Editing Eurovision Wiki:Village pump (idea lab) (section)

== Preventing abuse of the DEPROD system ==

I had recently dropped a PROD on the [[Yamaha RX-Z]] article which was removed by a temporary user. You can check the diff [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yamaha_RX-Z&diff=prev&oldid=1340010975 here]. I propose that we implement a check which allows only registered editors to remove a PROD template to prevent abuse of [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|WP:DEPROD]]. [[User:Batorang|woaharang ]] ([[User talk:Batorang|talk]]) 09:23, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
:How does knowing how to create a userid relate to accuracy of a removal? [[User:Phil Bridger|Phil Bridger]] ([[User talk:Phil Bridger|talk]]) 09:29, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
::The editor removing the prod can be held accountable for the edits he made! [[User:Batorang|woaharang ]] ([[User talk:Batorang|talk]]) 13:24, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
:::As anyone can remove a prod for any reason, what would be the point of looking at their other edits? If someone is creating an account, temporary or registered, to avoid a block or scrutiny of previous edits, we have policies and guidance to deal with that. [[User talk:Donald Albury|Donald Albury]] 13:51, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
:That any user can remove a PROD is a feature, not a bug. The only potential issue I see here is that neither the PRODder nor the DEPRODder left a descriptive edit summary. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 10:37, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
:If someone removed dozens of prods in a couple of minutes, that would suggest abuse. But a single removal is not abuse. Use AFD if required. [[User:Graeme Bartlett|Graeme Bartlett]] ([[User talk:Graeme Bartlett|talk]]) 11:22, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
:In fact the opposite is true: PROD is misused by unregistered accounts who don't know our deletion policy because PRODing is much less complicated than sending an article to AFD (especially since unregistered accounts are unable to directly create AFD discussion pages!), even though PRODs receive less scrutiny than AFDs. [[User:Helpful Raccoon|Helpful Raccoon]] ([[User talk:Helpful Raccoon|talk]]) 06:11, 9 March 2026 (UTC)