Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion


Miscellany for deletion (MfD) is a place where Wikipedians decide what should be done with problematic pages in the namespaces which aren't covered by other specialized deletion discussion areas. Items sent here are usually discussed for seven days; then they are either deleted by an administrator or kept, based on community consensus as evident from the discussion, consistent with policy, and with careful judgment of the rough consensus if required.

Filtered versions of the page are available at

Information on the process

What may be nominated for deletion here:

  • Pages not covered by other XFD venues, including pages in these namespaces: Draft:, Help:, Portal:, MediaWiki:, Wikipedia: (including WikiProjects), User:, TimedText:, MOS:,[a] Event: and the various Talk: namespaces
  • Userboxes, regardless of the namespace
  • File description pages when the file itself is hosted on Commons
  • Any other page, that is not in article space, where there is dispute as to the correct XFD venue.

Requests to undelete pages deleted after discussion here, and debate whether discussions here have been properly closed, both take place at Wikipedia:Deletion review, in accordance with Wikipedia's undeletion policy.

Notes

  1. ^ The vast majority of pages in the MOS: namespace are redirects, which should be discussed at RfD. MfD is only applicable for the handful of its non-redirect pages.

Before nominating a page for deletion

Before nominating a page for deletion, please consider these guidelines:

Deleting pages in your own userspace
  • If you want to have your own userpage or a draft you created deleted, there is no need to list it here; simply tag it with {{db-userreq}} or {{db-u1}} if it is a userpage, or {{db-author}} or {{db-g7}} if it is a draft. If you wish to clear your user talk page or sandbox, just blank it.
Deletions in draftspace
  • Unlike articles, drafts are generally not deleted solely due to lack of demonstrated notability or context.
  • Drafts that have not been edited in six months may be deleted under criterion for speedy deletion G13 and do not need nomination here.
  • Duplications in draftspace are usually satisfactorily fixed by redirection. If the material is in mainspace, redirect the draft to the article, or a section of the article. If multiple draft pages on the same topic have been created, tag them for merging. See WP:SRE.
  • For further information on draft deletion, including when nomination here is appropriate, see WP:NMFD
Deleting pages in other people's userspace
  • Consider explaining your concerns on the user's talk page with a personal note or by adding {{subst:Uw-userpage}} ~~~~  to their talk page. This step assumes good faith and civility; often the user is simply unaware of the guidelines, and the page can either be fixed or speedily deleted using {{db-userreq}}.
  • Take care not to bite newcomers – sometimes using the {{subst:welcome}} or {{subst:welcomeg}} template and a pointer to WP:UP would be best first.
  • Problematic userspace material is often addressed by the User pages guidelines including in some cases removal by any user or tagging to clarify the content or to prevent external search engine indexing. (Examples include copies of old, deleted, or disputed material, problematic drafts, promotional material, offensive material, inappropriate links, 'spoofing' of the MediaWiki interface, disruptive HTML, invitations or advocacy of disruption, certain kinds of images and image galleries, etc) If your concern relates to these areas consider these approaches as well, or instead of, deletion.
  • User pages about Wikipedia-related matters by established users usually do not qualify for deletion.
  • Articles that were recently deleted at AfD and then moved to userspace are generally not deleted unless they have lingered in userspace for an extended period of time without improvement to address the concerns that resulted in their deletion at AfD, or their content otherwise violates a global content policy such as our policies on Biographies of living persons that applies to any namespace.
Policies, guidelines and process pages
  • Established pages and their sub-pages should not be nominated, as such nominations will probably be considered disruptive, and the ensuing discussions closed early. This is not a forum for modifying or revoking policy. Instead consider tagging the page as {{historical}} and/or moving it into the historical archive, or redirecting it somewhere.
  • Proposals still under discussion generally should not be nominated. If you oppose a proposal, discuss it on the policy page's discussion page. Consider being bold and improving the proposal. Modify the proposal so that it gains consensus. Also note that even if a policy fails to gain consensus, it is often useful to retain it as a historical record, for the benefit of future editors.
WikiProjects and their subpages
  • It is generally preferable that inactive WikiProjects not be deleted, but instead be marked as {{WikiProject status|inactive}}, redirected to a relevant WikiProject, or changed to a task force of a parent WikiProject, unless the WikiProject was incompletely created or is entirely undesirable.
  • WikiProjects that were never very active and which do not have substantial historical discussions (meaning multiple discussions over an extended period of time) on the project talk page should not be tagged as {{historical}}; reserve this tag for historically active projects that have, over time, been replaced by other processes or that contain substantial discussion (as defined above) of the organization of a significant area of Wikipedia. Before deletion of an inactive project with a founder or other formerly active members who are active elsewhere on Wikipedia, consider moving it into the historical archive, or userfication.
  • Notify the main WikiProject talk page when nominating any WikiProject subpage, in addition to standard notification of the page creator.
Alternatives to deletion
  • Normal editing that doesn't require the use of any administrator tools, such as merging the page into another page or renaming it, can often resolve problems.
  • Pages in the wrong namespace (e.g. an article in Wikipedia namespace), can simply be moved and then tag the redirect for speedy deletion using {{db-g6|rationale= it's a redirect left after a cross-namespace move}}. Notify the author of the original article of the cross-namespace move.
Alternatives to MfD
  • Speedy deletion If the page clearly satisfies a "general" or "user" speedy deletion criterion, tag it with the appropriate template. Be sure to read the entire criterion, as some do not apply in the user space.

