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I believe lists of autograph/guest books are discouraged, per WP:MYSPACE, but I can't recall if that's correct or not. The policy doesn't seem to be clear on that, and I can't remember where I read it, so if I'm wrong, feel free to close this early. · AndonicO ^Hail! 01:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I don't think that this qualifies for deletion under WP:MYSPACE - if it did, you'd need to list every individual autograph book on said list, and many, many other user sub pages. ≈ The Haunted Angel 01:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per The Haunted Angel. I might consider otherwise if you find that page you've talked about.--Sunny910910 ^{(talk|Contributions|Guest)} 02:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The usual adduction in discussions about autograph books is Jimbo's December 2006 observation on the matter: "You keep asking how they help build an encyclopedia. But you also link to Wikipedia:Esperanza. I think that is your answer, no? Anything that builds a spirit of friendliness and co-operation and helps people get to know each other as human beings seems to me a good thing. Unlike divisive userboxes, the autograph books seem to just be about saying hello and being friendly". Of course, Jimbo's pronouncement, either as a descriptive or as a prescriptive (in fact, as someone who disagrees with Jimbo on most things, I can hardly believe I'm quoting him), is without weight, but I think it accurately to reflect the community's sentiments about autograph books. I, for one, think autograph books to be, on the whole, a bit silly, but it is not at all evident that their net effect on the project is negative, and so, per WP:EM (I'm beating Walton to referencing it), etc., they need not be deleted. Joe 03:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Okay, I confess, I'm illiterate (or, at least, lazy). Having not visited the nominated page and having somehow missed the third and fourth words of the nominator's statement, I was under the impression that the page was an autograph book; AndonicO's comment below, though, led me to, you know, read that which we're discussing, and so I'll withdraw my !vote pending further consideration.
Comment I thought the page where these lists I mentioned were discussed was the last MFD, but apparently not. I'm guessing it's somewhere in the AN archives, but it would be slightly more difficult to find than a needle in a haystack, as there have been multiple discussions about autograph books. Nothing wrong with rediscussing, IMO: should lists like these be kept? · AndonicO ^Hail! 03:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Keep''' - I don't think that this qualifies for deletion under WP:MYSPACE - if it did, you'd need to list every individual autograph book on said list, and many, ''many'' other user sub pages. ≈ [[User: The Haunted Angel|<b><font color="#8000FF">The Haunted Angel</font></b>]] 01:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 *'''Keep''' - per [[User: The Haunted Angel|The Haunted Angel]]. I might consider otherwise if you find that page you've talked about.--'''''[[User:Sunny910910|Sunny910910]]''''' <sup>([[User_Talk:Sunny910910|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Sunny910910|Contributions]]|[[User:Sunny910910/UserPage/GuestBook|Guest]])</sup> 02:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
-*'''Keep''' The usual adduction in discussions about autograph books is Jimbo's December 2006 observation on the matter: "You keep asking how they help build an encyclopedia. But you also link to Wikipedia:Esperanza. I think that is your answer, no? Anything that builds a spirit of friendliness and co-operation and helps people get to know each other as human beings seems to me a good thing. Unlike divisive userboxes, the autograph books seem to just be about saying hello and being friendly".  Of course, Jimbo's pronouncement, either as a descriptive or as a prescriptive (in fact, as someone who disagrees with Jimbo on most things, I can hardly believe I'm quoting him), is [[WP:JIMBOSAID|without weight]], but I think it accurately to reflect the community's sentiments about autograph books.  I, for one, think autograph books to be, on the whole, a bit silly, but it is not at all evident that their net effect on the project is negative, and so, per [[WP:EM]] (I'm beating Walton to referencing it), etc., they need not be deleted.  [[User:Jahiegel|Joe]] 03:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
+*<s>'''Keep''' The usual adduction in discussions about autograph books is Jimbo's December 2006 observation on the matter: "You keep asking how they help build an encyclopedia. But you also link to Wikipedia:Esperanza. I think that is your answer, no? Anything that builds a spirit of friendliness and co-operation and helps people get to know each other as human beings seems to me a good thing. Unlike divisive userboxes, the autograph books seem to just be about saying hello and being friendly".  Of course, Jimbo's pronouncement, either as a descriptive or as a prescriptive (in fact, as someone who disagrees with Jimbo on most things, I can hardly believe I'm quoting him), is [[WP:JIMBOSAID|without weight]], but I think it accurately to reflect the community's sentiments about autograph books.  I, for one, think autograph books to be, on the whole, a bit silly, but it is not at all evident that their net effect on the project is negative, and so, per [[WP:EM]] (I'm beating Walton to referencing it), etc., they need not be deleted.  [[User:Jahiegel|Joe]] 03:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)</s>
+**'''Comment''' Okay, I confess, I'm illiterate (or, at least, lazy).  Having not visited the nominated page and having somehow missed the third and fourth words of the nominator's statement, I was under the impression that the page was an autograph book; AndonicO's comment below, though, led me to, you know, read that which we're discussing, and so I'll withdraw my !vote pending further consideration.
 *'''Comment''' I thought the page where these lists I mentioned were discussed was the [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Autograph books|last MFD]], but apparently not. I'm guessing it's somewhere in the AN archives, but it would be slightly more difficult to find than a needle in a haystack, as there have been multiple discussions about autograph books. Nothing wrong with rediscussing, IMO: should lists like these be kept? · [[User:AndonicO|<font face="Times New Roman" color="Black">'''A'''''ndonic'''''O'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:AO|<font face="Times New Roman" color="Navy">'''''Hail!'''''</font>]]</sup> 03:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)