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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

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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

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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

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How to list pages for deletion

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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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XFD backlog
V Dec Jan Feb Mar Total
CfD 0 0 108 0 108
TfD 0 1 18 0 19
MfD 0 0 1 0 1
FfD 0 30 31 0 61
RfD 0 0 104 0 104
AfD 0 0 4 0 4

Administrator instructions for closing and relisting discussions can be found here.

Archived discussions

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

Current discussions

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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.

March 4, 2026

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User:Triptych of the Life of Job (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

we don't need this. User "Oreocooke" (speak of the sun and it shines) 21:42, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep per WP:SK1. "We don't need this" is not a valid reason to delete another users' userpage. Sugar Tax (talk) 22:07, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep, no valid reason for deletion offered. SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:49, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Robloxguest3/602
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: Withdrawn. Per SmokeyJoe (non-admin closure) 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 01:05, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Robloxguest3/602 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Created solely for the purpose of gaining an edit. Likely not as a test/sandbox, as they have already created pages and all they added was "602nd edit!". See also a similar page creation: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Robloxguest3/506
𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 21:39, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please see argument at the similar page deletion discussion
Oppose. Robloxguest3 (talk) 21:43, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is not a reason for deletion. It is not a reason to interfere with another’s userspace. The user is well within reasonable leeway for their userspace edits. Policing others’ userspace is a negative to be discouraged. SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:52, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
icon Request withdrawn per SmokeyJoe. 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 01:02, 5 March 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.
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Robloxguest3/506
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: Withdrawn. Per SmokeyJoe (non-admin closure) 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 01:10, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Robloxguest3/506 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Created solely for the purpose of gaining an edit. Likely not as a test/sandbox, as they have already created pages and all they added was "This is my 506th edit!". See also a similar page creation: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Robloxguest3/602
𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 21:39, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No, I believe that is a mistake. I made that to celebrate the fact that I got 500+ edits. I gained edits by genuinely editing articles (see my contributions) and did not make them solely to gain edits.
Oppose Robloxguest3 (talk) 21:41, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is not a reason for deletion. It is not a reason to interfere with another’s userspace. The user is well within reasonable leeway for their userspace edits. Policing others’ userspace is a negative to be discouraged. SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:52, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
icon Request withdrawn Point taken. I was wrong to MfD this. 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 01:09, 5 March 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.
Wikipedia:List of really dumb things that you shouldn't do on Wikipedia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Just a short, random list of things that already exist. Possible WP:BEANS (essay) issue. I don't see it being useful. Possibly worth Userfying to User:RobloxGuest3/List of really dumb things that you shouldn't do on Wikipedia if consensus is for it. 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 21:14, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Userfy if you want me to fix it to be suitable then I will do it Robloxguest3 (talk) 21:33, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Userfy as a disputed single-author essay. It is silly, there is nothing wrong with Kumquats. SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:55, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:Shivrauniyar (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Wikipedia is not a webhost for your profile. This editor has only ever edited the profile on their user page. Previously deleted in 2016 under U5. Whpq (talk) 19:35, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a WP:NOTWEBHOST violation by a non-contributor. Also WP:NOTPROMOTION and an unsourced BLP. SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:58, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:Hrabowyc (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

20-year-old abandoned draft of Tutor expertise in adult education. Apocheir (talk) 03:15, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

March 2, 2026

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Template:User IRGC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Our own Wikipedia page states about the IRGC Currently, the IRGC is designated as a terrorist organization by Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Israel, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States. A userbox stating that you are currently or used to be a member of a terrorist group, is not something that is of any benefit to the project or helping others to understand your interests outside of being a current/former member of a terrorist group. LakesideMinersCome Talk To Me! 00:54, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I had renamed and edited it because I do not condone any terrorism nor the IRGC. What the IRGC did recently to civilians is terrible. I had renamed the userbox for anyone who can oppose the IRGC. Instead of putting up this for deletion, please edit the template or even move it next time. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 00:56, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It is not my job to edit it or change it, that is on you. LakesideMinersCome Talk To Me! 02:31, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
...why exactly was it created in the first place? Hatman31 (he/him · talk · contribs) 03:54, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the Persian Wikipedia might had users in the IRGC. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 03:04, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I think all "This user is/was a part of X armed group" should be deleted as they can be inflammatory. I don't see how condemning a military/armed group is relevant either, and I think that too can be inflammatory. But I don't think a double-standard should be applied; either all armed group infobox are to be deleted or none of them are. I think the IRGC is bad too. Still, keep Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 01:11, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Changed my vote to delete Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 03:16, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Like, I had to rename it and edit it out of solidarity with the people of Iran, Israel and all Gulf nations and as you had mentioned, the IRGC is nothing but a really bad organization that shoudld have not existed in the first place but this user had to kept since we can use the template for anyone who opposed the IRGC. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 01:14, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
They all should be deleted, but, that would be a massive undertaking LakesideMinersCome Talk To Me! 02:31, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As for the Artesh, we could keep that userbox. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 02:39, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A potentially divisive userbox, one whose meaning has been completely inverted by recent edits, and which is in use by no users (not even by its creator). Omphalographer (talk) 20:59, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

