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The result was delete — FireFox ^(talk) _{19:00, 28 August 2006}

[edit] List of actors who have played lesbians, bisexuals and gay men

I could be wrong and I don't know much about the subject, but isn't this list a little useless? A list of lesbian/bisexual/etc. characters on television could be useful (and I believe we have such a list somewhere here), but a list of actors who played LBG, etc. characters seems incredibly pointless and very much a batch of loosely-connected information, which Wikipedia is not (i.e. one can imagine a similar "List of people who have played politicians, Irish Catholics, Jews, priests, nuns, etc....) . Delete per nom Mad Jack 23:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• I don't think it is useless. In fact, I think is good. If I came across this article was just because I was interested on it. As a gay man, I like that this page exists for the fact that we are normally interesed in actor who we have seen on movies on a GLB role. Hope this isn't deleted.--Nauki 00:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

But then you have Hamlet fans looking for List of people how have played Hamlet, and Einstein fans looking for List of people who have played Einstein, and so on and so forth. I can totally see where you are coming from, as I too tend to be fans of actors that previously had roles that I enjoyed, but I don't think this is the place to store that information. - CosmicPenguin (Talk) 01:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Meh...leaning towards delete The "What links here" page for this article seems to indicate that it's only linked by other lists and personal pages. I am not really sure what sort of use this could have, and it really isn't used anyway. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 00:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep. I'm normally not at all listicrufts, but I do see a diffrnce with this one. Firstly, there do not appear to be any categories for LGB actors/actresses, and as there are some heteros who have played homo roles, this list does seem to have a place.

Ohconfucius 02:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep After a period of intense thought, I think that there's no reason not to keep this list. As for the nominator's other examples of lists he believes Wikipedia is not the place for (actors who have played politicians, Irish Catholics, etc.), I say again: why not? While this list might only be seldom used, that, in itself, is no reason to delete it. NigelQuinine ^{Blather• Toil} 02:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Are you saying that "List of actors who have played nuns" is encyclopedic? Really? You could have a million "list of actors who have played X". From policemen to nannies to mothers to celebrities. "Fictional policemen, nannies, nuns, etc." and "Real policemen, nannies, etc." are encyclopedic. Combining the two in this manner really has no value Mad Jack 04:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Wikipedia is known as a very GLB-friendly website, a resource for people of GLB. We must keep this fact in mind. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
  • Not really. Wikipedia is very encyclopedia-friendly, so to speak. There's encyclopedic content and un-encyclopedic content. While, of course, a list of GLB characters would be encyclopedic, and more or less so would a list of GLB actors, a list of actors who have played GLB has almost no value at all. In fact, a list of GLB characters would logically mention who the actor was who played the character, leaving this list with no purpose at all Mad Jack 04:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Would be better as a category. Lists like these become unwieldy. — NMChico24 02:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Contains nothing of encyclopedic value. What article is this a list of examples for? GRBerry 03:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Although if needed actors names can be added to List of gay and bisexual people in film, radio, and TV fiction--T. Anthony 04:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • That's the list I was looking for! List of gay and bisexual people in film, radio, and TV fiction. I knew we had a list of GLB (or LGB?) characters in film, etc. That list seems to have encyclopedic value. The characters on this list should be added to that one, if they aren't there already Mad Jack 01:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Yup. I actually like lists, but there's no reason to have ones that are basically redundant.--T. Anthony 11:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, unmaintainable and somewhat unencyclopedic. —Scott5114↗ 17:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, useless listcruft. Pavel Vozenilek 19:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Pointless. Might have been an interesting list 10 years ago, but doesn't serve any purpose now. An entry on early/influential LGBT roles in movies (with information on HOW and WHY) would be much more interesting. SnaX 23:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Piccadilly 13:20, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was Keep with no prejudice against the nominator relisting the article individually. Gwernol 05:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lots of college a cappella

Withdrawn--I'll relist individually shortly. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 16:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC) I am nominating the following college a cappella groups for deletion. Such groups should be held to the notability standards of WP:MUSIC. Obviously most of the criteria there are out of reach from most a cappella groups. However, I didn't nominate any articles for deletion which had: (1) "multiple non-trivial published works in reliable and reputable media (excludes things like school newspapers)" (2) "won a major music competition" or (3) "performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show"--although this is not sufficient by itself.

However, Wikipedia is not a free web host for college a cappella groups whose only claim to fame is alleged popularity within their own campus, articles in their school's newspaper, self-produced albums, or their own website.

Without further ado: AllNighters, Amalgamates, Aural Fixation, Beelzebubs, Chorallaries, Chord on Blues, Effusion A Cappella, Elizabethans, Gimble, Guerillacapella, Harvard Din & Tonics, Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, Hit Paws, Humtones, The Idlers, King's Singers, Magevet, MIT/Wellesley Toons, Nassoons, Noteworthy (female a cappella), On a Sensual Note, Penn Masala, Raagapella, Ransom Notes, Redhot & Blue, ScatterTones, Smiffenpoofs, Something Extra (American musical group), The Duke's Men of Yale, The New Blue, Tonal Ecstasy, Tonic Sol-fa, WPI Simple Harmonic Motion, Williams Octet, Williams Street Mix, Zumbyes

I'll strike any of these which can prove they meet an established notability criteria at WP:MUSIC, but none currently contain evidence of that. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 23:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Beelzebubs who seem to have released several albums and have longevtiy, delete the rest (I'm re-reading some though, so this might changed). --Wafulz 23:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Self-produced albums do not meet the notability requirements of WP:MUSIC. These albums would have to be with a major label or do well on the charts to make the group notable enough. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 23:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• • The Bubs apparently were on Letterman, according to their site. Isopropyl 00:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Regardless of the verdict, I suggest that all groups be mentioned on the individual institution's page. SliceNYC 23:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Yeah just go with merge. Most of them shouldn't go beyond a listing in some form of a "clubs and sports" section. Others, like The Idlers, who claim to have performed for the president and Ed Sullivan, should get a more substantial mention. --Wafulz 23:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Being president I'm sure you have to listen to lots of a cappella...I don't see which notability criteria that meets. There's also nothing to merge in these articles because they have no sourced content. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 23:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Just so we're all on the same page here: Mention is different from merge. SliceNYC 23:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Suggesting we keep the Chorallaries, as two-time finalists at the International Championship of College A Cappella, and take a closer look at Penn Masala, who claim to be the first Hindi a cappella group and as such may or may not be notable. The aforementioned champsionship is probably the closest the college a cappella circuit gets to a "major music competition", in the words of WP:MUSIC, so I'd suggest any group that's placed in the finals should be kept. Keep in mind that not meeting WP:MUSIC is not grounds for automatic deletion; see this discussion. Isopropyl 00:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I must have missed the Chorallaries. I don't think I nominated anyone else who reached the finals of the International Championship of College A Cappella (that's why I didn't nominate Resonance--the group from the discussion you cite). However, I still think we should delete Penn Masala. I could start the first a cappella group only for Econ majors, etc. It's not a claim to notability. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 00:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. This is an arbitrary list -- for example, I doubt the Harvard Krokodiloes or the Yale Alley Cats or the Yale Spizzwinks(?) are any more notables than, say, the Nassoons, the King's Singers, or the Din & Tonics (the last of which does regular world tours and regularly has sold-out concerts on those same tours). Either delete/merge them all, or keep them. Chart123 03:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The existence of these articles is of course not a justification. I'm hesitant to add to this nomination so late, but feel free to nominate those as well. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 06:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
    • I disagree. My point is that the list is arbitrary -- some have been deemed "notable," others not notable, but there's no real distinction between the notable un-listed and the not-notable listed. So, yes, I think the arbitrariness of the list is reason enough to keep all of these, insofar as the justification for deleting them is a lack of notability.
• Keep, list individually. I wholly agree that many college a cappella groups probably don't merit an article, but this shotgun approach is non-functional. Unfortunately, these simply have to be done one at a time. JDoorjam Talk 05:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The contradiction between the two preceeding keeps is the reason for the group nom. If they were listed individually, people would point to other similar articles not on the chopping block. The objection to all of these articles is the same so there's really no reason to clog the AFD page, other than to allow AFD regulars to get 20 edits for the price of one! savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 06:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. As mentioned above, this is too broad a nomination. I may be biased, but the Din and Tonics are fairly major, and have been for years. Penn Masala is definitely notable; and the King's Singers? Has the nominator ever seen the choral shelf of their local HMV's classical section? When last I looked the King's Singers had a bit of a stranglehold there. Hornplease 06:16, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I haven't even seen the choral shelf of my local HMV. Fortunately, that's not the way we determine notability of musical groups on Wikipedia. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 06:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Good Lord, what a shockingly pointless reply. As I clearly should have made obvious, releasing several dozen major albums for one of the largest record companies in the UK (EMI) and completely dominating the choral music scene in terms of output for thirty years or so is what we look for on WP. A good indicator of those things: the choral shelf of your local HMV. A poor choice for someone to put choral groups up en masse for deletion: someone whose never even seen the choral shelf at their local HMV. Sigh. Hornplease 09:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep I can't comment on US College a cappella groups - but the King's Singers are something quite different. A major UK group, the original line-up featured prominently on UK national TV during the 1970s - including having several of their own national TV Shows. From a cultural point they popularised a style of music unfamiliar to many people, demonstrated the appeal of classically trained singers performing popular tunes, and arguably influenced the growth in "popular " classics, now a major part of the music industry. In addition, at least two of the original members are still high profile: Brian Kay is a well-known presenter and personality on BBC Radio 3 and Nigel Perrin a prominent classical choral conductor in the UK.
• Keep, unacceptably broad nomination. There may well be some of these groups that aren't sufficiently notable, but the presence of several obviously notable groups in the list, as highlighted by other comments above, suggests that the nominator has simply listed a capella groups en masse rather than considering each individual article in detail. --ⁿɡ͡b Nick Boalch\^talk 07:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. These groups have albums that have sold more copies than many of the equally small time bands or authors (in terms of books) that are present on Wikipedia. Most of them have history and tradition that is an important part of their campus community, yet merging them into the campus articles would be a disservice to both. And I echo comments above that this looks like a sloppy deletionist event rather than a thought out AfD nom. --SparqMan 13:20, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Question: What do we do with these groups once they're gone? The Dartmouth Aires (savidan is a Dartmouth undergrad, according to his personal page, which is why I mention this) are mentioned in a Dartmouth College student groups page. Ok, is that what we should do here? I think making sure the information on these pages have homes -- the Aires have a home -- should be a priority before we vote to delete. Chart123 16:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The nomination is already withdrawn. I'm not familiar with the Aires but I wouldn't disapprove of including marginally notable a cappella groups on "student groups" pages. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 17:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Tonal Ecstasy meets the following criteria for notability:

- Has won or placed in a major music competition. (ICCA, the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.) The group has placed in several rounds of ICCA and group members have won individual awards. - Several alumni later joined a band that is otherwise notable. Alumni Micah Shapiro and Mike Libis were both members of Throwback. Throwback toured extensively in Canada and New England and had a large regional following (I can't think of an absolute indicator of their following, but Throwback does have 12,577 friends on their myspace page). Throwback was also mentioned in a recent McGill News article about McGill alumni bands (which also mentions such notables as Arcade Fire and Leonard Cohen): http://www.mcgill.ca/news/2006/summer/rock/three/. Dee Nedd-Roderique (former member) was a member of Kobayashi, which has performed at such notable events as the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Jkisch 16:58, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• This is absurd. You're basically saying you want to delete the groups that a) don't compete in competitions or b) aren't good enough to win them. If a group has an official webpage on the school server they are legitimate, not that legitimacy is a requirement for being on Wikipedia. Point out in the deletion policy what infractions the pages made and I'm sure the various authors will be more than willing to change them accordingly. The nominator has unreliable criteria, as they are subjective. Please leave the articles without a giant banner on them and work out something that can be approved by other contributing members of Wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.40.230.219 (talk • contribs) 16:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • As has been mentioned on this page, the articles violate the the notability requirements for musicians at WP:MUSIC, which isn't something that the article authors can fix, it's up to the individual a cappella groups to become notable. I see you're upset about the "giant banner" (and tried to remove it yourself from one group's page) but that is the already-established procedure that you're asking people to come up with. -- N2f 02:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banner removal

The "nominated for deletion" banners should be removed until the sites are re-listed for deletion. Chart123 03:17, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was Delete. Teke^(talk) 17:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Klein Four and Musical Fruitcake

The first nomination was a total joke, with rationales for keep such as "Wikipedia is not paper" and "for great justice""v." Individual college a cappella groups which have recieved no media coverage oustide of a few articles in their school newspaper and a clip (not an article) on college humor are not notable enough for their own articles. The closest this article comes to a claim to notability is: "An unconfirmed report suggests that the group's "Finite Simple Group" video appeared on the German television program NBC Giga." Obviously not sufficient for WP:MUSIC. Delete the article about their Musical Fruitcake album too.

I'm keeping this nomination separate because there was a previous nomination. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 22:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• For great justice. (talk • contribs) was the account name. The rationale was "v." — 2 characters. One could guess at what that meant ... Uncle G 00:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Well, in that case... savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 01:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Keep. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
• Neutral—Can't in good conscience vote to keep since I can't name a criterion they meet. But they are real (or a good enough hoax to have a site). The article is reasonably well composed—I find it an interesting touch—I'm sure we all recognize that the Klein 4 group is word play on a mathematical term Klein four-group in geometric group theory—making it somewhat obscurely clever. I'm rather inclined to hope this article survives, even though I don’t see a overwhelmingly compelling argument. Give me a reason to vote keep. Skål - Williamborg (Bill) 04:20, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. This fails WP:MUSIC and does not belong. Indrian 04:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom; fails WP:MUSIC. (Per entry directly above, I imagine we're going to hear that phrase a lot in the next few days.) JDoorjam Talk 17:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete This is the musical equivalent of intramural. ~ trialsanderrors 17:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete — FireFox ^(talk) _{19:02, 28 August 2006}

[edit] Interactive Multimedia Culture

Semicomprehensible semi-POV/OR essay. ~~ N (t/c) 00:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. –NeoChaosX (talk | contribs) 00:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete What he said - Richfife 02:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The article is written in a POV style. This leads us to the impression of originality of thought which Wikipedia is not. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 02:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Exactly. Leuko 02:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep but needs a rewrite. kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as a POV/OR essay. It looks almost like a term paper. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 04:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Pretty useless in any way I can think of - who would even want to rewrite something like that? Much easier from scratch if ever needed. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Its not only pointless but it also needs to be cleaned up. Tarret 01:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• An important Essay on emerging discourses across the cybercommunity. This is not an original thought, as some claim, but a statement of certain facts about the future. I will wait for others to share their thoughts before I decide how to vote, but perhaps the author should publish this. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
• Delete. Interesting but better suited for a magazine. Plinth molecular gathered 18:17, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus. 1ne 06:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eco-cement

Article reads like an ad, primary author is the creator/seller of product, product is non-notable per WP:Corp#Criteria for products and services, title of article is trade name rather than generic name. Argyriou 00:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Argyriou is confusing me. Previously the deletion header asked for opinions in the discussion page! I have copied my comments here

Eco-cement has had tremendous global publicity (see http://www.tececo.com/media.php) ranking it as one of the most important contributions to combat global warming this millenium. If Argyriou (is this some shortening or hyper word for argue?) wrote "I also don't have any reason to believe that cement with magnesia added is important enough to deserve its own article rather than a section of the articles I listed above; though even if that changed, the article shouldn't be named for one proprietary brand of the stuff" is displaying profound ignorance and is therefore not in a position to judge of what should or should not be included.

The name has been given historic and scientific legitimacy by the many articles written about it (type "Eco-Cement" into google to find hundreds not written by the inventor or associates of the inventor).

Given the enormous level of publicity about eco-cements (over 50k hits a month on the web site and hundreds if not thousands of articles about it - most positive and one or two negative (paid for by the industry - unfortunately the cement industry is behaving a little like the tobacco industry. )

Wikipedia should at the very least say what it is so people can make up their own minds about whether it will in fact result in a giant carbon sink in the built environment. The page I have written gives enough information to enable them to do so. The entry is minimalsist and written totally for lay people. To reduce the level of criticism and claimed commerciality I will try and refer to independent articles about the article if I can get to edit it before it is deleted!

There are also chapters in at least two major book publications giving reference to the cement and I shall also refer to them in the article. The publishers, who are not small companies, would not have asked me to write about the cement unless they at least were aware of the importance of it.

