Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:J.delanoy/chess

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 Speedy keep. This is bordering on rude. Let's not start rooting through established editors' user space. Wknight94 ^talk 23:16, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:J.delanoy/chess

Per WP:UP#GAMES. NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 22:06, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep - no need for this, JD is one of the preeminent contributors here... —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 22:10, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Please discuss this type of issue with the user in question before nominating a page for deletion. Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:11, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep On the one hand, I feel strongly that WP:NOT, WP:UP, and other policies and guidelines do apply to both prolific veteran editors and new users. Indeed, we all know that vested contributors are not supposed to violate basic policies simply because they've been here a while. On the other hand, editors matter. We should not be driving valuable contributors away over small issues like this. A strong argument could be made that this violates WP:UP#GAMES, and yeah, Wikipedia is not a game server or free webhost, but users like J.delanoy are not using Wikipedia as a free webhost. They are here to build and maintain an encyclopedia. So, I ask the three questions posed at WP:EM: Does the content make an editor happy, or strengthen Wikipedia's sense of community and shared enjoyment? It sure seems that way. Will deleting the page actually do Wikipedia any good? Not really. Is it harmless? Yes. However, that doesn't mean we should start voting to keep secret pages in userspace. Secret pages are more pervasive, and unlike these chess/checkers games, they are commonly created by editors who are abusing Wikipedia as MySpace, not by editors who are here to build and maintain an encyclopedia like J.delanoy, MC10, and TTTSNB.
And on that note, I would advise NSD to withdraw this nomination and do some article work instead of holding this unproductive MfD discussion. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 22:43, 27 March 2010 (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.