Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DDR Freak

This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was MERGE and REDIRECT to Dance Dance Revolution. (The merge had already been carried out.)

I count six deletes, a redirect, three merges (including the nominator), and two keeps. There is no consensus for deletion; however, there is a clear consensus that this information should not remain in an independent article. —Korath (Talk) 17:50, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DDR Freak

I'm re-listing this page because it hasn't had any content added since the last time it was on VfD, just formatting and clean-up. The DDR Freak website does not have the potential to become encyclopedic. The site has songlists, stepcharts, and basic information on the game Dance Dance Revolution, but it has no notable history of its own. At best, one could list the different site layouts, major downtimes, and partnership with Red Octane, an online store that advertises on the site. The forums, which are a major portion of the site, are mainly used to discuss information that's already covered in Dance Dance Revolution and the individual game pages. The only thing I can really recall as being memorable is their April Fool's joke, where every member was turned into a moderator. Otherwise, see Internet forums for more info.

I've already added DDR Freak's relevant information to Dance Dance Revolution#Internet Fandom.

To sum it up, DDR Freak is well-known as a portal for DDR information and discussion, but not as a point of interest or discussion itself. --Poiuytman 10:16, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Redirect Kappa 10:42, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• No change of vote — Keep or Merge and redirect into the main Dance Dance Revolution article. —RaD Man (talk) 11:05, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• COMMENT: Poiuytman orginally redirected this page, but was reverted on the grounds that the page survived VfD before. Kappa 11:09, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Everyking 14:35, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. With an Alexa rank of 70,000+, this website isn't notable enough to merit an article in the Wikipedia. --BM 15:15, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete and merge into the Dance Dance Revolution article. Carrp | Talk 15:30, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, anything worth mentioning about it is already at Dance Dance Revolution. — Ливай | ☺ 17:26, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Yes, that's what happens when pages get merged. Kappa 22:17, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or, if information absolutely must be kept, redirect to Dance Dance Revolution. (Note: If information has been merged, then we need to keep the original article as a redirect.) -Aranel ("Sarah") 01:29, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Comment Disclaimer: I put this on VfD last time.
  It might worth some mention concerning the popularity of DDR (i.e. The DDR phenomenon). However, I think the internet fandom section is not very well written; it does not look encycloprdic.
  A note to Poiuytman: (A follow up to last discussion) I used to be a mod of a DDR board, so I know quite a few thing about the DDR culture, but I currently do not have time to modify that section yet. SYSS Mouse 03:57, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. -Sean Curtin 17:25, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable. Megan1967 00:23, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I second SYSS Mouse's comments. 131.107.0.101
  • User's first edit. —Korath (Talk) 17:50, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge & Redirect. Iff it merits its own article, fork it. Alphax (t) (c) (e) 00:06, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge & Redirect. I think that the Internet Fandom blurb in DDR is adequate for now. It may be worth exploring writing a full fledged article, but none of us who care (such as SYSS and me) have had the chance to expand it. Since the Internet Fandom section isn't necessarily encyclopedic, I'd recommend improving that section and possibly creating a dedicated article in the future if it's warranted. Full disclosure: As I mentioned in the original VfD, I am an administrator of DDR Freak. And no, I did not submit the original article. I was as surprised as anybody to see it. Ameltzer 21:55, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.