Template talk:Delete

Protect
I recommend this vital template be protected if possible. --The Duke of Rockford 20:02, 1 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Vital? Yes. Widely in use? No. Considering it's visual state I'd rather leave it open for any bored/creative editors unless it starts getting vandalized. I hacked it together kinda quickly and don't have the aesthetic know how/gumption to think of something nicer yet still attention drawing. -- Sigil Baram talk 00:41, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I understand. I just recommended it out of concern that it might be vandalized but I understand your point. I can try and see if I can make it better looking before it gets protected. No promises though. --The Duke of Rockford 01:47, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * It shouldn't be a high use thing, so unless all the admin's go MIA (which happens from time to time) vandalism shouldn't be a huge problem. Ideally it's not a template that should be sitting on a page for very long. I made it mainly so that people have something besides messages on talk pages, which aren't very noticeable, to ask the admins for a delete, instead of the bureaucratic mechanism/voting notice Wikipedia uses. Most things the community here asks to have deleted are clearly typos, momentary mental lapses or duplicates. It's not that I can't clean it up I just have school work and such for the last couple weeks of the semester which is wrapping up soon, so don't worry too much about it unless you really feel like it. I have it watched so I'll get an email if it's vandalized or whatnot. On the other hand I could just protect it an have prospective editors use a sandbox... That seems like the safer solution. Also saves us from template breakage. haha
 * Consider it done. *Stamps with a big bureaucratic "PROTECTED" stamp* -- Sigil Baram talk 02:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I didn't exactly get feeling about Wikipedia being bureaucratic until you brought it up and made me realize it haha. You didn't have to do it but thanks anyway. I hope I'm not interrupting anything with this recommendation. I just felt it might help prevent vandalism since I wasn't aware how prevalent vandalism is at this wiki since I only started browsing this wiki about less than a week ago because I only started Vindictus recently.

Wikipedia is a huge project and has hundreds of thousands or even millions of visitors each day. I don't blame them for setting guidelines and vote based procedures to avoid fights and edit wars. I more was just pointing out that this is more a tool to inform administrators since a lot of people just blank pages or leave a note on the pages talk page, which can often end up overlooked if an admin has been on to patrol in a few days. We are small enough here that we don't need the 500 policy pages on what gets deleted when and how. Someone asks and the admins look at it and the pages gets deleted, although sometimes I make redirects instead if something seems like it might be a common mistake. People sometimes seem to ignore those "You are creating a page that was previously deleted." warnings... And no you're not interrupting anything. I'm interrupting myself with random stuff already anyway. Stupid internet is too distracting. T.T [EDIT]: Oh and spam has been a lot better since AbuseFilter was implemented. It doesn't stop everything but we don't get a full RC full of spam after a couple days anymore. Just a couple each day instead. Hide Patrolled gets ride of the RC spam from AbuseFilter itself since it has autopattrol so it works out nicely. -- Sigil Baram talk 02:43, 2 December 2011 (UTC)