February 26, 2026

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Article alerts (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

The page has not been receiving article alerts since 2010. This page is overall useless as it does not serve a purpose other than just to exist. Wikiman (talk) 23:46, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I put it up for speedy deletion it exists for something that no longer functions. Moxy🍁 00:04, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Archive. Old things that were once used should be archived, not deleted, unless there is a reason to delete and not archive. MfD is not a forum for managing WikiProject minutiae. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:39, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The page is blank...keep what? Moxy🍁 16:13, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The history of what used to be done. Deletion accomplishes nothing but obscuring the WikiProject history from non-admins.
If this were WikiProject self management, then yes. As this is an outsider (nom is not in Category:WikiProject Music participants) managing someone else’s WikiProject, they should stop fiddling. What would you think of someone coming into your back room and throwing out things you haven’t used for some time? SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:57, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
[1] Moxy🍁 05:49, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah. You made it. Delete per Moxy. SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:52, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and mark as {{historical}}. Sugar Tax (talk) 16:12, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The page never received any alerts; the only history is a failed attempt to set up a bot report. {{historical}} should be reserved for pages with actual, substantial history which may be worth reviewing. Omphalographer (talk) 21:10, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That, is a valid point.
Even more valid is that User:Moxy was its creator. If Moxy supports deletion, then delete. User:Wikiman2230 nominating confused me. SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:04, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 03:42, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:S.Kaviyapriyasiva/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Appears to be a documentation of some kind. Delete per WP:NOTWEBHOST and WP:UPNOT. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 05:06, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a WP:NOTWEBHOST violation by a non-contributor. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:42, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Old business

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February 22, 2026

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User:Cognsci/Necrophile (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Possibly inflammatory. Kind of peculiar in the way that necrophilia is a disorder (often) but also refers to the sexual act.

I don't oppose disorder userboxes, but the category of this userbox and other general things imply more of a sexuality part.

Do we think keep, for whatever reason, delete, or just modify? 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 18:56, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"necrophilia is a disorder", whilst paraphilias used to be classified as disorders within both the DSM and the ICD, in subsequent versions (see Paraphilic disorder#ICD-11 and Paraphilic disorder#DSM-5) they are not. Cognsci (talk) 19:16, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Right. I may have misspoke, whoops. That's supposed to be what the "often" is for. I don't know the actual percentages. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 19:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As for inflammatory, the Wikipedia page for Necrophilia isn't listed as a contentious topic so I find it unlikely that other wikipedians will agree with that sentiment. Cognsci (talk) 19:39, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Whether a topic is listed as a contentious topic has more to do with prior disruption in the topic area than whether the topic is necessarily itself divisive. Pedophilia isn't listed as a CTOP, but it's certainly been divisive in the past; see WP:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war. ~2026-12505-11 (talk) 15:01, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The arbitration request you linked seems more to do with user conduct (as arbitration requests typically are) than it does to do with the topic of pedophilia. Cognsci (talk) 15:44, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Cognsci (talk) 23:12, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Cognsci You don’t say why this Userbox should be keeping VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 17:58, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Well I think userboxes about human sexuality help us to collaborate more effectively on articles, do you disagree? Cognsci (talk) 18:44, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete relevant to no WikiProjects, does not help with any collaboration. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 03:18, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The article on necrophilia is of mid-importance to 4 wikiprojects, are all those participants wrong? You also haven't stated why you think this userbox does not help with collaboration. Cognsci (talk) 12:03, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop replying to every single comment that is against your opinion. I may be (very) wrong, but this feels like WP:BLUDGEONING to me. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 18:40, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, entirely inappropriate for a collaborative project. CoconutOctopus talk 18:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Closed discussions

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates