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::To go over your points individually: | ::To go over your points individually: | ||
::#"''Could you lend your expertise and opinion to this discussion?''" Why does Porplemontage need to enter this discussion? | ::#"''Could you lend your expertise and opinion to this discussion?''" Why does Porplemontage need to enter this discussion? | ||
::#What do you mean by "''Creating new pages has barely any overhead''"? Yes, a wiki is | ::#What do you mean by "''Creating new pages has barely any overhead''"? Yes, a wiki is built on the amount of content it holds, but [[Special:Statistics|that doesn't apply to userpages]]. | ||
::#"''Database memory is not being saved by deleting pages. The page is still saved in the database, and can be restored at any time.''" I know that. The point of deleting pages is to prevent regular users from accessing them or to remove anything unwanted or unnecessary. Time is also a factor here. I can't undelete [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Super_Mario_Bros._2_(movie)&action=edit&redlink=1 ''Super Mario Bros. 2 (movie)''], for example. That record is lost. | ::#"''Database memory is not being saved by deleting pages. The page is still saved in the database, and can be restored at any time.''" I know that. The point of deleting pages is to prevent regular users from accessing them or to remove anything unwanted or unnecessary. Time is also a factor here. I can't undelete [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Super_Mario_Bros._2_(movie)&action=edit&redlink=1 ''Super Mario Bros. 2 (movie)''], for example. That record is lost. | ||
::#"''this particular rule was added as a minor edit without any discussion that I can find.''" There is an admin-only forum board, from which I'm not sure if I'm allowed to quote from. Marioguy1 was also an admin at the time of the rule's addition. However, I know the addition of the rule was discussed internally. | ::#"''this particular rule was added as a minor edit without any discussion that I can find.''" There is an admin-only forum board, from which I'm not sure if I'm allowed to quote from. Marioguy1 was also an admin at the time of the rule's addition. However, I know the addition of the rule was discussed internally. | ||