Please familiarize yourself with the following policies

How to list pages for deletion

Please check the aforementioned list of deletion discussion areas to check that you are in the right area. Then follow these instructions:

Administrator instructions

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Archived discussions

A list of archived discussions can be located at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates.

Current discussions

Pages currently being considered for deletion are indexed by the day on which they were first listed. Please place new listings at the top of the section for the current day. If no section for the current day is present, please start a new section.

January 13, 2026

Draft:Betharia Sonata (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Betharia Sonata exists. Need to delete this page to draftify the article currently in article space. BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 16:49, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment or Question - I am not sure that I understand this request, but if I do understand it, it is an unnecessarily complicated request. The nominator appears to be saying that they need to delete the stub draft so that they can unilaterally move the existing article into its slot in draft space. If that is what they want, maybe they should nominate the article for deletion, with draftification of the article as an alternative to deletion, which would imply the deletion of the current stub draft. If they are satisfied with the current article, then a speedy redirect of the draft is in order, but that doesn't seem to be what they are requesting. Also, what does the nominator think is wrong with the article? Robert McClenon (talk) 19:29, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Robert McClenon: It appears that the creator first drafted this article and published it in mainspace, after which another editor draftified the article. Instead of improving the draft and submitting it through AFC, the creator then recreated the article in mainspace. Although the recreated version contains more information, it still lacks sufficient RS, and I would also draftify it myself if possible. However, this cannot be done while a draft version still exists, which is why the nominator is now requesting deletion of the draft. Ckfasdf (talk) 22:31, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Draft:DJ ChWill Roscommon Rosé (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

This draft has been resubmitted twice now after being permanently rejected. There has been no proof of notability provided over multiple disruptive resubmissions, and the draft appears to be LLM-generated. pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 02:48, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

