Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goanet

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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 04:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Goanet

Hi - this comes across as a promotional article without any encyclopedic value. Rama's Arrow 02:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Rama's Arrow 02:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

• Ahhhh head hurts. Damn, it really has a go at convincing you, doesn't it? Umm.. gee... (damn).. Neutral as a long established and popular board used worldwide it approaches the bar but it's totally one sided and I would have to see a convincing media coverage link. Deizio 03:16, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 03:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - non-notable Alexa ranking of 1,604,204. Green Giant 04:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, doesn't seem very notable per above. --Kinu ^t/_c 06:23, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above --Khoikhoi 06:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep If someone can get a sociological paper published in a peerreviewed journal on it we can have an article on it. Gomes, Alberto G. (2001) ‘Going Goan on the Goa-Net: Computer-mediated Communication and Goan Diaspora’. Social Analysis 45 (1), pp.53-66. Google scholar finds two citations of it. Certainly could use POV cleanup though. kotepho 19:52, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep after major cleanup. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 00:24, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep after major cleanup. Walter Siegmund (talk) 04:30, 21 March 2006 (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.