Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Hi878/Secret Page List

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 No consensus. The following summary applies to all discussions about secret pages. The arguments for their deletion are that they violate some policies and guidelines (including WP:UP#GAMES, WP:NOTWEBHOST, and WP:NOTMYSPACE), that they are inappropriate for Wikipedia and that they distract users from the encyclopedia building. The counter arguments are that "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" meaning that wikipedians need to relax, that violations of policies, even if they exist, are minor and inconsequential—the pages are not harmful. Another counterargument is that policies have never been intended to be strict like real life laws, but merely to codify the exiting consensus, and enforcing a policy for the sake of enforcing it is wrong. Finally secret pages are not much different from guest books, which are generally allowed. I generally consider these arguments and counter arguments of an equal weight, therefore I think there is no consensus. Ruslik_Zero 19:38, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]