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 : '''G:3'''. Vandalism, including inflammatory redirects, pages that exist only to disparage their subject, patent nonsense, or gibberish.
 : '''G:11'''. Advertising or other spam without relevant content (but not an article about an advertising-related subject).
-: '''G:8'''. Inactivity of a personal constructed language. Revertion of deletions shall be petetioned to the [[Linguifex:Administrators|administrators]].
+: '''G:8'''. Inactivity of a personal constructed language. Reversion of deletions shall be petitioned to the [[Linguifex:Administrators|administrators]].
 : '''T:1'''. Redundant or otherwise useless templates.
 : '''C:1'''. Categories representing overcategorisation.
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 <li>'''Inactivity'''</li>
-A personal language with a '''non-sufficient content''' and a '''long inactivity''', may be deleted. The time of inactivity varies with the content and the deletion can be done on administrator initiative - for example: a user has approximately one month upon creation of a language to add substantial content.  If a language is risking deletion, a watch notice should be left on the author's talk page. In case of deletion, a deletion notice should be left on the author's talk page. If a user wants a language recreated, leave a petition to the administration.
+A personal language with a '''non-sufficient content''' and a '''long inactivity''', may be deleted. The definition of "non-sufficient" and "long inactivity" is arbitrary, and it is up to the administrators to assess whether articles ought to be deleted or not. However, a user has approximately one or two months upon creation of a language to add substantial content.  If a language is risking deletion, a watch notice should be left on the author's talk page. In case of deletion, a deletion notice should be left on the author's talk page. If a user wants a language recreated, petition should be left with the administration.
 '''Special template''': [[Template:Watched/G:8|Watched/G:8]]
+<li>'''Page blanking'''</li>
+Blanking a page of all its content is a normally prohibited action. Page blanking may only occur at the behest of the administration and only applies to main space articles. Users may apply to get their language articles blanked or deleted at the administration, which is normally approved of.
+Talk pages and administrative pages cannot be blanked. This is a clear violation of the policy. Talk pages can however be archived, granted there are not several active discussions, and the content surpasses 32 kilobytes. See [[Help:Archiving]], for more information.
 <li>'''Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page'''</li>
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 Please note that all pages within a namespace (e.g. Category:) must not have a space between the colon and title (e.g. Category:Templates).
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-==[[File:Delete-user.png|75px]] U. User pages==
+==[[File:Delete-user.png|75px]] U. User==
 <ol style="list-style-type: upper-roman;">
-*Normal procedure is not to delete user pages, but rather to block the user if any violations of the policy has occurred.
+<li>'''Editing user comment'''</li>
+Editing other users' comments on talk pages and the forum is strictly forbidden and an extremely bannable offence. Editing a user comment because of profane language or harassment is equally forbidden, but removing inserted provocational illustrations and/or media is allowed. Removing offensive language or profanities is not allowed.
+Page blanking, §G:9, ties in with §U:1 should the page blanking aim to remove the comments on a discussion page of previous users.
+''See also [[Linguifex:General policy|conduct in the general policy]].
 <li>'''User request'''</li>
-Personal user pages and subpages (but not user talk pages) upon request by their user. In some rare cases there may be administrative need to retain the page.
+Personal user pages and subpages (but not user talk pages) may be deleted upon request by their user. In some rare cases there may be administrative need to retain the page.
+*Normal procedure is not to delete user pages, but rather to block the user if any violations of the policy has occurred.
 <li>'''Nonexistent user'''</li>
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 Users spamming external links are most often recognisable by their unrealistically long or complex user names and their lack of edits. Their names most inconsistent and aesthetically displeasing. Bear in mind, that these users are bots, which implies that no reasoning is possible and all edits and the user pages can be deleted without any second thoughts, should they vandalise the wiki.
-'''Special template''': [[Template:Watched/U:3|Watched/U:3]]
+'''Special template''': [[Template:Watched/U:4|Watched/U:4]]
+<li>'''Unacceptable username'''</li>
+Users with unrealistically long or complex user names and lack of edits may with caution be deleted upon sight. These accounts are more often than not robots, "bots", spamming external links and commercial content. To avoid suspicion of violation of this paragraph when creating an account, users ought to bear the following points in mind when choosing a username; that certain combinations are more suspect than others.
+With decreasing degree of suspicion:
+*A username of complete gibberish. For example: ''Dfjjslkkdllkseaneilp''
+*A username consisting of presumably two composed lexemes and a few numbers. For example: ''Aaschenbrenner68, Tayvesquoto1971''
+*A username of presumably gibberish with inserted numbers. For example: '' Qadk33jchk''
+*A username of a proper name followed by random letters. For example: ''MonicaPkq''
+Administrators ought to bear in mind that invoking §U:4 requires a degree of certainty. It is preemptive and thus not easily enforced.
+''See also §U:4.''
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