Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buzzerquiz

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The result of the debate was delete. — Feb. 27, '06 [06:51] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

[edit] Buzzerquiz

Tagged for prod as not provably extant, contested. Bringing here instead. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] 22:09, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

• Weak delete, appears to be WP:VSCA. Stifle 23:44, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: Not convinced it needs deleting, it does exist, probably needs a rename to BuzzerQuiz Jw6aa 02:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
• Go to www.buzzerquiz.com, and see the shell of a Web site that is there. All it says is "new site coming soon" and that was back in March 2005. The link is circular, and there is no indication that there is any plans for this organization to conduct any contest of any sort in the near future. This is bollocks, plain and simple. ~~LynnW
  • Only what you say if having an up to date web site is a requirement. ACF and NAQT have pages on Wikipedia.
• Redirect to Quiz show or something similar. Too obscure and inactive to have its own article, in my opinion. BobbyLee 14:01, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
  • What would you suggest? It's not a quiz show. Jw6aa 15:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Actually, that's precisely what this article seems to be suggesting it is! What about Quiz bowl? BobbyLee 21:22, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
      • I think you're reading it wrongly if you think that. It talks about quiz shows but doesn't suggest that BuzzerQuiz is one. BuzzerQuiz quiz tournaments are similar to some quiz shows in format, but from the article it is clear that they are not quiz shows.Jw6aa 21:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, seems like a case of deletion for the sake of deletion, many people have taken part in BuzzerQuiz tournaments, I consider it notable and something that will be expanded.Jw6aa 21:41, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

• Many? How many? Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] 22:30, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

• I don't have an exact figure, over 100 I think.Jw6aa 23:45, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

• Hmmm. I'd say that falls a long way short of notable, myself. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] 00:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I think it is in terms of quiz in the UK.Jw6aa 00:53, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I get just under 1,000 Google hits for Buzzerquiz. It seems like it thrived at one time as described, but I am having trouble finding any information on Buzzerquiz dated later than 2003 or so. I'm thinking that we should mention and link to Buzzerquiz from Quiz bowl, but I maintain that Buzzerquiz on its own does not seem to warrant an entire article. BobbyLee 03:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Delete 267 Ghits excluding wikipedia and most of those are unconvincing. Doesn't seem to have been more than a concept that didn't fly. Dlyons493 Talk 16:37, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

It was very successful - your assumption is incorrect.Jw6aa 19:45, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

It may have been, but I'm not assuming - I'm Googling. If you can provide us with some good references we can close this as a speedy keep. Dlyons493 Talk 20:41, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

The events were typically over-subscribed. As for references, I'd suggest you talk to people who went to the events. If you want web references, there's probably a few out there, but there's a big world outside the Internet (not all views/information are/is posted on-line).Jw6aa 21:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as an advert. BrianGCrawfordMA 19:56, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree it reads a bit like an advert. I think it needs to be improved rather than deleted. As I said before, I think it's a case of deletion for the sake of deletion.Jw6aa 21:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I love quiz nights myself but there is no verifiable evidence that these quiz nights were any more notable than the average. Capitalistroadster 03:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
  • BuzzerQuiz events are not quiz nights and are on a completely different scale to quiz nights in terms of organisation and the distances travelled for participation. They are also (at the name suggests) buzzer-based, unlike most quiz nights.Jw6aa 05:53, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
    • If you want the article kept, improve it and reference it. All of your comments have been assertions, I'm sure perfectly correct ones, but not evidence. Dlyons493 Talk
• If you ask me, User:Jw6aa has a vested interest in this Buzzerquiz; perhaps he/she's a representative for that organization or something? As far as I'm concerned, mention BuzzerQuiz from the Quiz bowl page, but no more than that - from all the evidence that has been gleaned by users here, BuzzerQuiz is not so important as to merit its own page. BobbyLee 12:16, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
  • It seems like you're talking about evidence from people who appear to have have no direct experience and comments based on google searches. There is more to this than is currently available on the www and thus if you only went by that route, you might form a different view than if you'd actually been to the events. My interest is in making Wikipedia a better encyclopedia and not deleting things for the sake of deletion. I've been to the events, that is my reason for commenting. I didn't create the article, so I'd imagine I'm not the only person that thinks it is worthy of one.Jw6aa 14:55, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or perhaps rename to BuzzerQuiz per my comments in previous listing and all over this page.Jw6aa 14:57, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment You've already voted once above. Dlyons493 Talk
    • Apologies for my lack of depth knowledge of procedure. I thought it was re-listed.Jw6aa 15:19, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
      • My oversight - I'm not sure what the process is in a re-listing. Sorry. Dlyons493 Talk 15:42, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

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