On the matter of other uses of the word Eco-Cement. TecEco have the common law right to the name by the shear volume of numbers. Nobody else is using the name which also happens to be unregisterable as a trade mark other than perhaps the irrelvant use for dog poo cement Argyriou rather flippantly referred to. Could I have their contact details so I can let them know that we believe we legitimately own the common law rights to the name.AubreyJohnWestonHarrison 00:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

and hundreds if not thousands of articles about it - most positive and one or two negative

Mind linking to these articles, then? Preferrably ones from reliable sources. Website hits alone do not make a product notable. –NeoChaosX (talk | contribs) 00:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. No reliable sources cited in the article to verify it's claims. Article is written like an advertisement. –NeoChaosX (talk | contribs) 00:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete spam masquarading as article. Leuko 02:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete WP:VSCA, apply directly to the forehead! Danny Lilithborne 02:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. I'm no expert here, but a quick Google bash reveals many apparently reputable independent sources eg The Guardian, New Scientist. The article could do with a rewrite to put the issue in better context and mention related products, (eg see: [1]). Perhaps a rename away from the semi-trademark might emphasise the importance of the general area? Espresso Addict 03:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • That's the best link I've seen about it so far. Almost every other link I've seen was essentially a rehash of Tec-Eco's press releases: popular media articles focusing on the environmental claims. There's been some discussion about this at Talk:Eco-cement already, too. Argyriou 04:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Having read the discussion, I'm formalising my comment as a keep and rename to something like 'ecologically friendly cement'. Espresso Addict 17:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep but needs wikifying kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as vanispamcruftisement. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 04:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I feel that those users that are against keeping this article are missing the point somewhat, whilst it needs to be re-written in order to cite sources, and represent a broader, more neutral point of view (and could be renamed with eco-cement as a redirect), the actual subject matter of the article is worth keeping on wikipedia. I suggest that Argyriou more carefully reads the criteria for notability of products and services as I believe that this product passes under criteron one, The technology has appeared in New Scientist, on ABC (Australia)'s New Inventors and http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=4/21/2003 The Discovery Channel Canada] (Mid page). None of these sources are "rehashes" of press releases. Noodle snacks 06:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Needs an over-haul but a quick database search for peer reviewed scientific literature on the product revealed several hits, eg. Lin, K.L.; Chiang, K.Y.; Lin, C.Y. (June 2005). "Hydration characteristics of waste sludge ash that is reused in eco-cement clinkers". Cement and Concrete Research 35 (6): 1074–1081. Bobby1011 09:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment this article was a copyright violation from [2]. I know this has been noted on the talk page but Copyrighted material cannot be left around unless express permission is granted (ie on the talk page). I dont see that, so even if the author appears the same you cannot assume :D --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 09:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as Leuko --Mecanismo | Talk 10:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep with a re-write. Eco-cements as building materials, at least, are notable. There are other companies who also make eco-cements, for example the Taiheiyo Cement Corporation in Japan [3] and EcoSmart Concrete in Canada [4] and an interesting article (IMHO) could be written about the its advantages and disadvantages. TecEco's Eco-Cement, developed by John Harrison, is written about in Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment [5] (published by Princeton University Press), and also Sustainability at the Cutting Edge [6]. The product seems notable. Transmaterial says that it "offers partial solutions for global warming, climate change, waste, and cost-effective mass housing". It could be a subsection of a more general article until good sources for User:AubreyJohnWestonHarrison's information are added. Bláthnaid 12:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep for the reasons cited by Espresso Addict. Atlant 12:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Tend towards Delete This is just one of many forms of composite cement based on Portland cement and other constituents. Whilst it is possible that this cement may well lead to a revolution in cement technology, it is currently of far less importance than other composite cements that are used world-wide, for example Portland fly ash cements and Portland blastfurnace cements, that do not have their own articles - and for which there is considerably more peer reviewed scientific literature. Giving this eco-cement its own article gives it far more importance than it is worth, particularly as it is only one specific patented form in the much wider field of magnesium oxide cements. I believe it is sufficient for it to be mentioned within the articles on cement and Portland cement. If it is kept, then it needs wikifying and the vanispamcruftisement deleting. Kpeyn 17:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, rename, and rewrite, needs a wider context. Notable as per above, and for me at least due to its enviromentally-friendly orientation. I revised a bit and added an intro. Karol 18:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Seems to be verifiable and notable, though it will need a significant re-write to comply with WP:NPOV. --Scott Wilson 21:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - and Wikify and improve. EuroSong ^talk 22:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and well done to Karol. The capitalisation of eco-cement (vs. Eco-Cement) should be reviewed, peer reviewed literature seems not to capitalise, but it also appears to be a brand name. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep & expand or alternately a weak merge with cement—Technically sound. There are variety of formulations of cement—the cement article would benefit from expansion—and this article would benefit from broadening to cover the relatively broad class of more ecologically friendly formulations. Williamborg (Bill) 04:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rename to what?

There appears to be a consensus forming that the article should be kept, but re-written and expanded to include various "environmentally-friendly" cement formulations besides TecEco's formulations. So what should the article be named? "Eco-cement" is claimed as a trademark by Mr. Harrison and TecEco, at least in Australia, and if the article is to cover similar products, some of which are not named "Eco-cement", it would appear that naming the article "Eco-cement" is not appropriate.

"Environmentally-friendly cement" is POV, and I don't think anyone is claiming fully "sustainable" (in the environmentalist sense) cement, so "sustainable cement" isn't very good, either. "Low-environmental-impact cement" seems accurate, NPOV, broad enough, and shouldn't run into trademark problems, but it also seems clumsy as a title. Any suggestions? Argyriou 21:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Agree most formulations are clumsy. I'd personally be OK with 'eco-friendly cement' or 'ecologically friendly cement' or 'environmentally friendly cement', if the article contextualised the title, but I do take your point there's an element of POV there. Anything encompassing the lower CO2 emissions cf Portland cement would seem to be NPOV. Wrt your suggestion, I think 'low' should perhaps be 'lower' or 'reduced', as they're not objectively low, merely lower than the default material. Espresso Addict 00:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC

• There's no reason why a redirect page couldn't be left in both the names 'eco-cement' and 'Eco-Cement'. Espresso Addict 01:50, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• As John states, (he did forget to sign his name) I think a list of environmentally friendly cements, linking from the main cement page may be a good idea. Merging all these things in to one article is not the best approach as the information presented on all of these technologies could be expanded upon significantly. Noodle snacks 02:25, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A Plea for Common Sense from John Harrison

[edit] The Brand Name Diffusion Fiasco

Eco-Cement is eco-cement and yes it is a brand name TecEco has used since inception covering a blend of reactive magnesia and another hydraulic cement such as Portland cement and usually a pozzolan.

The point is that Wikipedia exists to provide information about what is important, brand name or not so please stop running this diversionary arguement about it being a brand name and therefore it should be deleted.

[edit] The Capitals Cop Out

The capitals arguement is also irrelevant. TecEco own the brand name in upper and lower case through common law usage (hundreds if not thousands of articles including many important sources as cited) We don't really mind which Wiki contributors use as long as you stick to recording fact not making up fiction.

[edit] Making Eco-Cement Generic

This would really be writing history. Who is it that thinks they have the right?

Several have incorrectly referred to other users of the name as being a reason to make it generic. This would be rewriting fact and not the purpose of an encyclopedia. Closer scrutiny is required. What is happening is that many are trying to rip off the publicity associated with the eco-cement technology, environmentally friendly reputation and product. The dog shit cement referred to by Argyriou is irrelevant and he seems unable to support it with references. My research indicates it is an yet another example of an unimportant rip-off or our name that post dates our common law right. The reference to Lin, K.L.; Chiang, K.Y.; Lin, C.Y. (June 2005). "Hydration characteristics of waste sludge ash that is reused in eco-cement clinkers". Cement and Concrete Research 35 (6): 1074–1081 also falls into the category of a minor post dated rip off of the name. Taiheiyo released ecocement (all one word) around 2002 (thus post dating our contribution to science and the effort to stop global warming). It is a more disguised post dated rip off of our name some years after we started using the name eco-cement. In this respect Bláthnaid 12:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC) did inadequate research. I repeat, the Japanese product is called ecocement (all one word) not eco-cement. Taiheiyo will probably get away with it legally and we have no plans to challenge them (they are bigger than us!!).

It is discouraging that so many Wikipedians seem to want to have a hand in rewriting fact or history, not in putting together a world class assemblage of actual fact! Wikipedia exists to record only so those who suggest the page be generalised need to be aware that eco-cement or Eco-Cement is a blend of reactive magnesia and another hydraulic cement such as Portland cement and usually a pozzolan. It is not something or anything else. It is important and should be referenced and the arguement about brand names is a red herring.

I agree however that Wikipedia would be diminished if it became an advertising bill board so edit it down if you like but do not change the name as doing so would be reinventing both history and sience.

[edit] Changing the name of the Page

One or two people have made the comment that the name eco-cement should not be there as it is a brand name.

The precursor to modern day cement was invented by Smeaton in 1759. It was Joseph Aspidin that gave his particular and superior formulation the name "Portland cement". The most used material on the planet next to water was originally a brand name. Who still thinks it should be deleted?

[edit] A Page About Environmentally Friendly Cements

If I had the time I would write a page on environmentally friendly cement and refer to the page on eco-cements. If anybody does have the time then they should include geopolymers, tec and eco-cements, slag and fly ash cements, belite sulphoaluminate cements and a whole host of other formulations I have referred to in some of my articles on our web site at [7]. Unless you really are an expert please stay away from the task as remember, Wikipedia exists to record important facts, not create them.

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The result was delete — FireFox ^(talk) _{14:27, 29 August 2006}

[edit] Celebrity Big Brother (UK series 5)

The article is about a television series that, if it actually goes ahead, won't be happening until January. _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 00:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep So what if it wont be going ahead till January. It is still going ahead and therefore, along with all the other Big Brother articles, deserves an entry Jezabelda 24 August 2006, 01:37

• The article has no new information in it that isn't already elsewhere, and it's unsourced. WP:V _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 00:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - the article is not speculative. It is about a future event. The fact that it's about a future event does not make it speculative. The article is about a notable subject that belongs in wikipedia. - Richardcavell 01:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• If a source can be provided that says that this series of Big Brother is actually happening, I'll withdraw this AfD nomination and start discussion on the article's talk page. _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 01:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I found this which mentions the "next" Celebrity Big Brother in January.

However, the site is going nowhere - Big Brother UK Website - and definitely the Big Brother Forums - will remain online for the foreseeable future, so you can expect to find us online in a brand new format (which is being kept under wraps for now!) in January for the next series of Celebrity Big Brother!

Not much left for us to say, apart from may the best housemate win and thanks to all of you lot for your continued support and for visiting the site and choosing us as your choice for everything Big Brother! See you in January! --Wafulz 01:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• How reliable is that? _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 01:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• I honestly couldn't tell you- they seem to be a very well established website that's been running since the show's premier in 2000. However, they're not marked "official" anywhere that I can see. --Wafulz 01:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Merge into Big Brother (UK). Half of the article is unsourced speculation; Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. The only real fact here is a date, which doesn't need an article of its own to mention. It can be split off into its own article when more information (such as who is participating) becomes available. Extraordinary Machine 03:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. As the long-running program is already clearly notable - I think info regarding a confirmed upcoming series of the show is also notable. It will be not much more than a stub for a few months, but I don't think that really matters as the article clearly will grow. The info on the page does need to be cited though.CindyLooWho 03:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep if and only if a properly cited source can be provided during the duration of this AfD discussion; otherwise merge and redirect to Big Brother (UK)#Celebrity Big Brother until confirmation of the show's go-ahead. --Stormie 05:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete for now, the article curtrently is speculative having no sources. And adds nothing to WIkipedia. WHen dates are confirmed or Davina is confirmed as being contracted to do it (with sourcing) then it can come back. For now it is just pointless --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 09:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Fairly certain to go ahead, but this might be a harbinger of overenthusiastic editors making articles many series in advance. Jefffire 10:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Temporary Delete it does currently fail 'wikipedia is not a crystal ball. - Blood red sandman 10:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete and re-create when it's officially confirmed and appropriate citations can be given. -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 18:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as far as I can make out, there is no verifiable information about this possible future series, and wikipedia is not a crystal ball. An article can be made when there's actually some information to be put in it. Robotforaday 18:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. There are plenty of future events that are very likely to occur; that doesn't mean we need to create placeholder articles for them before any official information is available. This is an encyclopedia. That means reliable information comes first, and then we write the article. Those who want to speculate, kindly go and speculate somewhere appropriate. That is, somewhere not here. — Haeleth Talk 19:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as above; WP is not a crystal ball, and this contains no information that a link to the other articles on the series would not provide. We lose nothing by leaving this space blank until there is such a series, and something to say about it. JCScaliger 20:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Davinia McCall said at the end of BB7 "See you in January for Celebrity", I believe. HornetMike 21:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete without prejudice. As it stands, this is a crystal ball, but if an official confirmation that this is in production is found it would be fine. BryanG^(talk) 22:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, this should not be used as a reason for deletion when the information is found or the show comes into existence. JCScaliger 22:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete but only for now. There are articles on individual Big Brother seasons, of course, but my feeling is it's a bit premature. Make sure it's mentioned at the main BB article, and when the show actually goes forward (as in there's information beyond speculation to print) then by all means recreate it. An exception would be if for some reason the new season becomes somehow noteworthy before broadcast (such as the controversy that has erupted regarding the yet-to-be-broadcast new edition of US Survivor.) 23skidoo 22:27, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - article is almost entirely speculative. -- Whpq 00:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - If it has not been confirmed yet then it should not be an article yet, it's the same reason the PlayStation 4 article was delete a few weeks ago. TJ Spyke 01:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - There is nothing wrong with articles on TV series whose airdates are pending, they provide useful information. I only wish this one cited sources. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
  • If they haven't confirmed this season yet then it should not have a page, that is the same policy that applies to movies/video games/other stuff that hasn't been confirmed. TJ Spyke 03:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Jlambert 00:45, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• keep There is no point in deleting this. Jiei 01:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 08:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buck the World

This article is entirely unreferenced and purely speculative. John254 00:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep First hit off of Google --Wafulz 01:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep I get it as number two. Leuko 02:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep But more information and sources need to be added as they become available. kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and include anything necessary under Young Buck, where I see this album is already listed. JCScaliger 20:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Provides potentially useful information about notable topic and is not "purely speculative." Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
• Keep This article should not be deleted because it is an official album, and gives people informarion on the upcomming album. Darkneonflame 03:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep If this gets deleted, the cabal must destroy all articles in [Category:Upcoming albums] (over 250 articles, many with the only reference being the artists website). Mceder 15:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 14:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sgha

This article was PRODed, but the tag was removed with no discussion. SGHA is nominated for deletion as an organization failing verifiability, as an article failing WP:VAIN, and as WP:OR, not to mention that it misses the mark on WP:ORG -- Whpq 00:58, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete (I was original prodder), elaborate description of kids playing street hockey after school in one Canadian town. NawlinWiki 01:02, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — per nom. SynergeticMaggot 01:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable local amateur league. Fails WP:ORG, probably WP:V, WP:OR, and WP:VANITY as well. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:12, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Don't Delete This article relates to a small hockey league in a small Canadian town, organized by a few dedicated volunteers. It was organized to allow underprivileged youth from the surrounding area to participate in hockey for free. It is important to the community and we thought it would be fun for the kids to be able to read about themselves online. It completely arrogant to suggest this isn't important; it has made a big difference in the lives of several kids. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cameronbuttz (talk • contribs).(user's only edit)
  • If you want the kids to be able to read about themselves online, why not make a page on MySpace or even eteamz.com? This, however, is a general reference encyclopedia, and the criterion for including articles is not, unfortunately, whether they make someone happy or whether they make a difference to "several kids". See Wikipedia:Notability. NawlinWiki 01:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Don't Delete SGHA does not fail verifiability as news of the league has been reported on quite frequently in several local newspapers as a venue where the premier roller hockey players in the region gather to compete. There has also been a long standing, and very significant SGHA webpage, which until recently was the source for all SGHA-related information. Many of the techniques and strategies formulated within the SGHA league hierarchy have been implemented in professional rollerhockey associations across Southern Ontario, most notably the Greater Toronto Inline Hockey League. The SGHA is widely known, with hubs of interest pocketed across the country, and in many cases across the continent. Locations as varied as Portland, Calgary, Toronto, and New York City have all had their own unique and significant experiences with the organization. I will do my best to update this entry with the correct references and format in due time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.119.232.186 (talk • contribs). (user's only edit)
  • Please cite those newspaper reports. Uncle G 08:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom -Ladybirdintheuk 11:13, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and Kinu -Draicone ^(talk) 22:29, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Don't Delete The SGHA is a well known developmental/summer league in the Greater Toronto Area. Those who have chosen to delete it are extremely unfamiliar with it and thus are therefore threatened by it's reality. Many professional players play in this league during their off-season. Most Americans are unfamiliar with the SGHA term. A conflict of cultures is apparent in those who are attempting to delete this entry. 23:47, 15 August 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zinco100 (talk • contribs).
  • Just a note, the preceding comment was unsigned by a user who's only 3 contributions start with a personal attack on my talk page (I won't be pursuing it as it isnt worded very offensively, and per WP:BITE) and then voting here, the third edit being to prepend his vote with a '*' that he may have forgotten. However, he has a valid point; please take this account when commenting here. (AfD is not a vote)
  • It seems odd that we've had two users with accounts made solely for the purpose of voting on this... sockpuppetry by the article starter? WP:SOCK --Draicone ^(talk) 22:54, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: Instead of making accusatory generalizations about other editors' abilities to objective assess whether an article meets Wikipedia's inclusion standards, consider improving the article to meet these standards, i.e., by verifying your claims of notability by citing reliable sources. And for what it's worth, I am quite the hockey fan, despite living in steamy Texas. No bias here. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:52, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Oh, and Zinco, nominating other articles for deletion because they happen to be created by other editors who are recommending deletion of this one, like you did here, isn't a good way to help your case. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Don't Delete - organizational verification [8] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sunstorm34 (talk • contribs). Account whose edits consist of those to the article in question and this AfD.
  • Comment - That links doesn't actually, uh, go anywhere. WilyD 13:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: That link appears to go to an error page. For what its worth, I've found zero Google hits and no Factiva references for this club to date. If you have other sources, please don't hesitate to source the article. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:26, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete A roller hockey league in a town of 50,000? Um, no. -- Kicking222 21:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Dont Delete - In contrast to NawlinWiki's post. There is no mention of "school, afterschool, or "street" hockey in the article.(Zinco100 23:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)) User has already made recommendation; see above.
• Dont Delete - In contrast to NawlinWiki's post. There is no mention of "school, afterschool, or "street" hockey in the article.(Zinco100 23:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC))
• Note Struck out user's second "vote", despite this not being a "vote". Note that this user also left a personal attack on my talkpage, as he previously did with Draicone and Kinu. -- Kicking222 23:31, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Note Kicking222 uses the term "personal attack" as a scapegoat due to his inability to debate/accept accurate information and statements. Suggesting Kicking222 should formally refrain from posting on any Canadian content is not a personal attack. It is a factual statement to keep Wikipedia from becoming an American melting pot of information.(Zinco100 05:57, 17 August 2006 (UTC))
    • Response Zinco100, please note that you are in no position to suggest that a user refrain from editing - WP:BOLD. And per WP:VERIFY, your 'factual' statement is unverified and therefore not suitable for Wikipedia. --Draicone ^(talk) 07:42, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note Struck out Kicking222's bulleted point, judging by his user information page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kicking222) he is marked by several items that suggests a lack of normal maturity. For example, repeatedly using the words "d*mn" and "sh*t" in his profile. By no means is this adolescent prepared discuss any article's relevance in Wikipedia.(Zinco100 06:11, 17 August 2006 (UTC))
  • Response This is no reason to strike his vote. I see no problem with his participation on Wikipedia and would rather doubt your ability to remain civil and be aware when you are wrong. Wikipedia does not censor content, as there is no need to. --Draicone ^(talk) 22:31, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

The AfD no longer needs to be paused. Feel free to continue putting forward your opinion.

