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400:. If this is deleted, I will seriously leave Knowledge in disgust for it should not be taken so seriously. Hangman is not interfering with bandwidth or server space any more than a giant userpage, and obviously we're not going to put a zillion games on Knowledge because Knowledge is an encyclopedia and not a game server. We just want a place to hang out and have fun. Internets = fun. Internets =/= serious business.
325:-- The sandbox isn't an appropriate place for games of this type. All content in the sandbox should be routinely cleared and deleted, including subfolders, regardless of the content. The sandbox by nature is a temporary testing space for new users to experiment and not a resource for creating wikigames or sub-communities. I also note
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278:- not a valid criterion for deletion. Whether or not fun and games belong on Knowledge is a policy issue, not a VfD issue. A good argument was made on the mailing list, but the mailing list has no official status and that discussion was not brought up here.
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