January 12, 2026

Draft:Customer Value Management (CVM) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Duplicate draft of Draft:Customer value management. BTW, both this draft and the other draft check out to be 100% AI/LLM produced. Please delete as a duplicate. Netherzone (talk) 19:14, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If this draft is unfiltered chatbot faeces, tag it for speedy deletion. Otherwise, Keep and let it time out. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 20:23, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Draft:Eric Ingram (aerospace entrepreneur) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Procedural nomination after Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2026 January 7. I will not express an opinion as to whether the draft should be deleted. JJPMaster (she/they) 17:08, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep : I don't like casting this !vote because I don't like this draft, but disliking a draft is not a reason to delete it. It is promotional, but only to the extent that a draft should be declined if submitted, not deleted. This draft should not have been disambiguated, and its disambiguation appears to be promotional. If it is kept, it should be moved to Draft:Eric Ingram. (It can't be moved until this discussion is closed. See the banner.) The question about artificial intelligence has not been answered; mere suspicion of being written by artificial intelligence should not be a reason to delete a draft. Having seen this draft, I respectfully disagree with the admin who previously deleted it as either G11 or G15. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:00, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Unremarkable draft, which like many drafts, is not ready for mainspace at this time (tone, sourcing) and may never be fit for mainspace (notability). However, absent other circumstances, that is not reason to delete a draft. Noting that there is an appropriately disclosed creator COI, some concern (at the DRV) about independence of sourcing and substantiveness of their coverage of the subject, a single failed AfC submittion (closely followed by the overzealous speedy deletion nomination), and some suspicion of LLM use but well below the standard of G15. From a Bayesian inference point of view, all these factors lead to low confidence that this will actually turn into an acceptable mainspace article. However, "unlikelihood" is not the standard we use in deleting drafts֫, and so there is no reason to delete this one. Martinp (talk) 03:01, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

January 11, 2026

Draft:State of South Arabia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

WP:CRYSTAL, not to mention the dissolution of the Southern Transitional Council 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 14:03, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. With the dissolution of the STC, this article is no longer needed, even in draft form. I suggest we merge into Southern Transitional Council to preserve page history. Dn9ahx (talk) 15:42, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep because no reason for deletion from draft space has been provided. Describing a "proposed state" is not crystal balling if the proposal has been published. Changes in the plans can be addressed by normal editing in draft space without the extreme measure of a deletion discussion. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:13, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think we delete a draft for Crystal. That said, Dn9ahx appears to be the author of all substantive content and suggests it is no longer needed. Dn9ahx, as the author, if you write similar content elsewhere there is no need to preserve page history here for attribution. CMD (talk) 07:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Silly Things/Hamsteria (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

This is a page about some sort of fictional region which has been lingering in project space since 2005, when it was moved here after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hamsteria was closed. Since about November 2024, the page seems to have attracted a number of editors with few or no edits outside of this page, and the page has changed drastically since then.

If any other page like this were to be created nowadays, it would most likely be speedily deleted as {{db-hoax}}. WP:NOTWEBHOST applies here, specifically Content for projects unrelated to Wikipedia. Do not store material unrelated to Wikipedia as this page has virtually no relation to Wikipedia itself aside from being created by a user with no other edits 20 years ago who has almost certainly matured and forgotten about this page by now. and I see no reason why we should make an exception for this page just because it's been around for 20 years. Delete. Sugar Tax (talk) 11:37, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject African environment (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Stillborn WikiProject created in April 2023. No member/participant list, no discussion, no subpages. Stefen 𝕋ower Huddle • Handiwerk 05:01, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete as per nomination. This would-be WikiProject has never done anything. The work of a WikiProject is done on its project talk page, but this WikiProject has no talk page because it has never done anything. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:44, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Sugar Tax (talk) 11:04, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

January 9, 2026

TimedText:Darude - Sandstorm.ogg.en.srt (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

These are useless joke "lyrics" that will not help anyone better understand this instrumental music clip. Jemiamapus (talk) 07:50, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Perseus - Cepheus Line/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Wikipedia is not a web host for your fictional world writings. Whpq (talk) 03:14, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

January 8, 2026

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Xaosflux/Requests for adminship/Wikipe-tan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

