result, I have to say that yes, it was pretty funny. Reso lute 14:10, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this is widely considered to be a humorous essay please don't remove. -DJSasso (talk) 14:54, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly what is humorous about this essay? The event, yes, that was humorous. But this essay is in the nature of "lessons learned," and it's a serious matter. kcylsnavS{^screech_harrass} 17:00, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The event was funny. The article describes the event. The article is funny. —C Teng ^(talk) 16:55, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]