Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atari Forums

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was worl, it's roughly split between merge and delete. User:MacGyverMagic suggested that a link in Atari is enough to satisfy a merge, and after looking at the Atari article (where there is nary a space for merging), I'm inclined to agree with him. The link already exists, so I'll redirect to that article. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 12:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Atari Forums

This is a very simple article about an internet forum. There is nothing special or notable about the place, and no claims of such in the article. It's just another forum, like the millions of others out there. I vote delete, this article is unnecessary. Foofy 06:48, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 07:23, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge with Atari Google shows 157 pages linking to that site, and site has 100,000+ members, as well as 3mil+ posts. Sounds notable to me, possibly an official atari site at that. --VileRage (Talk|Cont) 07:33, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Change vote to Merge - Vilerage is correct, it is owned by Atari, Inc. and is more notable than I initially realized. --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 08:19, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Precedents#Internet. Besides, after you remove the fluff (list of games, list of features like "chat", and ranking info) and the POV comments ("where not much bad stuff goes down") there's nothing left to form an article. A merge would probably scrap all that anyway and at least leave a mention, so that's good enough anyway. Foofy 08:49, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into Atari article, forum is noteable enough to be linked in the Atari article, but not noteworthy enough for its own article. Jtmichcock 03:16, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete I particpate in the Atari forums, and there's nothing notable about it. 11:51, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Totally delete. There was no point in even creating this. Just a kid with too much time on his hands.
  • The following unsigned vote was by an IP ( User:24.98.173.218 ) who's only edit ever was voting here.... just thought I'd point that out... --VileRage (Talk|Cont) 03:13, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with Atari. As mentioned above the site does seem noteable but does not warrant its own article. The article is so badly it needs a total re-write anyway, regardless of the notability of its subject.--Ukdan999 02:16, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or perhaps merge. A link in Atari is enough. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:11, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - forum is well populated, but there really is nothing to say about it - especially a forum that appears to be lacking any sort of famed internet presence worth noting. Barneyboo 17:33, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Doesn't seem to be anything worth merging, and a redirect doesn't seem appropriate. EiE 06:46, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. utcursch | talk 08:18, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.