I'm not sure if this counts as a deletion rationale, but this page has an excessively long title which clogs up the search when looking for the real MFD. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk | contributions 22:52, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Can Wikipedia:MfD/WP:MfD/WP:MfD/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Xaosflux/Requests for adminship/Wikipe-tan (2nd nom) also be added? I would, but I'm not sure how to format it. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk | contributions 22:53, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I have added the MfD template to that page. Xeroctic (talk) 18:09, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: By nominating the pages for deletion, haven't you made the problem worse, @TheTechie? Chess enjoyer (talk) 05:39, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Move all somewhere else, otherwise keep all: A problem with the title of the page is a reason to move it, not delete it. These are humor pages, so a move shouldn't cause any disruption, and I have no preference for what title they should be moved to. However, the nominator's rationale also applies to this very MFD, and I'm not sure how to deal with that. (Also, I'm not sure what "real MFD" TheTechie is referring to, and would appreciate a link to it.) Wait, are you referring to MFD itself? Chess enjoyer (talk) 05:59, 9 January 2026 (UTC) (Underlined added 06:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC))[reply]
    Yes, I was. I.e. WP:MFD thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk | contributions 16:00, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Humor pages shouldn't affect regular usage of the pedia. This does. Moving it will make the "joke" not work. Gonnym (talk) 11:54, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This page can also go self-destruction after, or be moved to a shorten title (for the same reasons). Gonnym (talk) 11:55, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete then rename this nomination due to it being a short-lived April Fools' joke, the title being too long, the other title being one of the first results when searching for 'WP:MfD', and the page it is pretending to be a nomination of was speedy deleted as a G6. Xeroctic (talk) 15:54, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, I have created the redirect Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipe-tan April Fools MfD to this, which I propose be the new title for this page later. Xeroctic (talk) 09:50, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all, rename this nomination since I have also fallen victim to clicking on that page multiple times. This is also an extension of that name, so it should be renamed since it is an actual nomination, but it poses the same issue as the fools one. HurricaneZetaC 00:02, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm fine with deleting this after the page is deleted. Feel free to G6 this. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk | contributions 18:59, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Note to admin: after this is closed, please feel free to G6 this nomination. I do not oppose. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk | contributions 01:38, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'd oppose this. Serious MfDs shouldn't be deleted; future editors should be able to see what the consensus was. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Started filling up in May 2024, now at 1.8Mb of 50+ times the same (or nearly the same) data. I'll stop nominating these for now, will probably continue in a few days or weeks if there are more of these. Fram (talk) 14:18, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • I see several similar nominations for ListeriaBot pages. On this one, while it looks like the bot is active, it has stopped updating this one. Maybe that means Will (Wiki Ed) no longer needs it? It looks like the duplication issue has been going on for some time, based on User_talk:ListeriaBot#List_duplication, but it's not happening on every page. e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by nationality/Portugal. Broadly more an issue for the bot board, and if the issue is widespread enough the bot should be turned off until it's fixed. If the duplication weren't happening, I would see no problem with these lists requiring deletion, but yeah we don't need endlessly multiplying lists that become unusable (if anyone intended to still use them). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:16, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • Oh. I figured it out. These lists don't have {{Wikidata list end}}. User error, not bot error. In that case keep and fix (unless we hear from the creator that they don't want it anymore). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:22, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      • The creators never noticed that the list gets added, and added, and added, and added... Highly unlikely that they actually need it. Fram (talk) 15:24, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
        • Here is a Quarry query that lists all the pages that use the template {{Wikidata list}} but not {{wikidata list end}} - presumably they're all expanding to infinity. This is a fix it, not delete it issue. If any of the creators don't want them anymore, I'm fine to delete, but default to keep. Also, sort of tangentially, I would hope we would have a standard practice of turning off bot activity for userspace jobs of long-inactive users. If not, I'd be more supportive of just removing the templates from those pages and leaving them a static list. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:39, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
          Nope, this is a delete it, don't fix it situation, as it is clear that none of the page creators (of the ones I MFd'ed at least) checked the results after the first day or so. If they don't even look at the page, then why should we host it? Fram (talk) 16:00, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
          • Because "the person who created it hasn't looked at it in a while" is not one of the deletion criteria (and nothing is gained by deletion). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 16:10, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
            Why keep pages around that obviously (a shown by the evidence) have no interest to any editor, and have (as also shown) potential issues? Fixing the "append" issue still means that the bot will regularly update the page, but instead of appending it will overwrite. Why would we want to have a bot regularly update pages no one looks at? Fram (talk) 16:24, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
            As I said, I agree with turning off bot tasks in userspace of long-inactive users. Also would support the ability of other users to turn off this sort of bot in other namespaces, using some banner that says "this bot-maintained list has been deactivated as of [date]. if you want to restart the bot, [instructions]". But just a static page sitting there with no bot activity is as at worst neutral-nothing, and we need a reason to delete (not just a weakness of a keep reason). At best, someone does actually use it. It's very low stakes, and we're only adding to the amount of space/attention it takes up by having this whole additional discussion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 16:41, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
            And yet you voted to keep these for long-inactive users as well. And if you believe this takes up too much of your space and attention, there is a very simple solution... Fram (talk) 09:50, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
        • See also: Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#ListeriaBot_duplication_issueRhododendrites talk \\ 15:49, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - This is a fix it issue rather than delete it. I think that I have seen that deleting the sandbox that the bot is mindlessly (because it is a bat) dumping sand into will simply cause the bot to recreate the sandbox and resume dumping sand into it. I don't know the details of what the bot is doing, but the task entry for the bot needs to be deleted, rather than deleting the file that the bot is appending to. Just deleting this file will not solve the problem. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:29, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment - Offering an update here that @Guettarda helped me by updating the template code to prevent list duplication. I'll keep an eye on these pages to make sure that they stop duplicating. @Fram @Robert McClenon. I shared this comment on a few other deletion nominations, but I won't do it for all of them. All of the nominated pages have been updated with code that should stop duplication. Thanks, all. Will (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:10, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. The standing circumstances indicate that the easy fix of this fix it issue is to delete. As it stands, no easier fix is needed.—Alalch E. 16:33, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Qatar (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

