User:Jerry/RFC on CSD's for userpages
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A user has tagged numerous user talk pages as {{db-spam}} or CSD#G1 with a note that the pages are unencyclopedic. Some of the pages are very short and provide some description of the commercial activities of the user in an offwiki venue. While I do not disagree that these pages include non-encyclopedic content, and ultimately might need to be modified, I am concerned with the process that the user is using. He does not leave a comment on the user's talk page asking them politely to remove the content, which I feel is a violation of WP:BITE. The recommended procedure in WP:USERPAGE is to put the page up for WP:MFD if the user does not voluntarily correct the page. The user I am in dispute with here cites numerous recent speedy deletions as precedent for his procedure. I do not buy the argument that everyone else is doing it so it must be okay. Each such deletion could be a special situation and would require significant effort and time to investigate. Also some administrators may process Category:Candidates for speedy deletion quickly and take the nomination on good faith, not realizing it is not appropriate. I acknowledge an exception to my recommendations for violations of WP:BLP, blatant vandalism, repeated spam or other aggregious material, but as a general policy interpretation, I feel that db-x templates should not be added to userspace pages, and when they are, it should be the rarer exception, not the rule. JERRY talk contribs 15:43, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
This discussion seems to be happenning at Wikipedia:AN#Help_with_Speedy_issue I will link it below for convenience of not having to redo the RFC. Please comment there (below) instead of here (above). Comments left here will be moved there. After the issue comes to some conclusion, the discussion will be copied here for archival purposes.
Wikipedia:AN#Help_with_Speedy_issue