• Comment what is there to pause? The AFD process is in place to provide discussion to come to a concensus on the action to take for the article under consideration. The stated reasons for the nomination are:

  1. Verifiability
  2. Vanity
  3. Original Research
  4. Organization

• In the discussion so far, I don't see any of the comments in favour of keeping teh article really address these points very well. -- Whpq 13:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: The AfD process is designed to allow for improvement of the article within the five day course of listing. I feel that enough good faith has been given to Zinco100 (and any of the other supporters of the article, for that matter), despite the personal attacks, generalizations, WP:POINT violation in nominating another article for deletion. I have seen no desire by the supporters to improve the article to meet WP:V as explained herein, despite repeated requests to do so, and thus there is no need to break process in this instance. --Kinu ^t/_c 13:48, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note Draicone, I'm sorry to burst your bubble but there is no hierarchy of authority in regards to deleting pages based on Wikipedia experience. It doesn't matter if a user is newly registered or been on here since the beginning. We are all equal. I refuse to be bullied. (Zinco100 16:07, 17 August 2006 (UTC))
• Response Zinco100, I'm not saying that there is a hierarchy of authority for AfD. However, new users are not always familiar with policy, such as the four listed above by Whpq which clearly apply in this situation. In addition, I am not attempting to bully you. However, if you feel this way, then WP:BITE no longer applies and the standard policies that Whpq listed above state that this article should be deleted, end of story. Failing notability generally is not an issue, but verifiability, vanity and original research don't give very much reason to keep the article. If you feel it deserves a place on the web, I suggest you put it on Wikia. --Draicone ^(talk) 07:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Note: This AfD does not appear to be transcluded anywhere, due to this edit. Listing it on today's page for eventual closure. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. It seems like the general consensus is to do so, but I'm adding another vote to make it clear in light of all the debate and argument. It doesn't satisfy on counts of verifiability, vanity, notability, OR, organization, neologisms and perhaps even the spirit of WP:NFT (yes, I know it wasn't made up in school per se) in that it uses seemingly unique rules for roller hockey. SliceNYC 01:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete This is far too minor of an organization to have its own article. --Wafulz 01:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete because. Danny Lilithborne 02:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete An amateur neighborhood league? Definately not notable. Leuko 02:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I guess it needs to be said...While I can respect the feelings that some of these anons have completely, the fact of the matter is that this AfD is not about censorship or picking favorites or suggesting the organization isn't important to the children. It is about if the Article can pass all of Wikipedia's rules. Let me help out a bit so the people new to wikipedia understand. The real problem with this article is that it doesn't follow the three pillars of wikipedia. An article must be Verifiable through multiple, reliable, reputable, independent, third-party sources. It must not be original research, which means there are no sources to back up the claims of the author(s). It must also have a neutral point-of-view and not show bias. As a guideline for the above rules, an article must cite it's notability with reliable sources and be must be encyclopaedic. This article fails to meet WP:V, some sections of WP:OR, does not follow the guideline of WP:CITE or WP:RS. Wikipedia is a tertiary source that includes material on the basis of verifiability, not truth. An article on this org must cite multiple, reliable, secondary, independent of the organization, non-trivial, third-party sources such as books, magazines, and papers that have national and/or international coverage. The articles must be based, or completely focused on just this org. Just a mention in passing is not acceptable (as it is concidered a trivial source...even if it is in the New York Times...the source isn't trivial, but the coverage by the source was. So far no one has shown that there are reliable secondary sources that fit this criteria for this article. Wikipedia:Verifiability is one of Wikipedia's three content-guiding policies. The other two are Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (as explained above). Jointly, these policies determine the type and quality of material that is acceptable in the main namespace. They should not be interpreted in isolation from one another, and editors should therefore try to familiarize themselves with all three. The principles upon which these three policies are based are non-negotiable and cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. In essence, please explain why this article should be allowed to not follow WP:V when all other articles must. I hope this helps understand my take on this discussion --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 03:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Obvious delete for completeness' sake - non-notable local organization. Opabinia regalis 03:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep All it needs is to be wikifyed (it already has had the template informing about that) kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)please note this user's vote history
  • Comment Keep? Please explain why this article should be allowed to ignore WP:V. --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 03:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: Can't this discussion simply be closed- and this article deleted- already? The AfD has already been up for 10 days, and there's a very clear consensus pointing towards deletion. Why not just get rid of this now? -- Kicking222 04:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:ORG. The article cites no sources, and the league gets only three Google hits; one from Wikipedia and two from its own site at Geocities. [9] --Metropolitan90 04:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as a non-notable local amateur sports league. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 04:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Brian's eloquent explanation of Wikipedia's principles. --Stormie 05:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unsourced, unverifiable. Easy as 3.14159265358979...WilyD 13:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 08:52, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Voices (song)

Non-notable song. No real content to warrant its own page. - Stezton 09:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Incomplete AfD nomination not transcluded on any log page. Listing it here. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. There's little content (and nothing that would be worth a merge), and I doubt it would pass any possible song criteria. -- Kicking222 02:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Leuko 02:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The Sickness says already says about the amount of information as the atricle. kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete not notable, void of encyclopedic value --Mecanismo | Talk 10:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, just non-notable. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 12:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above --Wildnox 21:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete since this song sucks poop! --Nintendude ^message 00:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Metamagician3000 11:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Windsor Downtown Travelodge Hotel

A 12-story hotel run by an international chain that gives no evidence of being more than your run-of-the-mill establishment without distinguishing features. This articles is part of a series about buildings in Windsor, Ontario, one of which has already been deleted (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solidarity Towers). Indrian 18:42, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

• Merge into "urban renewal" or "high-rise buildings" section in Windsor, Ontario article? User:Raccoon Fox • Talk • Stalk 16:30, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Incomplete AfD nomination not transcluded on any log page. Listing it here. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete not notable. Leuko 03:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Leuko or Merge per Raccoon Fox kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - remove it outright. Why merge? If this is merged, then the same reasoning would apply to every building in Windsor. -- Whpq 16:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Wonderfully quirky and of interest to Windsor-philes: Wikipedia should not delete articles just because they are random, since they enhance wikipedia's interestingness. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
• Delete - not notable, no need to merge. - David Oberst 06:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep per Arenacle. - Mailer Diablo 08:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spiderman (truck)

Duplicate stub, also on Spiderman (Hummer truck) -HKMARKS 18:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Incomplete AfD nomination not transcluded on any log page. Listing it here. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to one or the other. --Wafulz 01:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect = free. Leuko 03:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect its the oobvious choice. --Edgelord 14:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirected Spiderman (Hummer truck) to Spiderman (truck), and added information linking the two vehicles. As such, Keep this article, and I will move it to Spider-Man (truck) when the AFD is closed (which it appears the proper name is).Arenacale 00:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 08:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pokémon ability

• Wikipedia is not a game guide. Edit: I just want to add right up front for the closing admin to make sure there is no confusion that this article is merely a list of every ability the various pokemon have in the various pokemon games, what these abilities do, and which pokemon have them. Therefore the sole purpose of the article is to be an in-depth guide to a facet of a video game. Here is a quote from WP:NOT: "Instruction manuals - while Wikipedia has descriptions of people, places, and things, Wikipedia articles should not include instruction - advice (legal, medical, or otherwise), suggestions, or contain "how-to"s. This includes tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals, video game guides, and recipes." (Emphasis added) To quote Wikipedia:Deletion Policy: "[I]t's worth noting that (as with all Wikipedia consensus decisions), the purpose of a discussion is to bring out a "sense of the community" and the valid points for or against each view. So deletion is not a strict "count of votes", but rather a judgement based upon experience and taking into account the policy-related points made by those contributing (emphasis added). The policy arguement for deletion is that it is a violation of the WP:NOT point quoted above. The keep votes are based mostly on an desire by pokemon fans to keep an article they have worked on and find useful, but no arguement has been made relating to policy, nor has the proposition that the article violates WP:NOT been refuted. Just some food for thought. Indrian 01:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Whoa, hold it! Wouldn't it be more appropriate to discuss this on the article's talk page instead of instantly nominating it for deletion? I'm not for deleting the article, but I also see how it doesn't qualify for the Best Article award. Maybe it could use more expository text and have more of an overview of what a Pokémon ability is instead of being merely a huge list. Several people put a lot of work into this article (there's a lot of Pokémon to list and link); it'd be a shame to lose it so fast. --Brandon Dilbeck 01:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • It is none of my concern whether a lot of people have worked on this article or not. Please read WP:NOT, paying particular attention to the part about wikipedia not being a game guide. This article violates policy, and I see no way this article could be changed to not violate policy. AfD is the proper venue for this discussion. Indrian 01:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I say Keep because this article is relatively new and could be fixed to have more generic information in it, rather than being a big list of data. With the new Pokémon game coming out soon, there may soon be a plethora of information to add. --Brandon Dilbeck 02:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Though there are other wikis where concerned Pokemaniacs can harvest info, a small article is ok.Bakaman _Bakatalk 01:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Actually, no it is not because it violates policy. I hope that if this keep vote trend continues the admin who closes this AfD will take a close look at the article and a close look at policy and realize that this article is in violation. Indrian 02:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep TJ Spyke 02:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom - we're not a game guide, although there are obviously sites out there which are or don't mind being. BigHaz 02:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Further, the information on the specific abilities of the creatures either is already or should probably be in the articles on the creatures themselves, rather than here. This makes it look very gameguidey. BigHaz 05:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete WP:NOT, WP:V, WP:OR. Even merging is not an option as nothing here can be saved without looking like a 'how to' or 'guide'. -Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 02:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Brian. Leuko 03:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and prosify. Possibly provide longer, more gradual intro to abilities. This is not OR, the game guides for all the G3 games list abilities and descriptions, as well as which Pokemon they are on. I will gradually be rewriting/prosifying/modifying this article. TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 03:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The work is complete. A lot of it was copied from in-game descriptions. The new listings note similarities to other abilities as well as stat boosts. The game is very vague on the latter and does not cover the former. I also notice WP:V is a non-factor, it's also not OR. TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 03:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Transwikify to Wikibooks kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I don't think this would be good on 'Books. TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 03:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete it's a game guide. Move somewhere else if there's anywhere that wants it, but we shouldn't have it. Opabinia regalis 03:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete: It's not fit to have its own article. Perhaps certain information could be merged into the Ruby and Sapphire article, as long as it doesn't list out the abilities and their effects... That's irrelevant to Wikipedia.--Coltonblue 03:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Although it could do with references moving onto the article itself instead of via wikilinks, it passes WP:V, my most important test. For the WP:NOTABLE crowd, it also clearly passes by virtue of being Pokémon. The information detailed within this article cannot be currently aquired in a concise form within wikipedia, and hence this article serves a purpose. I also see no instructions on the explicit use of these abilities (implict use by their description alone is unavoidable, but hence not an issue), or a guide about them. LinaMishima 06:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I also believe that AfD without prior discussion on a long-standing and well-edited article is very bad practice. Discussion first will result in either a consensus to delete in advance (saving a lot of trouble), or the article being fixed. LinaMishima 06:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Reading this article doesn't help make me a better Pokémon player, hence it's not really game guide-esque. --SaturnYoshi 06:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Hold up! Where does it cite sources? Why should this article be allowed to ignore WP:V, WP:CITE, and WP:RS when all other articles must follow them? While I can respect the feelings that some of the other editors have completely, the fact of the matter is that this AfD is not about censorship or picking favorites or suggesting that pokemon isn't important to children or such. It is about if the Article can pass all of Wikipedia's rules. Let me help out a bit so the people new to wikipedia understand. The real problem with this article is that it doesn't follow the three pillars of wikipedia. An article must be Verifiable through multiple, reliable, reputable, independent, third-party sources. It must not be original research, which means there have to be sources to back up the claims of the author(s) and all information provided in the article. It must also have a neutral point-of-view and not show bias. As a guideline for the above rules, an article must cite it's information with reliable sources and be must be encyclopaedic. This article fails to meet WP:V, sections of WP:OR (if not all of OR), does not follow the guideline of WP:CITE or WP:RS. Wikipedia is a tertiary source that includes material on the basis of verifiability, not truth. This article must cite multiple, reliable, secondary, independent of the organization, non-trivial, third-party sources such as books, magazines, and papers that have national and/or international coverage. The articles must be based, or completely focused on just pokemon (and in this case, the powers). Just a mention in passing is not acceptable (as it is concidered a trivial source...even if it is in the New York Times...the source isn't trivial, but the coverage by the source was). So far no one has shown that there are reliable secondary sources that fit this criteria for this article. Wikipedia:Verifiability is one of Wikipedia's three content-guiding policies. The other two are Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (as explained above). Jointly, these policies determine the type and quality of material that is acceptable in the main namespace. They should not be interpreted in isolation from one another, and editors should therefore try to familiarize themselves with all three. The principles upon which these three policies are based are non-negotiable and cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. In essence, please explain why this article should be allowed to not follow WP:V when all other articles must. While we know that pokemon is Verifiable, where are the New York Times, Washington Post, or CBS nightly news report on the pokemon abilities? I hope this helps understand my take on this discussion. --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 07:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Reply There are ungoing debates over the use of wikilinks as references. Whilst featuring the references themselves is generally better, if a direct wikilink has the reference this also tends to count. Secondly, Primary sources are valid sources for indisputable facts, such as the engine of a car, or rules within a game. If you read WP:NOR and WP:RS, this use of primary sources is allowed, if not perfect. It should also be noted that the article clearly meets WP:NPOV. LinaMishima 08:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep. The section where it lists what abilities each Pokémon has should simply be on the individual Pokémon pages, however a general article describing the gameplay mechanics of abilities (i.e., everything above the list) is fine with me as long as it doesn't become a game guide. BryanG^(talk) 07:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I would change to keep ONLY if the lists were removed permanently and sources cited for all the information above the lists (and not links to other wikipedia articles but actual links outside of wikipedia. Or books/magazine/tv references) --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 07:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • How do you cite a video game? I'm just ignorant--I'd do it if I knew how. Regardless, I didn't use any external resources to write the upper paragraphs (above the list), just my own personal knowledge of what Pokémon have which abilities. Besides, the List of Mario series items is also video-game-related and it doesn't seem to cite any resources as well. --Brandon Dilbeck 14:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment So Brandon, by your comment you admit this is original research. --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 15:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • My research wasn't original; this information can be found in many places on the Internet and it's been published in many playing guides and even in the game itself. I was just stating why the upper paragraphs didn't have citations--because I didn't know how. But I think I got them right now. --Brandon Dilbeck 19:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as a central concept of the Pokémon game, but maybe remove the listing of specific abilities. JIP | Talk 09:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• I'm getting the feeling that the insisting of deletion here may be prejudice against Pokemon. Although I'm not a Pokemon fan myself I do agree with those who say the article may merely just need cleaning up rather than a full scale deletion. --204.116.124.117 09:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment This whole Pokemon cruft thing has gotten out of hand. They should really start their own wiki along with professional wrestling and the legions of wannabe indie bands. --Xrblsnggt 09:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete void of any encyclopedic value. Wikipedia is not a publisher of game guides. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep — article needs to be cleanup. Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 14:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep As one of the main contributors to this page(fixing links, adding secondary effects), I believe this article should stay. As mentioned before it is a central concept of the games, and as a central concept I believe there should be a page describing and listing all of the abilities. The article does need a bit cleaning up, but other than that there is no reason for deletion. 0-172 16:39, 24 August (UTC)
  • A page listing and describing all the abilities is a game guide in violation of policy. Cleaning it up will not save it. Indrian 17:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • I'm all for having an article that explains what Pokémon abilities are, which assumes no prior experience of Pokémon, and generally describes some of the various types of abilities. But a listing of each specific ability and which Pokémon creatures have that is utter gamecruft, and should be removed. JIP | Talk 18:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
      • However surely the article you propose, stripped of descriptions of all but a handful of abilities and without additional information is of less intrinsic value than the current article? It would, however, be more immediately accessable - but this is easily fixable in the current article. LinaMishima 19:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
        • The question is not one of value but of being encyclopedic. If one wants a description of Pokemon abilities, one should go to GameFAQs. Wikipedia is not a substitute for the internet. Indrian 19:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
          • I don't see why not--isn't it Wikipedia's goal to absorb as much knowledge as possible? I don't see why this list should be less important than a list of Gargoyles episodes--are we implying that television is more important than video games? Never mind, this isn't the place to discuss this. --Brandon Dilbeck 20:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
            • If Wikipedia's goal was to "absorb as much knowledge as possible", then every single non-notable vanity article would have been kept. I've written articles about my former company, a fan club I'm part of, and myself. All got deleted for non-notability, and I agree with the result. If you really want "as much knowledge as possible", I can document every single old newspaper, empty beer can, and ball of dust I have lying around. JIP | Talk 20:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Cleanup — Based on the desriptions of the abilities, which delve into things like HP's &c., most of the content is pretty clearly game guide. It needs a significant re-write to bring it in line with wikipedias consensus policies. I suppose the creature combos could be moved to the individual creature pages, in the manner of "other creatures with this ability". — RJH (talk) 19:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- Neier 21:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. TJ Spyke 22:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC) TJ Spyke 22:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. -- Selmo 00:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I'm not sure the full list of abilities is necessary, but I don't see anything wrong with having the article. Ace of Sevens 00:34, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep Edgecution 00:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep per Brandon Dilbeck - Sonic3KMaster(鉄也)^(talk) 01:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Pokemon = cool. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
• Delete WP is not a game guide. --- Hong Qi Gong 03:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup, explaining important aspects of games is part of providing an encyclopedic treatment. Not a "how-to" so the prohibition on game guides is obviously being misapplied. Kappa 04:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep & cleanup Havok (T/C/c) 12:20, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep One day, we will have accumulated enough pokemoncruft to create an entirely separate pokemonwiki and we can all celebrate by transwikying this ballast! Eusebeus 20:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • That exists, right here. TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 00:03, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wp is not a game guide--Peephole 21:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Dare I cite WP:PKMN? TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 00:06, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • You certainly can if you want. But what an essay which amounts to a personal opinion of the author(s) proves about whether or not this article violates a policy is beyond me. Indrian 00:16, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• comment. I don't understand the jump between an article being about a game and being a game guide. To my mind, a game guide gives you hints and suggestions about strategies, etc. Documenting facts about a game need not constitute a guide. Also, for articles about fictional works, the work itself often serves as a perfectly good primary source. — brighterorange (talk) 04:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree that this can be a difficult area to define. To me, it usually comes down to focus. Obviously, an article must give a general overview of how a game works in order to convey the subject properly. However, when an article begins to go into every facet of a game, or a part of a game, then it is starting to cross the line. By analogy, a plot summary is necessary to explaining a novel, but a chapter by chapter summary goes beyond explaining what the book is about and becomes a substitute for the novel itself. As for pokemon, describing the role abilities play in the game and giving one or two examples helps inform on the game. Something this comprehensive can only be useful to one attempting to formulate game strategy even if the article does not give specific strategies itself. In other words, only one playing the game requires this level of deatil. That, to me, is what makes it a game guide. Indrian 04:51, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• I have added a proposal to the article's talk page. This would remove all the Pokemon names from the list and would certainly make the article seem less Pokecrufty. Please provide feedback on this proposal. --Brandon Dilbeck 05:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I disagree and would put the Catagories into a Deletion review, personally. There is no reason for catagories on 'growth' or 'lightning' just to catagorize the characters. The articles on the characters are enough. There is no need to catagorize them or even have a 'list' like this. Remove the list, leave the top paragraph but reference the hell out of it. Why do we need a list when it is easy enough for people to look directly at each characters' page and/or get a free game guide/FAQ online? The only people who would be interested in knowing this information are the people who play the games...hence it is a game guide. --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 16:30, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Please see my reply to that in the article's talk page. I don't want to cause the same discussion to happen in two different places. --Brandon Dilbeck 17:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete didn't we delete this a while ago? On their own, abilities lack any distinct encylopedic value. Highway ^{Return to Oz...} 23:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:04, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UWICK