This one is already above 2Mb, with the same 84K added by bot every few days. Fram (talk) 14:15, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:57, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Even if the growth bug is fixed, it still is a page that isn't used (or else the bug would have been spotted a long time ago) but requires regular bot edits. There is no reason to keep such pages around. If it can be changed to be bot-populated on manual request only, i.e. when the page creator really wants to look at it, then a case for keeping them might be made. Fram (talk) 08:59, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I just said I wasn't going to follow up on these further, but then I saw this: If it can be changed to be bot-populated on manual request only - The change is just to remove the template at the top. That would turn it into a static page. If anyone wants to resume bot edits, they can restore the template. This seems like a reasonable thing to me for cases of pages created by inactive users and such, although I think Will (Wiki Ed) indicated they may still be using these equity lists? I don't know the background. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:58, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, causing a lot of ever-accumulating crap to be created, and we are now in a position to apply an easy fix, which was already identified prior to the second purported easy fix being put forward. It is the first easy fix (deletion) that I recommend.—Alalch E. 16:28, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Canada (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Created in August, 1.9Mb by now and counting (same 80K added every few days). Fram (talk) 14:14, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:57, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Even if the growth bug is fixed, it still is a page that isn't used (or else the bug would have been spotted a long time ago) but requires regular bot edits. There is no reason to keep such pages around. If it can be changed to be bot-populated on manual request only, i.e. when the page creator really wants to look at it, then a case for keeping them might be made. Fram (talk) 09:00, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. As it stands, of the proposed fixes, one of which is to delete, it is this fix (deleting) which appropriately and easily fixes what needs to be fixed.—Alalch E. 16:22, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:Li Song/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Editor hasn't edited since 2021, but the bot keeps on appending the same 10K of data to the end of this sandbox, resulting in a 1.2Mb page by now. Fram (talk) 14:13, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:57, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
And that's why I didn't bundle them all together. A sandbox for someone who hasn't edited since 2021 isn't the same as a page for an active editor and deserves separate discussion, not the same boilerplate text you post everywhere. Why would we keep a page around that required a bot edit every few days, but isn't used for anything at all? What a waste. Fram (talk) 09:02, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. As it stands, the most helpful action would be to delete, which is the easy fix, as identified by the deletion nominator, with no alternative required.—Alalch E. 16:21, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Kazakhstan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Only created in October and already 1.2Mb, as every few days nearly the same 80K is added at the end. Completely useless accumulation of data Fram (talk) 14:11, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:57, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Even if the growth bug is fixed, it still is a page that isn't used (or else the bug would have been spotted a long time ago) but requires regular bot edits. There is no reason to keep such pages around. If it can be changed to be bot-populated on manual request only, i.e. when the page creator really wants to look at it, then a case for keeping them might be made. Fram (talk) 09:03, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom, the identifier of a suitably straightforward fix -- an easy fix. Any subsequent purported easy fix is already less easy by virtue of an easy fix having been put forward and requiring less explanation.—Alalch E. 16:15, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:Prosperosity/Opotiki (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Bot adds same 13K of content at the end every few days, page clearly not checked and becoming large rather rapidly. Fram (talk) 14:09, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but I really don't want the page to keep adding a new table every time it updates either - I've added the 'Wikidata list end' template but I'm unsure if the placing on the page is right. Prosperosity (talk) 19:33, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Why do you want to keep the page? You clearly never checked it since June, and it makes no sense to let a bot run regularly when nothing changes anyway[1]. Fram (talk) 09:16, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Fiji (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Created in August, and since then the bot adds the same or nearly the same 67K list at the end every few days, resulting in a 1.6Mb page by now. Useless. Fram (talk) 14:06, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Even if the growth bug is fixed, it still is a page that isn't used (or else the bug would have been spotted a long time ago) but requires regular bot edits. There is no reason to keep such pages around. If it can be changed to be bot-populated on manual request only, i.e. when the page creator really wants to look at it, then a case for keeping them might be made. Fram (talk) 09:03, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers/States/Oregon/WD (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Clearly no one cares about this page. Nearly 2Mb large now, because every few days the bot appends the same 10K of data at the end, and has been doing this since December 2020... Fram (talk) 14:04, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Question - I see that a bot is mindlessly (because it is a mindless bot) adding to this sandbox. But will deleting the sandbox stop this, or will the bot recreate the sandbox? Would a better idea be either to ask the bot operator what to do to stop this mindless appending, or to post an inquiry at the bot noticeboard? