Forum:How should we deal with ruling queries and general discussions on Talk Pages?

As some of you have known, a lot of Talk Pages have been swarmed with ruling queries and general discussions.

The reasons for why those should not be in the Talk Pages:


 * The Talk Pages are only for discussions on how to improve the article page.


 * Although the Talkheader has been added, it has been continually ignored multiple times.
 * Unsigned users refusing to sign their post after multiple warnings and advices.
 * Posting of ruling queries and general discussions even though the Talkheader has blatantly forbid it.


 * The problem with Ruling Queries being posted there:
 * Unsigned users still continue to ask questions there after multiple warnings and advices.
 * Most often the questions can be found in the forum and even in the Talk Page itself.
 * Nobody will refer to the Talk Page for answers to ruling queries and so it will be useless.
 * Ruling queries in Talk Pages will often be ignored for up to years even. (I've seen one from 2008.)


 * The problem with General Discussions being posted there:
 * Multiple users posting there will leave the Talk Page messy, making it hard to actually find what really matters.
 * Users will continue to post there even after warnings and deletion.


 * Finally, we have a working Forum for those purposes.

In response to this, I normally delete them and add the or list the page up for deletion. I also leave a note that states: "This Talk Page is only for the discussion on how to improve the article. Please post topics on general discussion or questions on rulings in the Forums.".

What do you think of this method? Also, do you have a better way of dealing with this problem?-- HHTurtle (Talk) 04:12, August 1, 2010 (UTC)