Non-notable. Delete. RobJ1981 02:00, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Incomplete AfD nomination not transcluded on any log page. Listing it here. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. The subject doesn't meet proposed criteria in WP:SOFTWARE and is largely limited to use by Washington students. Also, I've moved your deletion recommendation with your nomination so others don't get confused- it's not even necessary to mention that you support deletion given that you nominated it. --Wafulz 01:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable. Leuko 03:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge with University of Washington kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:SOFTWARE. The software would only be used by persons at one particular university, not the general public. --Metropolitan90 04:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per User:Metropolitan90. JIP | Talk 09:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete not notable, void of any encyclopedic value --Mecanismo | Talk 10:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — WP:SOFTWARE, not notable enough. Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 14:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:SOFTWARE. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was No Concensus. Teke^(talk) 19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Empires: Dawn of the Modern World Gameplay

This is nothing more than an instruction manual for this game, and wikipedia is not a game guide. Indrian 01:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete or redirect to Empires: Dawn of the Modern World --Wafulz 02:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, explaining how a game works is not the same as being an instruction manual. Kappa 02:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • ummmm, that is exactly what an instruction manual does, explains how something works. This is a guide on how to play the game and on how various facets of the game work. That makes this a game guide in violation of official policy. Indrian 02:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • An instruction manual explains how to do something, that's what "instruction" means. An encylopedia's duty is exactly to explain how various facets of the game work. Kappa 03:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Have you ever read an instruction manual for a computer game? They usually include both information on how to play the game as well as information on what various things do so that the player knows how best to use them. Anyway, why don't I just quote WP:NOT: "Instruction manuals - while Wikipedia has descriptions of people, places, and things, Wikipedia articles should not include instruction - advice (legal, medical, or otherwise), suggestions, or contain "how-to"s. This includes tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals, video game guides, and recipes. Note that this does not apply to the Wikipedia: namespace, where "how-to"s relevant to editing Wikipedia itself are appropriate, such as Wikipedia:How to draw a diagram with Dia. If you're interested in a how-to style manual, you may want to look at Wikihow or our sister project Wikibooks." I have often been at odds with you on AfD, but this is the first time I have seen you blatantly disregard an official policy. Indrian 04:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
        • Game manuals obviously have to explain how the game works, in the same way an encylopedia does. We've already established that this isn't a "how-to". Kappa 04:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
          • And pray tell how is this not a video game guide? Indrian 04:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per Wafulz. TJ Spyke 03:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect and/or Transwikify to Wikibooks kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

  Comment: Wikibooks is not the place for game guides any longer. I believe you're looking for StrategyWiki. -- nae'blis 03:45, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete void ofany encyclopedic value. Wikipedia is not a publisher of game guides. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: this is Wikipedia, not GameFaqs. I doubt Wikibooks would accept this either, so transwikifying is not an option. In addition to being a game guide, it's also largely incomprehensible: what on earth is "Citzens [sic]] build buildings, with the exception of England and the United Kingdom" supposed to mean, and why is it such an important fact that it's in the lead section? Bizarre. — Haeleth Talk 19:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I don't know about it not being able to transfer to wikibooks. I think that that if you are completly unmovable on keeping this, other solutions can be found. You're saying that wikibooks won't accept this? All it takes is a little love and a little editing to make it up to snuff for transfering (I've already done a spell check and rewrote the into). If you are not willing to accept that solution we could tranfer to it to strategy wiki. Your basis for no one else not accepting this is justified, but I think fixing it is fizable (and already underway). Of course I'd like to keep it, but I'm willing to negoiate. What are your thoughts? --Clyde Miller 00:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Um...I'm the person that wrote this article, as well as much of Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, and I wasn't aware that I was breaking policy with this. I thought it added understanding to the game article if someone wants to look further into the game or how it's played. I know it looks like I suck at writing, but I haven't had time to edit this and Empires: Dawn of the Modern World simultaneously. I did most of this myself, but I could see about minimizing it or wikifying it if you guys don't like it. If you look at the main article I was able to summarize the gameplay with the knowledge in mind that if someone wanted to look up more into the gameplay they could so. Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is up for GA nomination right now, and I'm just worried it will be failed because the gameplay article was suddenly wiped from the face of the Earth, which would make the Gameplay section look rather pathetic. I'm also rather sad that Indrian decided to go after this one article. I thought I was doing a good thing by making this only one article. I noticed that articles like Runescape have 16 articles that could be considered exactly the same thing as I'm writing, so would it be better for me to split this into a few more articles and you guys can decide which sections should be up for deletion? I'm really up for any solution other than deleting, and I'm hoping that can be done.--Clyde Miller 21:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Userify; these are genuine concerns, and we may eventually be able to use some of this. JCScaliger 22:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment The problem with a lot of video game articles like this one (as well as articles about TV series and books) is that they seem to cater to people who are familiar with the topic...extremely familiar with the topic. Maybe if articles like this one could be written more for people who have never played the game (or never played video games at all, *gasp*) they would fit in with the other articles a bit more easily. As it stands, I can't really make a decision about this article because it doesn't relate much of anything to real life^TM. If the article is kept or userfied, a severe amount of wikification and general cleanup in tone and spelling is needed. But it may have a shot. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 01:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep I cannot understand why someone would want to delete this long and informative article. Some people don't understand this game and think games of this sort have no importance. This viewpoint is not correct in my opinion: many people think this is important. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
  • This is a straw man. Indrian 03:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • A game isn't important, noteworthy, relevant or has encyclopedic value just because someone claims it has in the middle of a pile of baseless accusations and personal attacks. I suggest that if you try to defend the article you keep your arguments objective and on topic. --Mecanismo | Talk 11:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
    • A very sharp and ironic comment. Can you help me identify what in my comment constituted an "attack" rather than a harmless statement of my opinion? I would like that. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
      • In your vote, you stated that the people voting delete do not understand the game or its importance. However, the reason given for deletion is that the article violates policy by being a game guide and no one here has advocated that the article about the game itself be deleted. Therefore, your comment is a straw man because it attacks an issue that you made up rather than one in controversy, and it is an attack because you call people ignorant rather than attacking the policy arguement. Anything still unclear? Indrian 21:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
        • It may have been a straw man (that depends on whether you think there was some "real issue" that I was ducking in my post), but was no attack. What I wrote: "Some people don't understand this game and think games of this sort have no importance." What you say I wrote: people voting delete do not understand the game or its importance. Those are two different statements. If I wrote, "people voting delete" have no idea about the importnace of the game, that might be a personal attack. But I was making a more general point that the article deals with a subject about which some (most?) people know or care very little but yet that should not preclude it from being on wikipedia. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
  • The issue is not the game's importance, but whether or not this is an encylopedic explantion of the mechanics of the game. Kappa 00:45, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and redirect to the game's page. Eusebeus 20:36, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and re-direct to Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. Edgecution 21:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:Transwiki it to Wikibooks. Davodd 09:27, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Sabotage Mine: Reduces a mine to rubble which must be moved before mining can proceed says it all. Even the title announces the WP:NOTness of the article. ~ trialsanderrors 18:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was speedy delete, no assertion of notability. NawlinWiki 17:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seven Silver Fish

Non-notable band. Appears to be vanity article. - Stezton 09:25, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. An unsigned band that has come in second out of four twice in the Spring Green, Wisconsin Battle of the Bands... has to be close to the paradigm of non-notability. · rodii · 15:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KevinPuj (talk • contribs).

Incomplete AfD nomination not transcluded on any log page. Listing it here. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Article states they have released no albums, fails WP:MUSIC. DrunkenSmurf 02:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Biggest claim to notability is that they played at their HS Homecoming. Leuko 03:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vanity page of an insignificant highschool band. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, vanity for a non-notable band. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, blatantly fails WP:MUSIC. Probably could've been speedied, since I see no assertion of notability. --Kinu ^t/_c 17:10, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: In fact, so tagged... saying The band currently has no albums released and a list of covers played at a battle of the bands contest really doesn't cut it for me for dodging CSD A7. --Kinu ^t/_c 17:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was speedy delete. W.marsh 02:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paris Campbell

Clearly not notable - nothing more needs to be said. -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 01:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy A7, no assertion of notability in there anywhere. No, being a former Miss America's granddaughter does not count. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete TJ Spyke 02:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:04, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tiago Della Vega

Notability - most Google hits for his name are from forum posts and his videos. He claims to be in the Guinness Book of Records, but a search on the Guinness site doesn't bring up anything related to him or to fast guitar players in general. Can't find any reference to him on any credible music publications. antiuser 02:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Google video is here [10]. He can make weird, but not very controlled, noises with an electric guitar <shrugs>. Band "Fermatha" isn't notable - Richfife 02:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Fermatha gets 119 Ghits, so I doubt one member is any more notable. SliceNYC 02:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - not notable, vanity. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Could someone with access to a printed copy of the Guinness Book of Records confirm his claim to be listed in it? TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 11:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete wiki is not the Guinness book of records. In any event, the article does not refer to the existence of an entry in the GBR. Ohconfucius 02:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was redirect to Panathinaikos, I don't see anything useful to merge. If someone disagrees, the history is still there. - Bobet 10:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gate 13

ok to delete since no notability or sources Anlace 04:58, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - Non-notable fanclub. --Daniel Olsen 06:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I think. Someone who reads greek may want to go over the links I added to the article, but they seem to be notable in a multi-national, regularly scheduled riots with lots of lovely property damage sort of way. I'm not sure I want to be on record voting against them. - Richfife 02:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless you can provide independent, recognized news coverage of their participation in multi-national riots. Just linking to the groups homepage does not establish notability. Leuko 03:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Reply If you do a search of the name in Greek here: [11], you'll find they regularly do fan stadium demonstrations that involve the participation of hundreds, if not thousands of people. The "Articles" section of [12] contains hundreds of entries. - Richfife 03:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: If all the sources of information are in Greek, perhaps the article should be moved to el.wiki? Leuko 03:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Reply There's presumably a separate article there already. The English Wikipedia is striving to avoid an English centric viewpoint, even though it's written in English. - Richfife 04:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Granted, but it makes it hard to verify claims of notability if everything is in Greek. On the Google search, all I found were (what I assume to be) nn fan sites. I did not note any reputable news sources making mention of the group. Leuko 04:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment According to reliable sources, an article consisting of solely foreign language sources is allowed, but not preferred. ColourBurst 04:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Foreign language sources are perfectly acceptable if they are up to the standards of WP:RS in terms of quality. I don't believe a few fan sites qualify. Leuko 04:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep but needs more info. kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable organization. Daniel's page ☎ 04:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to Panathinaikos. Fan clubs for sports teams should be discussed on Wikipedia, if at all, in the team's article. Since Gate 13 is a one-sentence article, it should be easy to merge. --Metropolitan90 04:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect per Metropolitan90 --Huon 08:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect as above - the external links can be added to the main article as well. -- Roleplayer 10:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and Redirect as above; if anybody wants to find this, that will get them there. JCScaliger 20:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect A Google search for "Gate 13" shows this subject, but as far as I can see, no individual article is needed. I'm not sure what there is to merge. -- tariqabjotu 04:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep in someone can expand. Otherwise I support tariq's redirect rationale. Williamborg (Bill) 04:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. What's so notable about it? It seems a bit local, and nothing to substantiate its claim, and even if it is substantiated, so what?? What has it done? The english site is down as I write. I see no point in redirecting. "Gate 13" is a pretty generic term, and probably exists in every airport and bus depot in every city.Ohconfucius 02:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOTE. Doesn't even deserve a merge. Daniel.Bryant 13:31, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sean Coleman

Non-notable vanity page. Does not meet WP:NN for people. Leuko 02:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Graveyard shift DJ doesn't quite do it. Even most DJ's who work when people are awake aren't notable. Nothing makes this one stand out. Fan-1967 02:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• delete per nom Anlace 02:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep but needs more info. kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom Republitarian 04:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and post to User's space for expansion. Too stubby to be useful. Wjhonson 06:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - fails WP:SPAM and/or WP:VAIN WilyD 13:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Content of this article = listen to my radio show! Delete Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
• Delete per Fan-1967. Influential among West Mids insomniacs, taxi-drivers, and refuse collectors. Second thoughts, strike refuse collectors as it is nowadays mostly done in the daytime. Ohconfucius 03:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Fan-1967. Maybe notable to hotel clerks working the overnight, clearly not notable enough Zoobeerhall 05:43, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Judson Laipply

Not sure, but nothing is cited here. I believe that this may fail WP:BIO and perhaps WP:V. Though there is a lot of claimed coverage, it isn't cited nor can I find it in a search (though my browser has been acting up ever since the last update so this may be the cause). I am going to stay neutral on this but let people decide in AfD if it should stay or go. Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 02:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment This isn't a vote so do you have an arguement on 'why' the article should be kept?--Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 04:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep with clean-up. His act has been seen by millions of people over the internet, therefore he passes WP:BIO (A large fan base, fan listing or "cult" following). The first citation on the page is from the guy's own site and the second is broken (no longer links to the specific newspaper article), so some of the facts on the page need to be cited.CindyLooWho 03:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment You took that out of context to fit your arguement. If you read it IN CONTEXT then it says Notable actors and television personalities who have appeared in well-known films or television productions. Notability can be determined by: A large fan base, fan listing or "cult" following . This only applies to movie and TV stars...not internet celebs. Nothing is cited on this page and per WP:BIO 'multiple' sources are needed...not one. So your arguement basically is just keep with nothing supporting it.--Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 04:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment: 1. As someone who seems to be "up" on Wikipedia rules, you should know better than to make an edit (even a small one) to someone else's comments in a discussion thread. I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it if I started doing it to your comments. Please don't do it to mine. If you think I took something out of context, then YOU can put it into context entirely in YOUR comment. 2. I agree that I took criteria from "notable actors and television personalities" because there is no criteria for internet video personalities and yes, I could have made that clearer. 3. The subject still passes the alternative WP:BIO "Google Test" (gets lots of distinguishable hits on Google or another well known search mechanism) by a country mile - 65,800 hits on Google for "Judson Laipply" and 634,000 for "Evolution of Dance". That alone gets my keep vote. 4. I've already agreed that independent citations are needed for a couple statements made on the page. I've fixed some and requested one more. I'm sure it can be found. If not, it only means the deletion of one sentence - not the entire page. In my personal opinion, there is no way this page should be deleted.CindyLooWho 05:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I almost never use this phrase, but his "Evolution of Dance" video is a notable Internet meme. I'll check the citations on the page to make sure there is support for its media coverage. --Metropolitan90 04:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. I have to agree with Metropolitan90. Numerous sources of citation are online and simply need to be added to the article; the video is indeed a notable meme as well (and he wasn't just on YouTube - he had the #1 viewed video on YouTube. Well, that is, according to him). --Jitterro 05:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Now that we have some citations of coverage, I'm thinking this would pass WP:V and WP:BIO. I am still staying Neutral on this however. --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 06:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Seems notable, sourced and cited. Although I haven't personally verified, it seems verifiable. Wjhonson 06:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Multiple, verifiable, non-trival sources. Catchpole 07:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless the popularity of Evolution of Dance can be verified from somewhere other than Laipply's own website. That seems to be the only claim to notability here. JCScaliger 20:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • His video can be seen on multiple independent sites. Among others, YouTube.com has no ties to Laipply - and they have had over 31 million downloads of his video (this number is seen on YouTube's "Evolution of Dance" download page). This fact is already cited on the Wiki page. Quite frankly, I think this a real no-brainer keep. Tens of millions of people know who this guy is (although granted most probably don't know his actual name). That's plenty to warrant a Wikipedia biography. CindyLooWho 23:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Then the article should say so, and not mention his website at all. This might have avoided the AfD altogether. JCScaliger 14:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Cindy, I need to point out this to you: Popularity on YouTube means nothing for notablility here at Wikipedia. The video could have 3 views or 3 billion...it doesn't matter. YouTube does not count as a 'source'. The only sources that are accepted are the media articles (magazines, books, newspaper articles, and tv reports). I just wanted to make that clear. I have seen 9 (nine) videos from YouTube (which all appeared on the most watched of all time list) removed because they did not have any reliable sources (YouTube and blogs don't count). --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 04:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. The article already includes citations of articles from the Boston Globe and the Sydney Morning Herald (the latter is actually an Associated Press article which appeared in multiple newspapers), both of which support the number of views being in the multi-millions. --Metropolitan90 07:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, but clean up - he's notable, the fact the YouTube website says he's had 31 million views should surely be enough to keep him. However, the page does need cleaning up. Shouldn't Wikipedia be about giving people information on stuff that's notable? This guy seems notable enough to me. --Tyron1 14:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep - interesting personality Doxent 12:25, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep -- And why is it that we seem to have go through this process for each and every person from Youtube? Can't we agree that after 4-6 keep votes on other Youtube folk that we can just agree to keep them until proven otherwise? I know we don't want articles about anybody and everybody. But we have people attacking the most famous Youtube people over and over. I think we should pick some criteria to use for this... be it number of video views, number of videos, google hits, or some combination of these and other things. But going through this whole process each and everytime is getting to be incredibly time consuming and dare I say stupid. I'm also getting more and more PO'ed at folks who ask for citations from various media sources, which they are then given. They then act like they were never told of them and say there are none over and over, as if "The big lie" is part of their AfD strategy. It may work in real-world politics folks, but I'm getting sick and tried it on Wiki. Dave 06:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep DXRAW 06:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Springwood Adventist Church

Article does not assert notability of group, reads like promotioncruft. Leuko 02:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep but needs a rewrite. kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable enough. Republitarian 04:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as a non-notable individual church. Reads like an ad. Some of the information here is also copied wholesale from the church's website. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 04:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I could find no mention in the Australian media for this church. No reliable sources for claims in article. Possibly worthy of a mention in the Springwood, Queensland article. Capitalistroadster 08:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Capitalistroadster 09:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless rewritten, this is blatant advertising. JIP | Talk 09:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Has a precedent for a church in the area, Garden City Christian Church. Needs rewriting though to remove marketing speak. If kept I would propose we move it to Springwood Seventh-day Adventist Church as that is its official name. Ansell 09:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Jesus spam --Xrblsnggt 09:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • How is that a deletion criteria? Ansell 10:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Please see WP:SPAM for the answer to that. WilyD 13:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I trimmed the page down to a history of the church inline with the other example church congregation pages I could find.
• Delete very obscure church, void of any encyclopedic value. Vanity article. Wikipedia is not a local directory. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable church, reads like an ad, we should introduce a guideline of notability on churches. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 11:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Most individual churches are non-notable. --Metropolitan90 13:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable church. --Roisterer 16:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and add mention and link to Springwood, Queensland; which could use some content. JCScaliger 21:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Looks to be OR to me. If there are any reliable references for the information about the church then they should be provided. --Mako 00:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete -- non-notable church. - Longhair 01:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Contains no assertion of notability among churches even before it was trimmed back. Being a mega-church is not sufficient. GRBerry 03:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment megachurches in Australia are generally notable, but this does not appear to meet the criteria. Paul foord 11:36, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and delete Garden City Christian Church as well. Notability not asserted. wikipediatrix 14:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Not a notable church at all. Springwood has a popluation of 10k. The church has 103 charter members. It is a totally local group. No Way in heaven or hell (sorry) this passes WP:ORG, which specifically excludes "Individual chapters of national and international organizations". Ohconfucius 02:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep although there were only 103 charter members, it would now be attended by over 700 people each week. Its notability stems from the fact that it is the largest Adventist church in Brisbane. -Fermion 02:41, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I voted to keep Garden City Christian Church merely by its megachurch status. I don't think 103 charter members qualifies it as notable. Jaems 03:27, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was Speedy deleted because it has no proven notability. The article is a single orphaned sentence that barely makes sense. - Richardcavell 06:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sages of the Midnight Ride

notability not substantiated ; no context; no sources Anlace 02:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete as nonsense. Leuko 03:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom Republitarian 03:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete, no context. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 04:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was DELETE. ChrisO 22:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Larson plan

Appears to be original research, using WP to promote an original idea. Leuko 03:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment It does seem to read more like a proposal then an article. kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer 03:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose Deletion So what if it's proposal- what does that matter, why should it be deleted- just because Leuko has some opinion about it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tparker393 (talk • contribs).