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:52, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I think that I have seen a similar issue in the past, and the bot recreated the sandbox and kept on adding to it. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:52, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Would have been poor form to bundle this one with e.g. the equity pages, or the user sandbox, as the situation and outcome may be quite different. Which of course can't be addressed in a boilerplate keep... Anyway, if a page needs bot edits every few days, but hasn't been used since 2020, then what is the argument for actually keeping this? Wikipedia is not a free webhost for whatever someone fancied at one time, and using resources like this is wasteful. Fram (talk) 09:05, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As explained elsewhere, we need a reason to delete (which "there's a syntax error on the page" and "I don't think anybody is using it" do not qualify), not just an argument that the reason to keep is weak. The BLP concerns elsewhere aren't nothing (a result of weaker sourcing requirements on Wikidata), but they would be true of absolutely any ListeriaBot list of people, including e.g. every Women in Red list (that people do actually use). The bot issue is, again, a separate issue from deletion, and deletion is not how we solve for bot issues that can be fixed with a simple edit. FWIW I don't intend to follow up on these further. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:53, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The only simple edit that can solve the issue of "bot editing page every few days for page noone looks at" is by removing the bot code and making it a static page no one looks at. And the BLP issues with other pages are more serious than with most WiR pages, as they concern medical conditions or ethnicity, not just occupations (as with most of these WiR pages). And the WiR pages get actively looked at and issues (e.g. misgendering) normally get rapidly corrected (if my experience with them is still valid), while here BLP issues get posted to enwiki and no one acts on them. Fram (talk) 14:01, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Deleting doesn't save hard drive space, but deleting that prevents further wasting of hard drive space does in fact save hard drive space, thus coming into light as an easy fix.—Alalch E. 16:07, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Tuvalu (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Page has had the exact same contents appended 19 times by bot since its creation in September. No need to let this create another megamassive page and consume more resources for no reason at all. Fram (talk) 14:02, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Question - I see that a bot is mindlessly (because it is a mindless bot) adding to this sandbox. But will deleting the sandbox stop this, or will the bot recreate the sandbox? Would a better idea be either to ask the bot operator what to do to stop this mindless appending, or to post an inquiry at the bot noticeboard? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:49, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I think that I have seen a similar issue in the past, and the bot recreated the sandbox and kept on adding to it. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:49, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Even if the growth bug is fixed, it still is a page that isn't used (or else the bug would have been spotted a long time ago) but requires regular bot edits. There is no reason to keep such pages around. If it can be changed to be bot-populated on manual request only, i.e. when the page creator really wants to look at it, then a case for keeping them might be made. Fram (talk) 09:06, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Armenia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Same contents get added by bot every few days, so after a few months you get a 1.8 Mb page of no use. Fram (talk) 13:59, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Question - I see that a bot is mindlessly (because it is a mindless bot) adding to this sandbox. But will deleting the sandbox stop this, or will the bot recreate the sandbox? Would a better idea be either to ask the bot operator what to do to stop this mindless appending, or to post an inquiry at the bot noticeboard? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:49, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I think that I have seen a similar issue in the past, and the bot recreated the sandbox and kept on adding to it. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:49, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Even if the growth bug is fixed, it still is a page that isn't used (or else the bug would have been spotted a long time ago) but requires regular bot edits. There is no reason to keep such pages around. If it can be changed to be bot-populated on manual request only, i.e. when the page creator really wants to look at it, then a case for keeping them might be made. Fram (talk) 09:06, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Saint Lucia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Same content gets added to this page every few days, more than 400K by now after a few months. Clearly not used. Fram (talk) 13:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Equity lists/Ethnicity (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

