Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-75.128.47.18-20160802232127/@comment-24473195-20160803135151

452 wrote:

As 75.128.47.18 did not specify any particular wiki, it is impossible to be more specific, so the only relevant answer is: Whether an editor is allowed to delete things from their user talk page depends of the rules of that particular wiki. Here the issue is rights vs rules, a user has a technical right to remove things from a page related to their profile. A user page is just like any other talk page, despite the fact that some people and "wikis" may feel posessive of it.

Otherwise, the message walls which are often used as "discussion pages" would not have this as a feature. While admins may ban or  punish the user for doing so it doesn't change the fact that they can do it.

"In fact, http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Community_guidelines still says: 'We strongly encourage communities to create their own specific guidelines and rules that fit their community and topic'"

It is funny that you link to a page entitled "community guidelines" and claim that these are rules. Either the title of the page is wrong, or it is inconsistent, or these aren't "rules".

Anyway, I'll agree with you that it is my own personal definition. I'll leave the "true" definition to lawyers or wikia staff.

In any case, I'll requote the question above and re-answer it:

"Are editors allowed to delete constructive remarks on their talk page"

@Opening Poster: Yes, but such editors may risk getting banned by admins or bureaucrats for not following the specific guidelines of a very specific wiki and Wikia staff is not likely to do anything about it.