• Comment: My opinion alone does not matter. That's why I brought it to AfD - so we can get a consensus of what other editors think about the article in relation to WP policies. Leuko 03:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• • Please consult WP:NOT, WP:NOR, and WP:V. -- Kicking222 03:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete WP:NOT a soapbox. "Nathan Larson"+"Larson Plan" and "Nathan D. Larson"+"Larson Plan" each get zero G-hits. -- Kicking222 03:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless someone can offer a verifiable source showing the noteworthiness of this proposal. NawlinWiki 03:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• • Comment. Should be kept under the same criteria as Amar plan. If you google +"amar plan" +"vikram amar" the only results are wikipedia-related, and if you google +"amar plan" +"akhil amar," the same is true (although it appears there are about 3,810 results, if you click through the pages, it says "in order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 21 already displayed."). Tparker393Tparker393 03:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Unless I am missing something, Amar plan does not have a page on Wikipedia. Thus are you saying by your comment that Larson plan should be deleted? Leuko 03:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: The article to which Tparker is referring is at Amar Plan. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete as unverifiable soapboxing. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 04:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete very obscure, unverifiable, original research has no place in wikipedia. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep John Koza, whose book is cited, appears to be a fairly notable computer scientist, who has been discussing voting reform for some time. If his book mentions Larson, instead of only the other way around, this may be a reliable source. JCScaliger 21:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete A Google search for Election of the President Using Nationwide Instant Runoff Voting without the Need for an Amendment to the United States Constitution yields only the WP article. The word "larson" appears exactly zero times in Every Vote Counts. Absent sourcing this fails WP:V, WP:NOR, WP:NPOV, WP:NOT a soapbox, and problably 17 other WP:NOTs. ~ trialsanderrors 20:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trinity Theological Union

delete per WP:NN and WP:V this defunct religios group which existed between 1999 and 2006. The page reads rather like an advert, and drops quite a few notable names, but none of which are directly relevant to the project. No notable alumni are named. The fact that it is defunct probably says it all. The page scores 248Ghits, of which 13 are not from mirrors, and includes two from wiki, two from answers and one from shortpedia (both take content from wiki), two for Todd Albertson, whose entry is under AfD, and two to ttu.org.uk, which appears to be a dead end. This wiki page becomes a link to the alumni page, which is equally poor in details which wiki needs to establish notability. Ohconfucius 03:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nominator's extensive comments, no reliable sources given or likely to be found. --Huon 08:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete obscure, defunct school which is void of any notability. Doesn't have a place in an encyclopedia. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. no assertion of notability. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 14:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Black Ark Crew

• Delete: Appears to be non-notable band. Serbian reggae band whose web site gives no info and who have apparently released no albums. < 300 Google hits but claim to be first Serbian dub band - whatever that means. —Wknight94 (talk) 03:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Republitarian 03:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vanity article. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above. I was tempted to keep this for curiosity value, but that ain't the same as notability. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Mention the band in dub as a curiosity. JCScaliger 22:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pleon

Notability appears to be suspect. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 04:06, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete lacks any notability. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete no sourcesl. -- Selmo 00:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Singing techniques

This is an instructional guide on proper singing technique, and therefore runs afoul of WP:NOT. Indrian 04:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete wikipedia is not a publisher of howto manuals. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia is not a how-to guide; terrible non-encyclopedic language and tone, too. Perhaps the author can place this on a personal web page instead.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)  15:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki to wikibooks? - Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete (Sadly.) The topic is legitimate. This treatment largely springs from the subjective experience of one person. As such it has a distinct value, but is inconsistent with established policy. - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BillWhite (talk • contribs) 14:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC) (NB to admin, users 6th edit)
• Delete - As per Samsara's idea there is a singing wikiproject which may use this information. I'll copy and paste it into the talk page, however this page should go for now--I'll bring the food 15:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pokemon Natures

It's a guide to an aspect of the games. See What Wikipedia is not. Coltonblue 04:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, Wikipedia is not GameFAQs. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 04:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No attempts to reference given aside from that implied by the title. Most importantly, it appears to be an orphan article, suggesting that WP:POKE had no plans to include an article in their project. Current formatting does not add value above the raw facts detailed (for instance, lists of pokemon with the natures). LinaMishima 08:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, listcruft, game guide, no context. JIP | Talk 09:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Good call. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, Pokemoncruft. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 11:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Fails WP:NOT as a game guide. Thε Halo ^Θ 18:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. PresN 20:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• delete per above--Peephole 20:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- Neier 21:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Cleanup THe current version is a game guide, but I'm fairly sure it's possible to do a decent article abotu this. Refer to the Pokemon Project. Ace of Sevens 00:36, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete or cleanup Either is fine. TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 00:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was speedied (blanked by author, so I have speedied it) --Stormie 05:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Empire Of Arcadia

Blatant advertising, prod removed by author. Wildthing61476 04:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Indrian 04:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Indrian VoiceOfReason 04:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sarah Russell

Originally tagged for speedy deletion as nn bio, however the author has made claims to notability. Doing a search for Ms. Russell's book on Amazon gies a page rank of over 1,000,000. Book was printed by Lulu Press, a noted vanity press. Wildthing61476 04:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. While unlike many nonnotable biographical articles this one was clearly created in good faith, the subject simply doesn't rise to the level of notability suggested by WP:BIO. VoiceOfReason 04:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:BIO as author of "non-traditional" press book that does not meet WP:BK. --Kinu ^t/_c 04:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment, borderline for me. The claims of notability are a bit vague. Starred in Phantom of the Opera? When? Where? link? I'm thinking sources? Verifiable? Maybe she could add some of that. Wjhonson 07:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, so much activity, so few sources for it, fails WP:BIO completely and WP:V for most claims Fram 09:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Fram --Mecanismo | Talk 10:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, claims don't appear to be verifiable with reliable sources. Book published by a vanity press. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nominator. Nothing to work from. RFerreira 06:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was redirect to Life Begins Again, there is nothing to merge, only thing that isn't in the album article are the quoted lyrics. - Bobet 08:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lokicat

Stubby, linkless article about a song that doesn't seem to be notable outside its parent album (which is itself marginal). Opabinia regalis 04:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Merge into the album's article. IceCreamAntisocial 05:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per above. JPD (talk) 14:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per above --shadow box 23:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was SPEEDY DELETE. A& -Doc 18:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Crazy Mike

I'm not sure this person is notable enough to be included in Wiki. Amnewsboy 04:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as utterly failing WP:BIO; speedy if possible due to lack of any real assertion of notability. --Kinu ^t/_c 04:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete There are people like this in every city. Additionally, he stole my nickname. -- Kicking222 04:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PECompact

Nominated for deletion by User:83.30.22.177 (who as an IP user could not create the AfD subpage) with the edit summary wikipedia isnt tucows!!!. Creating the subpage and listing it here as a good faith procedural action; no recommendation from me (yet?). --Kinu ^t/_c 04:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Weak delete unless there's a good reason why this is a notable program. Currently it doesn't feel that way. BigHaz 05:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless sources are provided, especially for the "known users". --Huon 09:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was Speedy deleted as a bad idea for an article, bad article name and redundant, useless information. The author might like to create India's national symbols, but this one has to go. - Richardcavell 06:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of India's National...

All content already available at India. Name is exceedingly unlikely to be searched for or come upon. Lid 04:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, redundant, nothing to merge, not a reasonable search term to justify a redirect. --Kinu ^t/_c 04:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per WP:SNOW. Knowing that this info already exists in the article for India, there's no conceivable way anyone would want this article to be kept. It was not prodded before being brought to AfD, and while it doesn't actually fit into any speedy deletion criteria, I highly doubt anyone on WP (with the possible exception of the article's creator, who has no other edits on WP) would have any objections. -- Kicking222 04:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete redundant list. Leuko 04:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. also article is factually incorrect. india does not have a national monument. --Ageo020 05:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was DELETE. There's barely a quorum, but including [[User:83.30.22.177] (but not Kinu) we have 4 Delete comment and 1 Keep comment. The point made by Ace of Risk is well taken, but even being used in several products does not, to me, seem to convey enough notability to overcome the arguments of the other commentors. Herostratus 05:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ASPack

Nominated for deletion by User:83.30.22.177 (who as an IP user could not create the AfD subpage) with the edit summary this is an ad. Creating the subpage and listing it here as a good faith procedural action; no recommendation from me (yet?). --Kinu ^t/_c 04:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete It does read like an ad. A google search lists quite a few results but from a lot of sources like a spanish packaging association. The link to the wikipedia article is one of the first articles that is returned by the google search. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Moreover, it seems that the vast majority of google hits which are related are taken from sources which have heavy user participation. Wikipedia, del.icio.us, shareware download sites, etc... --Mecanismo | Talk 10:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - Small but accurate, ASPack tends to be used in several products, more for its obfuscation of possible decompiling, than its capability as an EXE packer first page Ghit - identifying as a "pest" of the packer/hider type. Ace of Risk 14:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Mecanismo. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. --shadow box 23:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as insufficiently notable, see WP:SOFTWARE, and lack of reliable, reputable sources per WP:V. --Satori Son 03:56, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Bobet 08:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Macorden

Start of the article claims it's a business, however the rest of the article is an advertisement or history of an MMORPG guild. Blatant vanity page with no reason to be on wikipedia as it's function seems to be the history of the guild. Lid 04:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Keep It was not my intent to portray it as a business but to throw a fun fact out. The article is a historical portrayal of the character Macorden and the role he has played in several games in the past and games upcoming. It can fall under WP:BIO and WP:FICT. I have had used the name Macorden in all games and if anyone wants to look up the history they should be allowed to. If Fatal1ty has a wiki, I should be allowed to host a history for Macorden. Further, the article leave out many aspects of the Eclipse guild and only mentions the parts I have been involved in. The article is worthy of a wikipage. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Macorden (talk • contribs).

It doesn't meet criteria of WP:BIO and falls under both WP:Autobiography and WP:Vanity as well. Your reasoning that because one famous gamer has a page you should also doesn't make sense as Fatal1ty has appeared in magazines, interviews, had a chipset made for him among others. Being a gamer doesn't allow people to have an article otherwise everyone would have articles. --- Lid 05:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete. Badly written non-notable waffle. -- RHaworth 12:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Vanity, fails WP:BIO and WP:V, with no reliable sources to back anything up.. --Wafulz 14:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Clean up. Instead of immediatly trashing it, why not help clean it up and remove what needs to be removed? Everyone has access to make changes. The character does exist and any info, even if very little, should be allowed to be posted on wiki. I will come back this evening and remove as much as I can that does not have reliable sources. --Macorden Comment actually signed by anonymous: User:70.142.50.222. Srose (talk) 17:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - WP:VAIN, WP:BIO, and a lack of WP:RS (reliable sources). Srose (talk) 17:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Cleaned up Pelase help preserve my history and make any suggestions --Macorden Comment actually signed by anonymous: User:70.142.50.222

• Delete. If that is cleaned up, it could be a speedy delete as nonsense. Vegaswikian 21:16, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per nom. --shadow box 23:30, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was Speedy deleted, db-group. Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 21:28, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Ding Dong Show

Nominated for deletion by RobJ1981 with the edit summary Appears to be very non-notable.. Creating the subpage and listing it here as a good faith procedural action; no recommendation from me (yet?). --Kinu ^t/_c 04:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete void of any notability. Seems to be a poorly crafted vanity article --Mecanismo | Talk 10:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete Per A7, no assertion of notability. Tagged as such. Irongargoyle 20:45, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep. - Bobet 09:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi

Nominated for deletion by AlasdairT with the edit summary nominated for deletion, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Creating the subpage and listing it here as a good faith procedural action; no recommendation from me (yet?). --Kinu ^t/_c 05:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Can't even make what the article is about. --Ageo020 05:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - for the curious, the first several paragraphs explain that the man was a descendent of the Prophet, and the text after that seems to set him up as something of a hadith scholar, but I don't see any notability in being a Siddiq (there are millions worldwide) or a hadith scholar (there are more of these). BigHaz 05:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • My above comments relate to a chaotic version of the article. This current version is better-written, but still I lean towards deletion. The gentleman in question may have been considered a leading religious authority, but the lack of sources saying as much is a concern. BigHaz 01:19, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, and could the previous delete voters please have a look at the earlier versions of the article. I have reverted to one two revisions ago, only the very last one was so ridiculously chaotic. Article may still have a few issues about encyclopedic style and NPOV, but it's a legitimate article on a seemingly notable Indian Islamic scholar. Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Question What sources lead you to believe that this is a legitimate article on a seemingly notable Indian Islamic scholar? --DrunkenSmurf 14:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The current version is coherent; judging from what I see the subject is worthy of having an article. However, some improvements may still need to be made to the article. -- tariqabjotu 13:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Question What do you see outside of the claims in this article that lead you to believe that the subject is worthy of having an article? --DrunkenSmurf 14:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete There are ZERO reliable sources listed here for the subject so it fails WP:V straight away. --DrunkenSmurf 13:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: Put up an {unsourced} tag. Simple lack of sources is not normally a reason for deletion, see Wikipedia:Deletion policy. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: I have done that, thank you but I would refer you again to WP:V. In which it is clearly stated. The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability. and Wikipedia:Verifiability is one of Wikipedia's three content-guiding policies. This article as currently written fails that miserably. Without any sources it is simply original research which again does not belong on Wikipedia. If someone can provide some sources to back the claims made in the article I would be more than happy to review my position. --DrunkenSmurf 14:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment to my comment: Ok, Hope I am not coming off as being uncivil here... I just re-read all my comments on this page and as I was a little fired up about something non-related I may have come off as being a dick. Not my intention, appologize if I was biting. --DrunkenSmurf 14:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • An article is only unverifiable if it cites no sources and your best efforts to find some sources come up with nothing. An article is not unverifiable solely for having no citations. So: What efforts did you make to look for sources? Uncle G 19:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
      • If I could verify it I would have, as I mentioned above I found no sources by doing a google search for the subject's name except for Wiki mirrors. Again I would mention from WP:V Editors should therefore provide references. If an article topic has no reputable, reliable, third-party sources, Wikipedia should not have an article on that topic. And since I can find no sources, and since nobody has added any, this fails the most important principal of a Wikipedia article and therefore should be deleted. --DrunkenSmurf 19:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
        • "as I mentioned above" — You wrote no such thing above. (This is, indeed, the first occurrence of the word "search" in the whole discussion.) You gave no indication above that you had made any attempt at all to look for sources. Uncle G 11:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
        • Comment: "If I could verify it I would have". Sigh. Since DrunkenSmurf recognises that he's being a bit unpleasant, I will try not to knock him too hard for it. However, I do wish people in deletion debates would sometimes recognise that WP:BIAS exists.

          In particular, when an article states that person X is notable for having written book Y, the simple thing to do to establish WP:V is to check that Y exists and is notable. In this case, the [13] search for an idiosyncratic spelling of the second book mentioned in the article returns 475 English ghits. I would at least quadruple that, given that the rendition of Arabic into Latin characters is non-standard across the Middle East and South Asia. I further wonder how many ghits exist for this same book - one of three referenced in the article - in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Hindi. Further, a cursory glance at some of the ghits would reveal to the uninformed, which DrunkenSmurf is in this case, that the article subjects' name can be spelled several different ways in English as well - "Muhammad Shams al-Haqq al-'Adhim Abadi" for one among dozens of permutations.