No longer maintained 2Mb list of 20 times duplicated partially BLP-sensitive data. Too long to easily clear out manually. Fram (talk) 13:55, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Equity lists/Medical condition (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

2Mb page of bot-repeated data over and over again (bot has been disabled), with BLP issues (Wikidata items which no longer claim the medical condition, people of dubious notability), and too large for me to manually edit at the moment. Serves no purpose. Fram (talk) 13:52, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete - In this case, the bot appears to have stopped digging the hole, so the hole can be filled in. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:34, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Has the nominator made an inquiry about the bot? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:34, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment - Offering an update here that @Guettarda helped me by updating the template code to prevent list duplication. I'll keep an eye on these pages to make sure that they stop duplicating. @Fram @Robert McClenon. Thanks! Will (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:07, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Do you or anyone even use this page? No one noticed this issue since May 2024. Apart from that, the page contained and probably contains BLP violations, unsourced or badly claims of medical conditions for (non-notable or barely notable) BLPs. Do you have any way to stop these? Normally, an entry that someone without an article here or anywhere on another language Wikipedia, has a medical condition, would be deleted on BLP grounds. But in this case, deleting it would be pointless, as the bot would readd it soon afterwards anyway. If there is no plan or no means to exclude such entries, then the page should go. Fram (talk) 09:32, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. There is an easy fix and comes in the form of deleting.—Alalch E. 15:56, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:ILovePianoTiles/Playground (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

