I think we need an NFD for articles that require using imagination to do. What do you guys think?
system
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Agreed. Impossible covers this pretty well.
Isn’t there already an nfd for patent nonsense?
Lets go over NFDs.
Accuracy issues: Severe accuracy problems that can’t be easily edited away. Use {{accuracy}} or edit to fix is always first choice. Advertising / spam: If the article cannot be edited to meet brand name guidelines, it will be deleted. Example: Send Your Email Address Here to Get a Free Runescape Account! Below Character Article Standards: Fails to meet the wikiHow character article standards. Copyright violations: Use {{copyvio|url}} instead of NFD. Anything that violates copyright policy Duplicate Article: Per merge policy, articles with almost indistinguishable titles will be merged or deleted. Example: Be Popular (My Way). Recreational drug focused: Has to do with drugs. Example: How to Make Meth. Extremely Dangerous And Reckless: Must be extremely dangerous, reckless and irrational. Example: Drive Blindfolded in Heavy Traffic Hate/racist based: Has to do with hating. Example: How to Hate Arabs. Universally illegal: Must be banned in almost every country, state, and province. Example: How to Murder Your Boss. Impossible Tasks: Impossible or impractical. Example: Travel to Mars in a Car. Incomplete and not useful: While most incomplete articles are allowed to develop as stubs, some provide no help to readers at all and can be deleted. Joke topics: When the topic itself is a joke. Don’t use on achievable topics that happen to be funny. Example: Marry Your Dog. Mean-spirited: Instructions promoting destructive or mean spirited behavior or activities. Example: Hit an Innocent Person in the Face. Not a how-to: Articles that aren’t how-to in nature. Example: John’s Diary. Political Opinion: Opinion promoting or criticizing a particular political party, candidate, or official. Example: How to Criticize Barack Obama. Potty humor: Has to do with farts, pee and poop. Example: Take a Poo. Sarcastic / reverse logic: Sarcasm doesn’t work in a how-to manual. Example: Fall Off Your Bike. Sexually explicit or sexually charged material: Articles focused on sex, whether explicitly worded or not. Example: Have Sex. Societal Instructions: Topics only a whole society or its leaders can accomplish. Not possible for one person to follow instructions and achieve desired end. Example: Ban the Death Penalty. Vanity pages: Instructions that are only valuable to one person or to a select group of insiders. Example: How to Drive to My House. So, there isn’t. So support it.
Caidoz
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“Patent nonsense” falls under reasons for speedy deletion, the articles in question don’t really qualify for that.
system
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Okay… let’s start with the positive. Matt has been around a while and takes personal pride in the site. He notices problems and tries to fix them. That’s excellent, and I can’t give him enough figurative pats on the back for that outlook. Thanks dude! Seriously. However… I am not seeing the necessity of creating a new category for deletion when we have several current categories which would suffice. Impossible Not a How To Sarcasm Joke Speedy I could see deleting the more erm… imaginative… articles under any of the above reasons. Am I missing something here?
system
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There’s nothing in both articles linked that supports the idea that teddy bears are real. From the Christmas Party one:_“If you are having one, let your teddy bear help at the Christmas party. You can pretend it is stirring the gravy, or it can guard the gifts.”_This might be on the line for some, but even as an adult, “guarding presents” can be imaginative as just placing the teddy bear in front of the tree during Christmas Eve. That’s all. If it gets too “out of hand”, treat them as if it’s a pet rock article and how wikiHow deals with the such.
God you’re condescending. Davjohn needed a yes or no answer, not a history lesson. Anyway, yeah I guess there really is no need to have this NFD.
Lojjik
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Looks like there’s no need for further discussion… so closing
IIRC, “patent nonsense” was once an NFD reason, JKL1234.