          The moral? Its a good idea for everyone to recognise the limits of their specific knowledge and comparative ability to research certain subjects before thundering into deletion debates; would make the rest of us a lot happier. Hornplease 06:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

          • Thank you: Perhaps then you can add a couple references to the article and help make this a complete verified biography of the individual. The best outcome of an AfD is that a better article is created, sometimes that takes research from all types of editors not just those who are uniquely familiar with the subject. DrunkenSmurf 02:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as an article lacking sources --shadow box 23:35, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Yes the articicle is unsourced. I do, however, believe that it's true. Who would make this stuff up? Therefore the only problem is finding the sources, which is doable. It says the guy wrote a 32-volume work. That's notable. I doubt it's just made up. Ditto if he was, as stated, an important figure in popularizing the Hadith and Wahhabism in the subcontinent. Herostratus 06:05, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Bobet 08:37, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Surfquotes

advert for non-notable (Alexa ranking 2,165,592) website; contested PROD. —Stormie 05:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Article doesn't explain notability, and the only source is the subject itself. Also, it reads like an advertisement. Picaroon9288|ta co 21:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per comments above and WP:WEB. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:42, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per comments above along with persistant disruption of the AFD at the article. Ryūlóng 22:08, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brea Bennett

Fails WP:PORN BIO with only 5 film credits and, from the article, she doesn't meet the other criteria. Crystallina 23:37, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Also note that it was marked db-bio previously, but that tag was erased by the article's creator without comment. -- Mikeblas 23:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as original speedier. I was actually just about to AfD this. Opabinia regalis 00:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
• 'Keep pending more research. The company they she works for is now owned by Playboy. They also produce web related material. It is not clear that she is simply a porn actress. Vegaswikian 19:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Merge with ClubJenna, or delete, unless something else can be found. The only actual data here is in the links, which should be added to ClubJenna anyway. JCScaliger 21:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:PORN BIO and WP:BIO. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:22, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:PORN BIO and without assertion of notability. Nothing to merge with. Ohconfucius 02:33, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was merge, then redirect (merge and delete not possible under the GFDL). —Xyrael / 17:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Service tag

This is non-notable Dellcruft. prod was deleted without comment by User:72.83.169.118, that user's only edit. Mikeblas 23:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

WHY DELETE IT IT GIVES GOOD INFO —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.83.169.118 (talk • contribs).

Because it isn't notable. People looking for information about Dell products are best served by the Dell websites. -- Mikeblas 01:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Just merge it into Dell if the information does not stand alone outside of the context of that company. There is no need for an administrator to delete anything in order to solve the problem. Uncle G 08:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and Delete Looks to me that there is only about a line or so of important information that should be easy to merge. The rest is too specific a single procedure by a company and I suspect the term may have uses outside of Dell (and changing the article to be generic would be akin to delete). LinaMishima 08:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Merge only. I believe merge and delete is a violation of the GFDL. ColourBurst 16:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • If so, we could never delete a redirect with history. The information remains in the database, because the article can be undeleted. The question is whether this redirect will be useful; and I doubt it. JCScaliger 22:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • If you read the GFDL, the closest tha article deletion would come to violating it is clause 4J, preserving the network location. However no clause exists in GFDL which covers the ceastation of distrobution, which is the nature of deletion. A publisher always has the rights to revoke their own publication of material. LinaMishima 01:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• I was thinking 4I actually, though it could be argued that the edit history is still accessible because "deletion" only means removing it from a normal user's view as JCScalinger says above. ColourBurst 03:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Merge and redirect to Dell. Yomangani^talk 09:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and delete as LinaMishima --Mecanismo | Talk 10:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge as a dicdef that can adequately be covered in Dell. SliceNYC 23:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] National Nitwit

Asserts notability, but I am not sure if it actually is sufficiently notable. Until I see more evidence one way or another, delete. --Nlu (talk) 23:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. Here is a link to HumorFeed, noting that National Nitwit is a contributing partner: HumorFeed partners The site is regularly featuured on Fark.com, and I have seen National Nitwit stories on the Glenn Beck show and website. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Historymike (talk • contribs).

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• Weak delete Checking WP:WEB, does HumorFeed qualify as "a site which is both well known and independent of the creators, either through an online newspaper or magazine, an online publisher, or an online broadcaster"? If it does, change my vote to keep; otherwise, remove it. –NeoChaosX (talk | contribs) 00:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I would say that it is not independent of the creators (given the assertion above about National Nitwit being a "contributing partner"). --Nlu (talk) 04:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Well then, my vote's now a plain delete. –NeoChaosX [talk | contribs] 11:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I have close familiarity with the University of Toledo and I've never heard of it. Irongargoyle 20:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bona Roba

non-notable band with non-notable members per WP:MUS, and equally non-notable spinoff band (see below). I also nominate Neal Carlson, Reach In and Get Her, Phil B., Phil Bianco, Phil Sesso, Louis Koster, Neal With an "A", Pseudovibe —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ohconfucius (talk • contribs).

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• Delete all - Fails WP:MUSIC. BlueValour 00:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Delete all, they all fail WP:MUSIC. --Huon 09:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete all per WP:MUSIC. --Metropolitan90 13:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete all as argued by other commenters. Sam Clark 13:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was redirect to International Strategic Research Organization. —Xyrael / 14:58, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Centre for Sea and Water Law Studies

Not notable. Its mother organisation International Strategic Research Organization has an article. No Google hits for the instution apart from its site at ISRO's webpage and the Wikipedia article Bertilvidet 18:31, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to International Strategic Research Organization. -- Vary | Talk 23:10, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Redirect per above. (I don't see anything worth merging). Yomangani^talk 09:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per nom as I conform the lack of other ghits and see nothing worth keeping as a separate article in the current article. GRBerry 03:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:18, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nouveau environmental determinism

Original research or should be merged into another article. Google search for the term "Nouveau environmental determinism" yields 0 hits. Nectar 04:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Apparently all about Jared Diamond, doesn't cite anyone else. Should be merged into Guns, Germs, Steel or some article covering enviromental determinism. Agree the "nouveau" is a neologism. --JWB 05:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Protologism; as stated by the proposer, there are zero Google hits for this term, and no cites given in support of this usage or any of the material in the article. Delete as unverifiable, and/or original research. -- The Anome 20:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Delete per all above. BigHaz 05:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. --Huon 09:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Yomangani^talk 09:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, adds little to what we already have on Guns, Germs, and Steel and AFAICR Diamond doesn't call it that. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as above. Nuttah68 09:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Delete per above

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The result was merge per below and related nominations. —Xyrael / 15:09, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ODAM

Not notable. Its mother organisation International Strategic Research Organization has an article. No Google hits for the instution apart from its site at ISRO's webpage and the Wikipedia article Bertilvidet 20:51, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to International Strategic Research Organization. -- Vary | Talk 23:11, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. There are more than 70,000 Google hits for the Turkish name "Ortadogu Arastirmalari Merkezi". These *seem* to include a number of reliable sources. However, since I can't read Turkish I can't verify that they are all about this institution. -- Visviva 02:05, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I have never really understood how Google works. But when you come to the second page you realize that there is but 17, and the vast majority on webpages connected to ISRO. Bertilvidet 10:16, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

and most of those that are not are about other institutes. --Lambiam^Talk 21:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

And also I now realize that ODAM (translation of ISRO?) is not the actual subject of the article, which should be titled "Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ODAM)". -- Visviva 02:07, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

ODAM is an acronym for Ortadoğu Arastırmaları Merkezi, which means: "Centre for Middle East Studies". The Turkish acronym for ISRO is USAK. --Lambiam^Talk 21:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I got a little confused. :-) -- Visviva 12:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Absent further improvement, redirect per Vary. Weak keep based on Google presence. -- Visviva 02:07, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

May I suggest you to go on and see what happens when you reach Google's result page 2? Bertilvidet 12:09, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Interesting... don't know if I've seen an organization get 70,000 hits entirely from its own webpage before. Wow. OK, merge it is. -- Visviva 16:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

• Merge I'd suggest merge as I already have suggested with the merge template. All branches of the ISRO can be presented under ISRO. --Cat out 12:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment. I support the suggestion of mergin all ISRO branches into ISRO. Bertilvidet 17:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Merge as tagged. The best thing to with this article --Brad101 05:46, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Xi-Beta

Page about a 73-member chapter of a fraternity. Not notable. Page creator also seems to be Grand Master of the chapter. Piet 21:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - per WP:VAIN. Fratenity chatpers aren't notable enoguh for articles. --Daniel Olsen 21:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Delete, individual chapters of your so-called "fraternities" or "sororities" are not notable. JIP | Talk 09:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, per above. WP:VAIN. Mceder 17:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary

What a stub. NN. WP:V? TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 20:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep and source. A look at the main Virtua Fighter page shows some notability and that many other Virtua Fighter games have their own articles. --Daniel Olsen 21:33, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Keep Just needs to be cleaned up badly, very badly. --zero faults ^{|sockpuppets|} 12:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Sweep and keep. It burns my eyes but is still a valid topic. --Wafulz 14:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Virtua Fighter, probably doesn't stand on its own. ColourBurst 16:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. TJ Spyke 22:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge into Virtua Fighter 4. At most this page should be a section in the VF4(where this game is a mode). TJ Spyke 22:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, Elected For -> Current Version. As you can see the page has changed completely since the election and is much improved. This was only a bonus with the game in a single region of three btw. Other regions it was a seperate product as noted on the page itself. Dwayne Kirkwood 00:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete Edgecution 00:51, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: The VF series is notable as is this game. Now that this article has been cleaned up I don't think the argument for delete has much sway. --Mitaphane _talk 04:19, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Virtua Fighter 4. To dedicate namespace to an item included as a bonus with another game is bordering on ludicrous. Combination 18:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above. Would even go so far to say that this is a bad faith nomination. If you are going to nominate something, please put a little effort into it. Havok (T/C/c) 13:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep since cleanup. — brighterorange (talk) 14:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• 'keep please this game is very notable and verifiable too Yuckfoo 00:02, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sykospark

Webpage selling t-shirts with a discussion forum geared toward goths/punks. Returns 277 unique Google hits [14]. Scanning those results, I found blogs, myspace, other fora—nothing implying any notability or which would help it meet WP:WEB. Google link search returns 11 results [15], the majority of which are are to internal pages of the site. Alexa rank of 437,339 [16]. I hope they sell a lot of t-shirts but I don't think Wikipedia is a proper vehicle to increase sales. Prod removed.--Fuhghettaboutit 17:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Sykos Park isn't ment for selling shirts, its to convers with other people like you—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.201.9.108 (talk • contribs) .
  • Certainly it is possible that I am overemphasizing the commercial aspect of the site; I am not intimately familiar with it as I'm guessing you are, and the t-shirts may be a mere afterthought. Nevertheless, I don't think this site is notable enough for inclusion in an encyclopedia.--Fuhghettaboutit 17:24, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
    • It's extremely possible you are overemphasizing the commercial aspect of the site. They only sell two t-shirts. If selling a t-shirt is means of deletion on wikipedia why not the Something Awful entry as their website contains a full store selling tons of Something Awful items? They also have a forum which you must pay to become a memeber of. I don't understand why that entry is ok, but this one should be up for deletion because of two t-shirts and a button. I'm not hating on Something Awful but just pointing out that if the Sykospark entry should be deleted because you think it's about making money, why other entries that do the same but on a much grander scale aren't even mentioned. --Rev.Phill
• Delete per nom, no reliable evidence that subject meets WP:WEB. --Kinu ^t/_c 17:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Delete per nom. Yomangani^talk 09:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gainax_ending

No original research. Unverifiable and not well-defined. There is no apparently no widely accept meaning of "Gainax Ending" other than an ending that doesn't satisfy the viewers. This is objective and not worth a wikipedia entry. The concept doesn't exist outside a select few anime circles, and is not even well-known in the anime world itself. No verifiable use of this term outside wikipedia, or other "answer" sources which borrow from wikipedia has been shown. There is no published record of this term. Mgio 05:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Delete borders on an attack page. Danny Lilithborne 08:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I actually found this page to be extremely interesting reading and I probably learned more from it than 99.99% of the other up-for-AfD articles I've read. However, I don't think this article can escape being basically a neologism (it does exist, but only recently and far from wide use). Hopefully the good parts can be merged into Series finale or other articles. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletions. -- TheFarix (Talk) 16:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as original research. --TheFarix (Talk) 16:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, OR and possible attack page. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:NEO miserably. –NeoChaosX [talk | contribs] 11:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I'm gonna have to go with Starblind on this one - I found this article very interesting and although it may not be worthy of a page on it's own, it definitely needs to be merged into something. Hell, it's a lot more useful than "Penis panic", which I have never heard of in my entire life and sounds like a cheap pornographic video game. Daisee

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Robert P. Myers

Procederial nomination, contested PROD Yanksox 15:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Article requested by :students of Kenpo.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Onabroom (talk • contribs).

Delete - Non-notable living person. One single google hit under this name. Wjhonson 18:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

NOTABLE for being the Master of a form of Martial Arts called Kenpo Jujitsu. This information was requested by students seeking information about said martial art, and this article has been commented on positively by others looking for this information. If this person is not notable than neither is Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee.

Comment - Except that Chuck Norris gets seven million google hits. While your guy gets... one. Wjhonson 03:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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Comment and yes your guy still gets one single google hit. Wjhonson 06:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete non-notable head of local Kenpo school - fails WP:V. Yomangani^talk 09:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as unsourced and unverifiable. --Huon 09:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was MERGEto Kasaragod district. Herostratus 05:53, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Places of interest in Kasaragod district

All the information contained in this article is already described in a section of the Kasaragod district article. Nothing new can be introduced by this page that can't be put forward in the section described above. Nick 05:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Merge to Kasaragod district. The district article currently has only a list of interesting places. I don't see the point of the places being split out while the main article is still not too long. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 08:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh. If anything, it should be renamed as the present title is subjective POV. Agent 86 18:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with prejudice against ever spinning out - this title is travel guide material, and that is one of the things that Wikipedia is not. GRBerry 03:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. Hornplease 07:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• As opposed to Nick the article was moved as a seperate topic and its not a travel guide, people reading a topic regading a place also wants to know important places near by. Kjrajesh--Rajesh Kakkanatt 13:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• We need to merge this article (Travel) to the wiki Travel section —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.152.224.101 (talk) .

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The result was nomination withdrawn - keep. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 05:36, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Florian Grassl

This page cites no sources and provides no information that would establish the individual's notability. The only English language search results I noticed came from the article text.Withdraw due to world championship participation, a fact neither brought out in the article as nominated or in the prior information edited out. Erechtheus 06:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, one line stubs bother me. Wjhonson 07:06, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep, much of the article was removed in this edit. He competed in the 2005/2006 Skeleton World Cup. Not sure how notable the Skeleton World Cup is, though. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 08:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Very strong keep: the article is very incomplete, obviously, but Skeleton is an Olympic sport, and Florian Grassl was second in the 2004 world championships (he didn't compete at the Olympics due to an injury). This page[17] gives his results, which are more than worthy of inclusion here. Fram 09:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep High ranking sportsman in an admittedly minority sport. But I think more information about his history (injury, failing to make the Olympics) should be included. Coricus 10:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The length of an article should not be a reason for deletion. The article certainly establishes notablity. -- tariqabjotu 13:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Article length should not be a reason for deletion, but an article so spare that there is no indication of notability certainly invites deletion. A skeleton racer is not notable when given no more than that. I'd argue that nothing short of the world championship level establishes notability. Grassl qualifies as notable under that measure, though. That's why I withdraw this AfD. Erechtheus 18:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - He was 20th a year ago? That's notable? And I doubt many people are going to know what "DNS" is supposed to mean. Again the claim to notability is pretty slight even with this minor expansion. Wjhonson 18:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Reply: Yes, the article should be heavily expanded, but no, what's now in the article is not what makes him notable, what I gave in my link (see the very strong keep vote above, I don't use that lightly) is: the man finished second in the world championships of an Olympic sport. If that is no reason for inclusion, then what is? The fact that he couldn't compete at the Olympics was important enough for Germans that it got articles at Eurosport[18] e.a., his German title (yes, he is champion of Germany as well) got an article at ARD (the German BBC)[19]. When in doubt, try to find sources. The absence of them does not necessarily prove lack of notability, but when you get enough (and serious) sources, like in this case, then notability is firmly established. I'm all for deleting non notable article subjects, but this is not one of them. Fram 19:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Reply to Fram** - Not sure it's useful to hide all this knowledge here, why not add what you found *to* his page? Wjhonson 19:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Julie Costello

• delete per WP:BIO Not even close: per IMDB, quite generous to the aspirings, yet all her roles, and those of her sister Chandra Costello also subject of an AfD, fall in the bottom half of the film credits, which you have to click on the "more" button to reveal. Furthermore, most roles are "Twin", "Girl", "Juggy dancer", and very few named roles. Ohconfucius 06:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - as per nom. See more at the AfD for Chandra Costello (the other twin) -- Rangek 13:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Must we again? -- JHunterJ 13:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Keep News hits: The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), July 2, 2001 Monday Met and metro Editions, SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. 01F "Double Whammy: Kentucky twins cling to their values while chasing Hollywood dreams". Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky), January 12, 2003 Sunday, SPORTS COPY; Pg. c2, "Pinup Founder Has a Heck of a Job: Topping Previous Year" (talking about the series of posters for Kentucy University featuring Ashley Judd, Rebecca Gayheart, Leah Lail, Julie and Shawnie Costello, and Kylie Bax). -- JHunterJ 14:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Sorry, bit-parts, and some local media interest notable do not make-Doc 18:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and what Doc said. Eusebeus 20:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete; while she has apparently appeared in some notable films and TV shows, unfortunately her name doesn't seem to have appeared on any promotional material related to them. Like Doc says, she's had bit parts. She hasn't starred in anything. She's not notable. Write the article after she makes it, not before. — Haeleth Talk 20:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, per nom. NeoJustin 02:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:BIO per bit parts and only local media coverage. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Per JHunterJLan Di 01:06, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete, per nom and voters. Renosecond 23:44, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Same reasoning I used for her twin sister. James Duggan 07:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Twin Delete ~ trialsanderrors 07:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was Speedy Keep. The article content has changed since it was nominated for deletion. utcursch | talk 07:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indrabhishek

not sure how to tag this one. Doesn't meet standards as is. If valid subject, major cleanup needed. If nonsense, delete. --CPAScott 06:27, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Indrabhishek seems to be some ancient/medival Indian cornation ceremony. But this article talks about Indrabhishek of Shivaji only. A merge would be good here, then. utcursch | talk 06:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

deletion Pleae attn- I am just creating the article.Please do not delete at its inception.It is an ancient custom mentioned in Aiteraya brahmanas.Shivaji is one who performed in it.There are more kings before him ,generally before 1000 A.D who have performed it.If you know please contribute.It is not a non sense ,please note.Secondly there sre some subaltern view of this ,hence I have taken a review over here.Let the world know it. Please react-- kasarKasar 07:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - I cleaned-up some of the spelling, punctuation, grammer and usage. I'm still not quite sure I understand the article however. It appers that it was a ritual for crowning a ruler, that existed, then was abandoned, then existed once again. Something like that. Some of the terms are a bit technical. Wjhonson 07:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Since the author has added a lot to the article since it was nominated for delete, I was bold enough to remove the tag. Will drop a note on CPAScott's talk page. utcursch | talk 07:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Technology and Development Solutions

Local company with about 10 Google hits mainly in business directories, fails WP:CORP Optimale ^Gu 06:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete -- fails WP:CORP. - Longhair 09:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete advertising for non-notable startup --Xrblsnggt 02:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Xrblsnggt. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fairsing (talk • contribs).