User no longer edits, page is now 1.4 MB and gets longer every few days as a bot appends the same content again and again. The same applies to their other page User:ILovePianoTiles/Oldest NHL Players, but it's still a lot shorter at least. Fram (talk) 13:32, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Question - I see that a bot is mindlessly (because it is a mindless bot) adding to this sandbox. But will deleting the sandbox stop this, or will the bot recreate the sandbox? Would a better idea be either to ask the bot operator what to do to stop this mindless appending, or to post an inquiry at the bot noticeboard? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:30, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Some I think that I have seen a similar issue in the past, and the bot recreated the sandbox and kept on adding to it. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:30, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, easy fix - Would've been helpful if all these identical nominations would just be bundled together (or, really, absent any valid deletion rationale, just withdrawn), but see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Equity lists/Nationality/Seychelles for the discussion. A bunch of people forgot the closing tag, making the bot append rather than update the list. Whether the bot should stop running on some of these pages is not a matter for MfD. As it stands, these are pretty typical Wikidata-based lists, built either to explore content gaps or for personal curiosity about topics, and not meeting any of the criteria for deletion. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This is not an identical nomination, but you added an identical text anyway. This editor has only edited in March, and only in their own userspace. We are not a free webhost, the page serves no purpose and requires regular bot editing for no benefit at all. Fram (talk) 09:08, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

January 7, 2026

User:Endoheretic exoheretic (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

The User: space page resembling an article (→WP:FAKEARTICLE), but not promising any notability. It also looks like WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Apart form that, it's been created in 2011 and its author/owner has been inactive since. CiaPan (talk) 22:18, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ankeli flourish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Wikipedia is not a web host for your creative writing. –LaundryPizza03 (d) 19:43, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Move to be a usersubpage. The user responded at User talk:Ankeli flourish. WP:AGF. SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:44, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There are plenty of places this user can post their romantic fan fiction; this isn't one of them. Omphalographer (talk) 04:09, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: nonsensical. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk | contributions 23:07, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:Iich1960/Userboxes/No Ukraine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

This userbox is hostile, divisive, and inflammatory. See WP:UBCR. Instead of showing support for a country (presumably Russia judging by the creators page), it advocates the effective destruction of another. ← Metallurgist (talk) 17:31, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Raises WP:GS/RUSUKR concerns as well. –LaundryPizza03 (d) 20:06, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete per WP:G10. Completely inappropriate userbox. Sugar Tax (talk) 22:05, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral, but it is not G10 eligible. It is a typical political userbox describing the user’s opinion, and thus potential bias. Arguably, all politics could be banned, but this one is not so special. SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:18, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Answer — The userbox simply reflects a desire for demilitarization, not any hostility. What's wrong with demilitarization? After all, it's a copy of an existing, similar userbox - User:Hermes Thrice Great/Userboxes/Demilitarization of Russia. If they were to be deleted, it would be for the same reason. The userbox name is also not original, taken from here — Template:User No Russia. Iich1960 (talk) 15:32, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The existence of other problematic userboxes does not justify the existence of this one. Ill be happy to nominate that for deletion as well. ← Metallurgist (talk) 23:53, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Is the call for demilitarization "hostile, divisive, and inflammatory"? To me, it's a call for peace and a reduction in military tensions. Iich1960 (talk) 09:37, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as G10 if applicable, if not delete as clear, blatant WP:POLEMIC and possible WP:GS/RUSUKR issues. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk | contributions 23:06, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:Simranchotani21 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

WP:NOTWEBHOST, WP:UP#NOT. Copy of the same content already exists in the user's sandbox, User:Simranchotani21/sandbox. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:42, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Robert McClenon (talk) 17:59, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Robert McClenon. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk | contributions 23:05, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

January 6, 2026

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Snooker/Hot articles
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: delete. plicit 14:31, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Snooker/Hot articles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

HotArticlesBot is now broken. It has been replaced in WP:SNOOKER, making this subpage defunct. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 13:04, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Replaced by Module:Database reports/Hot articles, in the spirit of CSD T5. –LaundryPizza03 (d) 13:50, 6 January 2026 (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.

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