Admin Forum:Should I delete conversations on a Talk page?

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There seems to be an argument that has sprung up on my mid-size wiki: Is a Talk page just for talking about ways to improve the page alone, or can it be used to argue about the content of a page? For example, if it's a page about a movie, is it inappropriate for a user to start a debate about how the movie is better than the television show it is based on?

And as an admin, is it appropriate for me to delete such nonproductive banter? --BlazingStar (My talk) 00:43, November 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Different wikis have different local policies about talkpages. Its best to deiede about it by discussing with your community.—  04:47, November 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * One thing you might consider is archiving the talk page to keep it tidy. The usual way to do this is to move the page from Talk:Spaghetti to Talk:Spaghetti/Archive, then link to Talk:Spaghetti/Archive at the top of Talk:Spaghetti, which will now be blank.
 * If you'd like to let the conversation continue - just not on the talk page, you could move it to the forum namespace using the same method, and leave a note on the talk page saying that the conversation has been moved. -452  18:49, November 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Per 452&mdash;if the page is hard to manage due to length or clutter, archive, and move irrelevant or inconvenient discussions to a more suitable medium. TK-999 (talk) 18:54, November 2, 2012 (UTC)