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Abe Hampton

delete minor artist. 160Ghits, only 32 excluding mirrors. Most of these 32 hits are from geneology sites. Then there are maybe two or three from myspace, forums, and one from wiki. His own website is not linked to any others, has no Alexa rank. Claims to be related to Lionel Hampton and his website diary lists 3 entries for 2006, including two occasions where he has performed, AFAICT, one song with the current lineup of the Drifters. Ohconfucius 07:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. -- Slowmover 19:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vanity article on obscure and irrelevant musician --Mecanismo | Talk 23:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Albert McCausland

delete per WP:BIIO. 42 Ghits of which 22 non-mirrors for "Albert McCausland": Half of these rae the usual bunch of geneology sites, No relevant matches except wiki. For "Ron McCausland", 373 Ghits of which 69 non-mirrors. About half of these were geneology sites, and 18 pages in imdb. Listed as key grip on 16 movies per imdb. Ohconfucius 07:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Neutral What's the matter with me? Changing my vote to delete. He's verifiable, though I would say he's not notable. His IMDB entry is here. -- Slowmover 19:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, movie key grips and extras don't really cut it under WP:BIO. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The guy might not have been that famous but he inspired many other successful artists.

He inspired me. Albert McCausland Jnr (1983). I made art to be like my grandad. <img src="http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j212/albertmccausland/977118001_s.jpg">

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Andrea Stewart-Cousins

delete not very notable US county-level politician and hopeful for the 35th district NY State senate in 06. Claims notabilility by having been beaten by 18 votes. Campaign in 2004. Ohconfucius 07:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Valrith 21:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. --Mecanismo | Talk 23:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. The 2004 election received a lot of coverage in the NY papers, so some notability is there, especially because NYS incumbents are hard to beat and Nick Spano is a powerful figure. I was originally going to say "weak keep". However, I checked and Nick Spano doesn't even have his own page -- Nick Spano links to an actor. If the powerful guy who won doesn't have a page neither should the losing pol. SliceNYC 23:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as nn. ju66l3r 23:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Du - EITC

Non-notable company. Crystal ballish marketing babble poorly rewritten from [20]. --Haakon 08:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete blatant advertisement - "looking forward to serving your telecommunication needs" serves only to trip the ad-o-meter. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 08:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, blatant advertising. JIP | Talk 09:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Crystal ball SPAM for NN. Wikipdia is not for something to be introduced later this year. --Xrblsnggt 02:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for crystallized spamvertising. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was Speedy Delete. Gwernol 10:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Newgrounds BBS

This page was recently deleted ([21]) with a strong consensus, re-created by User:CartoonDiablo (the same user who created the original article. He should be given a warning and the page should be deleted quickly. Actually, if somebody could put this up for speedy deletion (don't know how to myself) it would be appreciated. Mackan 08:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:22, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cat's pajamas

Dictionary definition. Should be moved to Wiktionary or deleted. BrianSmithson 08:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom (already on Wiktionary wikt:cat's pyjamas). Yomangani^talk 09:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Encylopedic information. This particular article was tagged for deletion less than an hour from it’s creation. I did a google search on the word “encyclopedia” and came up with the following:

  A reference source containing information on a variety of topics. This information may be supplied in short paragraphs or in lengthy articles that include citations to other works on the same topic. Encyclopedias can be general - covering all topics, or specialized - focusing on a particular discipline such as art or philosophy. [22]

• I object to what I see as the tagging of short articles because of "importance," not every article in wikipedia needs to be a treatise. This is slang, so it doesn’t qualify for the List of idioms in the English language. However, I see at least four links to the page, and the Cat's pajamas (disambiguation) has six different references. Before anyone brings it up as some sort of accusation, I did create and bulk up both articles. --evrik 17:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The article has not been nominated for deletion because of "importance". Please read the actual nomination, and our Wikipedia is not a dictionary policy. Uncle G 19:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • I may have been confused because the article got tagged with {{importance}} and {{dated prod}}. In any case, without being too snarky about this whole thing I want to say that nominator was not assuming good faith nor civil about the whole process.

      Had this been tagged with {{Move to Wiktionary}} by the nominator, I would have argued that while wikipedia is not a dictionary, some entries that provide cultural context are important. The fact that he went and escalated the issue by slapping the {{afd}} template reeks of retaliation (and is the whole reason both this and bee's knees are up for deletion. This may not be a large article, but it certainly passes the google test. There are a lot of items that may be more appropriate as dictionary entries. If instead of being deleted, there was a redirect to Wiktionary, that would be fine with me. --evrik 19:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

      • Um, what? I simply followed the proper procedure for nominating an article for deletion. First you put {{prod}} on it. If someone disagrees, you put {{afd}} on it so that a proper debate can occur. I was unaware that there is a {{move to wiktionary}} template. It's nothing personal and has absolutely nothing to do with civility or assuming good faith. If you think I was uncivil, please bring it up on my talk page and I'll be happy to discuss the matter. — BrianSmithson 22:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
      • some entries that provide cultural context — If you want to write about cultural contexts, then write an encyclopaedia article about the cultural context that spawned a whole load of words and phrases, not a dictionary article about a single phrase. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Uncle G 11:02, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete epr nom ST47 17:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. It's on Wiktionary and in its current form it's a dictionary definition. Evrik, if you can provide examples of this phrase's "cultural context", the article could be saved, but right now it's just a definition. Also, please don't accuse Mr. Smithson of "retaliating" against you by nominating certain articles for AfD. I'm quite sure that's not the case; he seems like a very reasonable person. Srose (talk) 20:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• The edit histories speak for themselves. As for it's cultural impact, all I can offer is Cat's pajamas (disambiguation) and google search.--evrik 20:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Abstain. Delete It is possible that Cat's pajamas (diambiguation) could worked up into a useful article. This is not, now, that article. I will come back and see. JCScaliger 22:27, 24 August 2006 (UTC) It hasn;t been, and doesn't look to be. I will look again, hopefully before closure. JCScaliger 20:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep While it's true that WP is not a dictionary, it's been proved many times over that encyclopedic articles can arise from words and phrases. Give this one some time to grow and expand. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom - Blood red sandman 13:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Due to the artical citing historical refrences and the history of the phrase it should qualify as an entry, also it's useful. (UTC)
• Strong Keep It addresses more than just the definition. The section concerning the origin is small, but it is referenced and it has the potential to grow. Considerable historical interest as well--It isn't a neologism. Irongargoyle 20:55, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The "section concerning the origin" is known as an etymology section, and is a standard part of a dictionary article. You can see it in the Wiktionary article, at wikt:cat's pyjamas#Etymology. That has the potential to grow. (Wiktionary is not paper, and its etymology sections can be as long as necessary.) And it is where such growth should occur. Uncle G 11:02, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• A dictionary article about a phrase that has been mis-placed in the wrong project. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Delete. Uncle G 11:02, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep not a dictionary definition. — brighterorange (talk) 20:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as this is beyond the scope of a mere dictionary definition. RFerreira 07:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
  • How so? — BrianSmithson 08:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus. —Xyrael / 15:26, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bee's knees

Dictionary defintion. Should be moved to Wiktionary or deleted. BrianSmithson 09:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom (already on Wiktionary wikt:bee's knees). Yomangani^talk 09:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom --Mecanismo | Talk 10:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep This particular articles has existed since October 2005. It has been cleaned up, and has grown. I did a google search on the word “encyclopedia” and came up with the following:

  A reference source containing information on a variety of topics. This information may be supplied in short paragraphs or in lengthy articles that include citations to other works on the same topic. Encyclopedias can be general - covering all topics, or specialized - focusing on a particular discipline such as art or philosophy. [23]

• I object to what I see as the tagging of short articles because of "importance," not every article in wikipedia needs to be a treatise. I also object to the fact that this article was tagged, almost as an afterthought because of the cat's pajamas. --evrik 16:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The time the article was able to stay under the radar of wikipedians is irrelevant when talking about merit and encyclopedic value. As it has been stated, it is only a dictionary entry. Not everything has merit or value to be mentioned in an encyclopedia. --Mecanismo | Talk 17:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The article has not been nominated for deletion because of "importance". Please read the actual nomination, and our Wikipedia is not a dictionary policy. Uncle G 18:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Hogwash . It's not like it existed unnoticed. If you look at the history, you'll see that the article was tagged with clean-up and people have been making small and incremental chnages. This kind of work is what wikipedia is all about. I'm guessing that no more than ten people will decide whether or not it is important, but it is encyclopedic. --evrik 17:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Our Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary policy defines what is encyclopaedic. Quite ironically, you actually make the very point for us. In order to wikilink the word "hogwash", you've had to link to nonsense instead. In the dictionary, which is over there, there is an article for "hogwash". Uncle G 19:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • No irony. There is no entry for Hogwash, and it was redirecting to bullshit which is a stronger word than I wanted to say. Had this been tagged with {{Move to Wiktionary}} by the nominator, I would have argued that while wikipedia is not a dictionary, some entries that provide cultural context are important. Also, I object to this article being placed on this list because I disagreed with the nominator about the importance of cat’s pajamas and he decided to retaliate by nominating both articles for deletion, this was not assuming good faith nor civil about the whole process. Deleting every article that appears to be a dictionary item leaves wikipedia bereft of some of its context.--evrik 19:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Again, I only followed the correct deletion procedure. If you think I was uncivil, I look forward to the Request for Comment against me. Frankly, you are taking this far too personally. — BrianSmithson 22:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as it is currently a definition and exists on Wiktionary. Srose (talk) 17:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as oer WP:NOT ST47 17:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep While it's true that WP is not a dictionary, it's been proved many times over that encyclopedic articles can arise from words and phrases. Give this one some time to grow and expand. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Perhaps someone could create a more expansive article on 1920s slang? I would have no problem with keeping such an article. — BrianSmithson 07:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Blood red sandman (talk • contribs).
• Strong Keep It addresses more than just the definition. The section concerning the origin is small, but it is referenced and it has the potential to grow. Considerable historical interest as well--It isn't a neologism. Irongargoyle 20:54, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The "section concerning the origin" is known as an etymology section, and is a standard part of a dictionary article. You can see it in the Wiktionary article, at wikt:bee's knees#Etymology. That has the potential to grow. (Wiktionary is not paper, and its etymology sections can be as long as necessary.) And it is where such growth should occur. Uncle G 10:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• A dictionary article about a phrase that has been mis-placed in the wrong project. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Delete. Uncle G 10:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but so what? "bee's knees" is not a word. It's a phrase with historical and cultural context, and in the article is reflected as such. forceshield
  • Wiktionary takes phrases as well as words, as do most dictionaries, and the Wiktionary article for this phrase was linked to right at the beginning of this discussion. Uncle G 01:25, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Dictionaries may contain phrases, but do dictionaries usually contain historical context? Obviously this is not a dictionary entry. - Robre 20:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep not a mere dictionary definition. — brighterorange (talk) 20:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep If you disagree with the format or content of the article then be bold and improve it how you see fit. Nominating a perfectly good encyclopedic article for deletion just because you feel its too much like a dictionary entry screams laziness. - Robre 20:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The current article is beyond the scope of a mere dictionary definition. RFerreira 07:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep This is a well-known slang term. The article is already greater than a mere dicdef, and can most likely be expanded further. — NMChico24 03:38, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep please per nmchico24 this term is well known and more than a dictdef Yuckfoo 19:08, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etefjeyyk

Non notable, crystal ball, possible hoax: no Google hits for title outside of Wikipedia, unknown author as well (actor with same name exists): see also Species (superheroine), created by same editor, which has the same problem (currently prodded), and Foster's the Movie: Journey to The Imaginary World, also created by the same editor. Fram 09:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Gwernol 10:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and gwernol ST47 17:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The LiveWire

A community television show in the pre-production stages which is yet to film a pilot episode. -- Longhair 09:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete -- Longhair 09:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Longhair 09:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom - Blood red sandman 10:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete obscure, void of any notability, vanity --Mecanismo | Talk 10:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Obscure television pilot for a community television station. Yet to achieve any third party coverage. Capitalistroadster 11:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable. If it hadn't obviously been written by someone involved in production, than I may have thought that someone had heard of it and hence considered it notable. --Roisterer 16:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom ST47 17:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Come back if episodes are filmed and aired. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aeden Ratcliffe

Likely vanity, the link to the community television show is broken, making this difficult to verify. See also the AfD for The LiveWire which states a pilot is yet to be filmed. -- Longhair 09:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete -- Longhair 09:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Longhair 09:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as vanity. If he goes on to have the bright future the article suggests he will, we'll hear from him again. BigHaz 09:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. A search inquiry for him in an Australia media database came up with "No results were found." He hosts a proposed community television programs that is yet to have a pilot and with a broken weblink. Very difficult to verify and doesn't appear to meet WP:BIO. Capitalistroadster 11:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — WP:VAIN, WP:BIO, WP:V. Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 14:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable, likely vanity. --Roisterer 16:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Roisterer ST47 17:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Views of the French military

Unsourced, unargumented useless non-neutral and polemic point of view based article. This article is amateurish and all but encyclopaedic. I hereby vote him for DELETION. Cliché Online 05:10, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

• This article is pure nonsense. I agree it should be deleted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.126.100.250 (talk • contribs) .
• Not only is it nonsense, but it is also redundant with the same francophobe gibberish that you can find in the Francophobia and "Anti-French sentiment in the US" articles. It's a shame that prejudiced people are trying to use Wikipedia to justify their prejudices and present them as facts worthy of an encyclopedia. Yes, this article should be deleted, it's a shame for Wikipedia. Tocquevil 09:51, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: This article was created amidst the hullaballoo that was started when Military History of France was displayed on the front page as a featured article. People desperately wanted to reflect some of the views other cultures hold of the French military, because it seems that's what first comes to mind for many American and British Wikipedians when it comes to France's military. I propose a merger to another related article (like Francophobia), and the material can be converted into a section of that article. --Perimosocordiae 22:01, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• DELETE, "views" articles are not encyclopedic, moreover starting a "views of the French" will enable a "views of the British", then a "views of the American", and a "views of the Japanese"... The only source for the article is The Simpsons... wow really impressive! It was probably made by kids. Synchronicity I 06:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete mainly original research, heavy WP:POV issues too. I agree with Synchronicity I that this article is inherently WP:POV and a WP:NPOV version inherently cannot be written. Gwernol 10:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, WP:OR, WP:POV, article name is already POV, and no way this article will be neutral. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 11:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. All "views..." articles should burn in hell. Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Including Views of the Universe and Views On News? Uncle G 14:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete nonsense ST47 17:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete because... no, just delete-Doc 18:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete In addition to the POV issues, this is an essay, not an encyclopedia article. Agent 86 18:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete essay. Danny Lilithborne 19:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Conceptions about French military prowess... first became prevalent during the reign of Louis XIV. Uh-huh. Delete. bikeable (talk) 01:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP not a soapbox, etc. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I went through hell trying to oppose this article after my Military history of France went on the Main Page. This article was opportunistic, a pure spinoff of the main article.UberCryxic 03:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per previously stated arguments. POV, not an article. --MPD01605 (T / C) 03:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete really resembles a blog of POV. The subject is covered in Anti-French sentiment in the United States or Francophobia the topic is far too broad. Wikipedia doesn't have chains of articles for example Views of the Austrian Military, Views of the Cambodian Military etc. As per arguments above. Kyle sb 15:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep (or merge). Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:30, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simplex algorithm method

Violates Wikipedia's 1st Pillar. Wikipedia isn't a howto manual or a medium to hold indiscriminate types of information Mecanismo | Talk 10:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Sounds like a good candidate for transwiki to wikibooks. ColourBurst 15:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wikiversity or wikibooks, redirect to Simplex algorithm. A solid article, but in the wrong place. --Wafulz 15:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Don't tell me we don't have other articles that in effect step through algorithms. Can we not explain anything, for example arithmetic, defined in this way? Charles Matthews 16:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Wikipedia is not a HowTo manual. There is already an article on the simplex algorithm, which gives a very good general explanation on the problem, including it's mathematical formulation. Therefore it is obvious that a second article, which the original author claims that was copied from a textbook, isn't justified. Moreover, Wikipedia isn't a howto manual. There are other wiki projects which are better suited for this kind of information --Mecanismo | Talk 17:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. I don't think simplex algorithm explains the details of the algorithm well. It only gives an overview of the algorithm, and I think that somebody who hasn't seen it before will find it impossible to follow the explanation. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 01:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• So why not expand and improve the already existing article? And if the reader really wants a HowTo document, why not consult other wiki-projects like wikibooks? As I see it, two separate articles is overkill for such a simple thing, specially if one of them is a HowTo manual (which doesn't belong in wikipedia) copied from a book. --Mecanismo | Talk 11:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per Charles Matthews. Algorithms are frequently difficult to understand; this seems appropriate. Could use a better title, though. linas 23:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Maybe the article was greatly improved after the nomination? At any event, I don't see the problem. The simplex algorithm is without doubt one of the most important algorithms in all of applied mathematics, and has had a tremendous influence on the development of math/sci/engineering since it was introduced. It is completely appropriate to offer a clear step by step discussion. Please note that every undergraduate textbook on numerical methods which I have seen (and I have looked at dozens) contains a similar discussion. To name one of the most elementary such books: Kemeny et al., Finite Mathematical Structures, Prentice-Hall, 1959 (a fine book which unfortunately seems to be hard to obtain these days). (I could give more authoritative citations testifying to the outstanding importance of this algorithm, even specifically to the algorithm itself, but I trust that one will suffice.)---CH 18:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into simplex algorithm. I don't see the point of having an example of using the simplex algorithm anywhere other than the simplex algorithm article. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• transwiki per ColourBurst. This is an encyclopedia, not a textbook. Nevertheless, the existence of this implies that simplex algorithm could probably use an example, with explicitly subscripted coordinates. Septentrionalis 20:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I agree. Usually the textbooks on operations research approach the simplex algorithm twice. First the book explains the hands-on approach to the algorithm (to what the AfD serves as a howto) and then the book presents the algebraic approach (what is written in the article). I believe that the article would indeed benefit from having both approaches listed, which merits a merge. --Mecanismo | Talk 23:30, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep or Merge. Paul August ☎ 22:39, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or merge This is not "indiscriminate information". Obviously the simplex algorithm plays a prominent role in the history of the 20th century. The fact that this is not a how-to manual does not mean that at least some of its material should be "how-to" stuff, especially with such a prominent topic as this one. Michael Hardy 22:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep. - Bobet 08:46, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Relaxation response

delete per WP:SPAM. The page does little to inform about Relaxation response, whatever it is. Ohconfucius 10:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete nonsense attempt at a redirect article. --Mecanismo | Talk 10:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• When the very first line of the article states that it is a disambiguation stub that is in need of fixing, nominating the article for deletion is not the way to fix it. Keep. Uncle G 12:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The rewrite seems pretty good to me. --Wafulz 15:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, dab page. Charles Matthews 16:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Sleep - Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC) chrrr
• Remove Linkspam for Eli Bay --Xrblsnggt 02:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • You're talking about the wrong article. The page being discussed is relaxation response. If you feel spam on other pages should be removed, please be bold! - Samsara (talk • contribs) 07:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
    • No, if you look at the "Relaxation Response Institute" disambiguation link on this page, it goes to the Eli Bay article. --Xrblsnggt 02:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eli Bay

The page is pretty blatant advertising, and its deletion is proposed per WP:SPAM Ohconfucius 10:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete That fact that it's advertising doesn't necessarily mean it deserves to go; the article could be an advertisement for something legitimately notable. However, when the best you can find to back up your claim to be "renowned" is an interview in the "Canadian Jewish News," you're probably not really notable. Uucp 14:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. After an extensive search, I found that Eli Bay has gotten no press coverage apart from the Canadian Jewish News, and google search returns 3,010 results. However, most of these are ebay sales of Eli's CDs (none of which have actually been successfully sold; most sales are being attempted for at least the second or third time), Eli's website, or the website of Eli's organization. Srose (talk) 14:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Deleteper nom ST47 17:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete relaxation spam --Xrblsnggt 02:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as blatant advertising. Violates Wikipedia is not a repository of external links, and is technically an empty article. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hack, (political slang)

Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Blood red sandman 10:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary, especially not a dictionary of slang, especially not a dictionary of slang words that are incorrectly defined. Gwernol 10:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, WP:NOT. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 11:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Is this maybe suitable for TransWiki to Wiktionary? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amists (talk • contribs) .

