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Please let me know where I should file a request for my user page deletion to be undone. [[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 00:12, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Please let me know where I should file a request for my user page deletion to be undone. [[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 00:12, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

For what purpose?  When you do not participate in wiktionary, there is no reason to have a user page.  Wiktionary is a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dictionary dictionary], not a web page hosting site. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:EncycloPetey EncycloPetey] 00:28, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

For what purpose?  When you do not participate in wiktionary, there is no reason to have a user page.  Wiktionary is a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dictionary dictionary], not a web page hosting site. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:EncycloPetey EncycloPetey] 00:28, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 01:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 01:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Wiktionary does not rely on endless written policy, in the way that Wikipedia does.  We do have a draft / guideline at [[Wiktionary:Usernames and user pages]], but do delete user pages as "vanity pages" when the editor does not participate, for the reasons previously described. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:EncycloPetey EncycloPetey] 01:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Wiktionary does not rely on endless written policy, in the way that Wikipedia does.  We do have a draft / guideline at [[Wiktionary:Usernames and user pages]], but do delete user pages as "vanity pages" when the editor does not participate, for the reasons previously described. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:EncycloPetey EncycloPetey] 01:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 02:21, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 02:21, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

The only edits you have made in this project are the creation of your user page and in these requests to have it restored after deletion.  That is not "participation".  You created your user page in July of 2008, but have made no contributions to Wiktionary content at any time in the nearly two years since then.  --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:EncycloPetey EncycloPetey] 02:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

The only edits you have made in this project are the creation of your user page and in these requests to have it restored after deletion.  That is not "participation".  You created your user page in July of 2008, but have made no contributions to Wiktionary content at any time in the nearly two years since then.  --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:EncycloPetey EncycloPetey] 02:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 04:17, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 04:17, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Re "I reviewed very carefully your guideline at [[Wiktionary:Usernames and user pages]] and I am convinced that my user page met squarely all the stated criteria": No. The first criterion is that user pages "should be constructive toward the goals of Wiktionary". Yours was not. (I can see deleted pages.) While some of the information you give on the page is very relevant on a Wiktionary editor's user page (e.g., the information about what languages you speak) and some of it may be relevant on a Wiktionary editor's user page (e.g., your professional training and profession, which may be relevant to the content of the user's edits), you're no Wiktionary editor. However, you now say "I might even entertain the thought of contributing to Wiktionary". That'd be nice. If you do wind up a Wiktionary editor, let me know (I won't keep an eye out) and I'll personally and with pleasure restore your user page. (Or you can in that case restore it yourself, inasmuch as you claim — I haven't checked — that your user page is similar to that on other projects.) All the best.<span class="Unicode">&#x200b;—[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Msh210 msh210]℠</span> 15:12, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Re "I reviewed very carefully your guideline at [[Wiktionary:Usernames and user pages]] and I am convinced that my user page met squarely all the stated criteria": No. The first criterion is that user pages "should be constructive toward the goals of Wiktionary". Yours was not. (I can see deleted pages.) While some of the information you give on the page is very relevant on a Wiktionary editor's user page (e.g., the information about what languages you speak) and some of it may be relevant on a Wiktionary editor's user page (e.g., your professional training and profession, which may be relevant to the content of the user's edits), you're no Wiktionary editor. However, you now say "I might even entertain the thought of contributing to Wiktionary". That'd be nice. If you do wind up a Wiktionary editor, let me know (I won't keep an eye out) and I'll personally and with pleasure restore your user page. (Or you can in that case restore it yourself, inasmuch as you claim — I haven't checked — that your user page is similar to that on other projects.) All the best.<span class="Unicode">&#x200b;—[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Msh210 msh210]℠</span> 15:12, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 04:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 04:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

It would be a judgment call. We like quality work and enthusiasm.&nbsp;''—[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Mzajac Michael]&nbsp;[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User_talk:Mzajac Z.]&nbsp;<small>2010-04-09&nbsp;05:24&nbsp;z</small>''

It would be a judgment call. We like quality work and enthusiasm.&nbsp;''—[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Mzajac Michael]&nbsp;[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User_talk:Mzajac Z.]&nbsp;<small>2010-04-09&nbsp;05:24&nbsp;z</small>''

I am not able to see what it was in the "vanity page" (can't see deleted pages without restoring, am I missing something?). Some users may prefer to fix their user pages, state some goals or introduce themselves but two years of inactivity and no previous activity is too long, I wouldn't blame the person for deleting it. Some users only create user pages after many edits or are not bothered at all. In my opinion, a user page should state user's language skills, if the only language is English, it should say so. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Atitarev Anatoli] 05:39, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I am not able to see what it was in the "vanity page" (can't see deleted pages without restoring, am I missing something?). Some users may prefer to fix their user pages, state some goals or introduce themselves but two years of inactivity and no previous activity is too long, I wouldn't blame the person for deleting it. Some users only create user pages after many edits or are not bothered at all. In my opinion, a user page should state user's language skills, if the only language is English, it should say so. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Atitarev Anatoli] 05:39, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

His user page is a complete résumé, a curriculum vitae, including telephone numbers, hobbies, education, likes, dislikes, the whole shmear. It is a Wikipedia-style vanity page. We don’t make pages like that here. If he wants to edit Portuguese entries on a regular basis from now on, perhaps 50 edits per month, then a user page that lists language skills and country of origin would be okay. But he wants to list his autobiography and doesn’t want to make any further edits after he gets permission to have the page. [User:Stephen G. Brown —Stephen] 08:43, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

His user page is a complete résumé, a curriculum vitae, including telephone numbers, hobbies, education, likes, dislikes, the whole shmear. It is a Wikipedia-style vanity page. We don’t make pages like that here. If he wants to edit Portuguese entries on a regular basis from now on, perhaps 50 edits per month, then a user page that lists language skills and country of origin would be okay. But he wants to list his autobiography and doesn’t want to make any further edits after he gets permission to have the page. [User:Stephen G. Brown —Stephen] 08:43, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

He-he. Wiktionary definitely shouldn't serve as a place to post résumés or something like that. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Atitarev Anatoli] 13:00, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

He-he. Wiktionary definitely shouldn't serve as a place to post résumés or something like that. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Atitarev Anatoli] 13:00, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

Virgilio A. P. Machado<br>

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 02:33, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

[[User:Vapmachado|Vapmachado]] 02:33, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

None of our admins is naive enough to send a direct e-mail to someone whose only edits are wiki-lawyering.  Since you seem to be disruptive only, and not show any actual inclination contributing to Wiktionary (despite the hint that we could bribe you into a small token bit of editing before going completely inactive again), your account will be blocked if you continue to do nothing but argue.  The community has more important things to do than respond to pointless arguing, empty whining, and wiki-lawyering. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:EncycloPetey EncycloPetey] 02:41, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

None of our admins is naive enough to send a direct e-mail to someone whose only edits are wiki-lawyering.  Since you seem to be disruptive only, and not show any actual inclination contributing to Wiktionary (despite the hint that we could bribe you into a small token bit of editing before going completely inactive again), your account will be blocked if you continue to do nothing but argue.  The community has more important things to do than respond to pointless arguing, empty whining, and wiki-lawyering. --[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:EncycloPetey EncycloPetey] 02:41, 10 April 2010 (UTC)