  Perhaps if the definition was accurate, but since it is not I don't think there's much value in transwiking it. Gwernol 12:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as Wikipedia is not a dictionary, OR, POV, unverified etc. Molerat 13:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. No significance outside of definition. Nlsanand 16:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom --Mecanismo | Talk 17:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per gwernol ST47 17:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as unverifiable; Wikipedia is not a slang dictionary. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chak 8ML

This is not at all noteable and totally unverified and unverifiable. Blood red sandman 10:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, it's a place "notable" only because the head office of Pakistan's largest supermarket chain (whose name is not mentioned in the article, strangely) is located there. Also unsourced per nom. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete this should have been the first thing to do instead of AFD. --Brad101 14:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom ST47 17:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Unsourced, thinly-veiled advertising. --Xrblsnggt 02:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above, WP:NOT a guidebook to non-notable buildings in Pakistan, barely coherent. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was speedy delete attack page and vandalism. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Darknar

Dictonary definition. Could be a hoax... Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 10:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom - Blood red sandman 10:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nonsense vandalism --Mecanismo | Talk 10:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable slang dictionary definition, hoax and also less than completely true. Gwernol 11:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, hoax, dicdef, neologism. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 11:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was speedy delete as vandalism. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The darknar way

Obscure dictionary definition. Related to Darknar. Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 10:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete I'm becoming sure this and darknar are a hoax. Blood red sandman 10:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable slang dictionary definition, hoax and also less than completely true. Gwernol 11:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was keep. 1ne 09:13, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gävle goat

Is an article about a giant straw goat really noteable? Blood red sandman 10:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to Gävle, there's already a section on it there, and it's linked from yule goat. It's rather (in)famous, though :) -Obli (Talk)^? 11:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Alright, it's clearly outgrown the Gävle article since last time I checked it, make the above statemet a 'keep'. I never knew there was this much to know about the gävle goat... -Obli (Talk)^? 18:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect per above. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 11:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per above.Addhoc 12:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• The answer to the nominator's question is "yes". Keep. Uncle G 13:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The Gävle goat gets its own article on Swedish Wikipedia. Seems to me that this particular goat is the most celebrated of all. Could not be merged into Yule Goat without dominating that article or the interesting narrative of the years when the goat was built and burnt being lost. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Very important part of Swedish history. --Brad101 15:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect yeah... ST47 17:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Strange, but real-life culture. Karol 18:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, famous attraction. Punkmorten 20:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Important culture-related article. Hello32020 21:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge the high points into Gävle (especially the tourist from Cleveland), and the sources; but the whole list should be BJAODN'ed, with our thanks to the authors. JCScaliger 22:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep although it needs a tone polishing. The Yule Goat is an icon of Swedish culture (see also the misnamed Dalecarlian horse), this is a big deal, not some kind of joke. The words "modern folk tradition" come to mind. --Dhartung | Talk 23:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep We need more articles about 3-ton Yule goats and less articles about pokemon. --Xrblsnggt 02:36, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep This goat has been featured in newspapers around the world. Keep it, if it's deleted before December 13th, we write a new one! In the spirit of the good ol' Gävle goat.... =P FreddyFred 03:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• I just wanted to state for the record that this article was nominated for deletion while I was working on it and compiling information. As you can see in the history log the nomination was activated 18 min after the article was created (I guess it was spotted after like 10 min). That's little unfair. Giving me (or anyone else for that matter) no chance to even develop the article. But thanks to the initial action from Uncle G, but foremost, Yomangani for his amazing editing skills, 4 days later this article looks superb! So some patience before nomination shoulden't have hurt..... FreddyFred 06:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - obviously notable and one of the few WP articles that has made me laugh (although that's not a policy for keeping it, obviously). Yomangani^talk 09:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per the above reasons. --Myles Long 23:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Article is informative. --Falcorian ^(talk) 04:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep after having built 3 of them and seen one burn on CNN I must use my POV powers and vote for keep :-) Stefan 02:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep without redirection. Thank you Wikipedia, this was a very interesting read. RFerreira 07:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Datasul

NN CORP, VANITY, advertisements, some erp vendors Justdoingmyjob 18:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy keep. Bad faith WP:POINT nomination by Wavelet.biz-related sockpuppets. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wavelet.biz. — Saxifrage ✎ 19:49, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. No evidence of notability. Nominator should still be banned back to the stone age, though. — Saxifrage ✎ 20:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Bobet 11:27, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Oh look, another nn IT company - delete it. By the way, Why ban the nominator? --Amists 12:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

  Apparently that is a single-purpose account whose contributions are mostly to AfDs of corporations. See also Saxifrage's struck-out comment. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 12:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sandy Wood

Delete This article was created when the player was with Celtic F.C.. He is now a semi-professional footballer with Forfar Athletic F.C. - a part time football club playing in the Scottish Lower Leagues. Clearly non-notable. Forbsey 11:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete He was part of Celtic's youth squad. If he played with the firsts, it would be a keep. Capitalistroadster 11:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 12:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vanity, void of any encyclopedic value --Mecanismo | Talk 17:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per per nom and mecanismo ST47 17:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, does not meet WP:BIO. Punkmorten 20:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This "lower league, part-time" football club is the same one that reached the semi-finals of the Scottish F.A. Cup less than five seasons ago, right? The same one that are currently in only the third flight of Scottish national football? And this is the same Sandy Wood who is the subject of this BBC sports article? Looks notable enough to scrape into the Wikipedia reserve team, at least. Grutness...wha? 04:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment No, as the article states, they reached the quarter-finals where they were beaten 6-0 by Rangers. The third flight of Scottish football is of an extremely low standard, probably the equivalent to district or junior leagues in England. The only reason he has a BBC Sport article is because he moved away from Celtic, given that he did not play for Celtic's first team, he does not warrent an article on Wiki, in my opinion. Forbsey 06:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Matrixit

Apears to be an advert. In fact, it is an advert - and one for an unnoteable company at that. Blood red sandman 11:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete- Fails WP:CORP. Geoffrey Spear 12:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete...You'd think someone at Matrixit might know that Wikipedia is not a free advertising site. --Amists 12:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 12:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Burn it --Brad101 16:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete spam. Hit it with a stick until it asks for forgiveness --Mecanismo | Talk 17:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per GS and as per WP:SPAM ST47 17:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete on a sidenote, how many notable companies have "Solutions" in their name? Anyone? Danny Lilithborne 19:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tray-table

The little bit of plastic you eat your dinner of on a plane is hardly noteworthy enough for inclusion here. Blood red sandman 11:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Wikipedia is not for dictionary definitions. Gwernol 12:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete per nom. Addhoc 12:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Not exactly sure why these airline tray tables are thought less than noteworthy. This article is a stub that begins at the beginning, and possesses potential for expansion. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Yes, they're not something you think about a lot, but I'll bet there's an article in them somewhere. - Richfife 16:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nonsense article. Void of any encyclopedic value. --Mecanismo | Talk 17:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per rich ST47 17:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep but it is very misleading. The word "tray-table" is not an airline specific term. I rewrote the article. Really could use some images, but alas, I do not own a tray-table. --SeizureDog 21:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment So now it talks about a TV tray. - Zepheus (ツィフィアス) 23:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Gwernol (old version), or re-direct to TV tray (new version). Fairsing 04:27, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Worst decision

I'm not sure about this one. I declined a speedy, put up a prod which was just removed. Looks like a two-person promotional company based out of the UK for bands, that tries to get fans to form "teams" to assist in band promotion worldwide. They've got Bowling for Soup on their registry. Google was unhelpful. Alexa on the website is >100,000 [24]. I think it's a delete. -- Samir धर्म 11:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• It's an advert, it's borderline nn, its unencyclopaedic, I say we do away with it per Samir. --Amists 12:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 12:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete fails WP:V WilyD 13:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Spam of obscure company. Moreover, it seems that the article authors are constantly removing the delete tags. --Mecanismo | Talk 17:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete ST47 17:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• KEEP - I found and added some proof the company does indeed do everything they say they do, are notable and not fakers spamming an obscure company. Seems they have been operating since 2003 and do have several thousand members and contacts in the music industry. They have been added to the article scottcabal 18:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC))
• Keep - a quick google of "worst decision" + "steet team" reveals many pages about them - links to the official sites - various myspace members talking about them, messages on forums about them by various people and links to the street teams they manage. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22worst+decision%22+%2B+%22street+team%22&meta= —The preceding unsigned comment was added by scottcabal (talk • contribs) .
  • Comment please don't vote twice. One user, one vote. --Mecanismo | Talk 22:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • So what you're saying is that the article cites absolutely no reliable sources whatsoever? WilyD 20:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Are you blind? theres like 10 references

Note from article author - i only removed one article for deletion notice earlier today - and in the comments it said I could if the article was improved... which it was. I added more links and details about the future of the company. - Article author 18:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by scottcabal (talk • contribs) .

• Please don't remove the AFD tag, as instructed on the tag itself, even if you feel the article has been removed. Anyway, delete as nn and OR. Molerat 22:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• ACTUALLY IT DOES SAY YOU CAN REMOVE THE TAG IF THE ARTICLE IS IMPROVED - WHICH IT WAS
• Delete --Casper2k3 22:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Bands may be notable, but promotion by its very nature is advertising. --Xrblsnggt 02:38, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• In that case why not remove articles about the bbc and other people like that?
  • Because they're encyclopaedic and not spam. WilyD 01:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blair Hutton

Delete - Non-notable semi-professional footballer Forbsey 12:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 12:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:BIO, sources needed. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 12:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and TO ST47 17:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HaloGen (game mod)

Unfinished game mod falls under Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, especially given the number of fan-made projects that are never finished. Advertisement, non-notable. Prod removed by apparent SPA. -- Merope 13:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Content of article would be good for a blog or website but Wikipedia is not a place to advertise or promote an unreleased MOD. --DrunkenSmurf 13:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. It's crystal balling at its finest, and chances are that the game won't be notable even upon being released. The infobox is particularly amusing. -- Kicking222 14:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom - the game's not even finished yet, and there's no indication of popularity, and yet it already has a Wikipedia article? If it becomes wildly popular (like CounterStrike, for instance) then an article can be rewritten. For now, it falls under "non-notable". –- kungming·2 | ^(Talk·^Contact) 15:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vanity, spam, crystal ball. Off with the head. --Mecanismo | Talk 17:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 18:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. PresN 20:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I have no problem in principle with listing mods, btu they need to be important or famous ones and unreleased mods are rarely either. Ace of Sevens 00:38, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aberdare Boys Grammar School

Courtesy listing. Original editor who nominated it failed to create the AfD page. Some hint at the rationale for this nomination may be found at Talk:Aberdare Boys Grammar School. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom--Jusjih 13:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — per nom. Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 14:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete ST47 17:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 18:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless sources that assert notability are added. The school is defunct and does not appear to be notable. However, the original nominator really didn't give a reason for deletion. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 02:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete As the article contains no assertion of notability. GRBerry 03:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge/Redirect to Aberdare article in an education section. — RJH (talk) 15:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep for the reasons established at User:Silensor/Schools, notable article about a historical school which operated for 82 years beginning in the late 1890s. Silensor 19:20, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Silensor. --Myles Long 23:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Cedars 12:28, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or merge/redirect as above, verifiable deserving of coverage. JYolkowski // talk 18:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep standard is verifiability ... not notability... i really wish people would learn that by now.  ALKIVAR™ 20:44, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Does not appear to meet new proposed guidelines. Vegaswikian 21:19, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, important part of the history of education in Aberdare. Passes the proposed new guidelines, which nevertheless seem to be broken, since people are abusing them as an excuse to vote delete. Kappa 21:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep please this school is important and verifiable too Yuckfoo 12:42, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep High school. Piccadilly 13:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Radwell International

Contested prod, non-notable company, blatant spam. Note that the only contributor also shares the name of this article. This "article" shows up in two other places: User:Radwell International and User:Moorestown (which are also nominated). MER-C 13:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• I speedied the user pages as blatant spam unsuitable for a user page. But nominations for user pages should go to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion, not here. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 14:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom ST47 17:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 18:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Advertising for NN company that has only been around since 2005. --Xrblsnggt 02:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:50, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Garden City Christian Church

This article makes no claim to notability for this church, and most individual religious congregations are not sufficiently notable to warrant articles in this encyclopedia. Furthermore, the article has been tagged for cleanup since January 2006, yet has received no significant improvement over the last seven months and only a few edits in total since then. I recommend a delete. --Metropolitan90 13:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. DJ Clayworth 14:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, ditto. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:06, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Neutral, pending further discussion. - Smerdis of Tlön 11:57, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom ST47 17:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as nomination --Mecanismo | Talk 17:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Whoah, slow down before we do a kneejerk 'it's a church -delete' ('ditto' etc.), let's do some thinking. Probably individual religious congregations are not per se notable (although since we keep even the smallest school, that's perhaps a little strange). However, the nominator here doesn't seem to have read the article: 'makes no claim to notability' - actually it does. 1) 'Megachurch' suggests very large - let's investigates that. (I've found one claim it's the 3rd largest AOG chuch in (Australia/the world) - but the source isn't good) . 2) Employs 50 staff - if that's verifiable then it certainly would be notable - given that most local churches employ 1-2, it would be larger than a small denomination. The nomination is frankly erronious.--Doc 18:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Well, I could be wrong. However, the article currently states that the church is "large" and gives a "see also" reference to Megachurch (as opposed to stating that this church is a megachurch), but doesn't indicate how large the congregation is. By contrast, the article on Willow Creek Community Church (an undisputed megachurch) says they have 17,000 to 20,000 people in attendance each week. However, having 50 people on staff would indeed be consistent with Garden City Christian Church being a very large church. I will reconsider the nomination if the article is improved during the AfD period. --Metropolitan90 19:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • You are wrong. And since the article asserts (and did when you nominated it) that it has 50 staff and runs a college, you nomination seems to indicate you didn't read the article. If the assertions arn't verified then you should have marked if for verification, or tried to verify it yourself - no nominated it for 'no asserion of notability' when it has one. See my further evidence below - which I found with a gentle google. --Doc 20:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete for now, however agree this could be salvageable, megachurches are notable and fifty staff put it in that league. However to change my vote a secondary reference is required. Addhoc 18:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Em, so you delete things which assert notabiliy, because you can't be bothered to check it. Please note our default position is normally to keep things, unless shown to be unverifiable. --Doc 19:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Doc, the nearest I have found to a secondary reference is [25], which isn't good enough. The PhD thesis downloaded blank. If you want me to change my vote, find a decent secondary reference. Addhoc 10:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The PhD thesis loads down perfectly for me, and obviously for others too, since someone else has just added it as a source to the article. Sorry, I'm not technical enough to help you with your downloading problems. --Doc 17:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Weak delete per Addhoc (Revised to neutral per comments below. -- Slowmover 20:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)). Seems to be a big church, but nothing out of the ordinary as regards activities or history. Note there are also churches with this name in Garden City, MN and Indianapolis, IN (and no doubt others). -- Slowmover 19:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

So, it's a normal activity to have a college in a church? All the churches in your neck of the woods do that? Hmm. --Doc 21:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

The church I go to used to have a "College of Life" every spring: essentially, a series of evening Sunday-school classes taught by the pastor or by volunteers from the congregation. It had no academic credentials and issued no degrees. If this church operates a genuine institution of higher education, it probably is notable enough. The statement in the article didn't necessarily get there, though. - Smerdis of Tlön 11:57, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• OK, here goes - and no doubt there is more...

In the 1980's it was claiming a worshiping congregation of over 2,000 (same cite as below) - assertions of growth since

In 1981 it established a 'school of ministries' training pastors for other congregations - which appears to offer distance learning and accredited honours degree studies (search for Garden City in this PhD pdf - and see their website Clifton, S. J., (2005), An Analysis of the Developing Ecclesiology of the Assemblies of God in Australia, PhD thesis Australian Catholic University. There seems to be at least seven members of academic staff. [26], and a reasonably stocked theological library [27]

They have a distinct ministry to the deaf [28]

The employ a number of staff including 'department heads' - this implies a lot, but there are no indications of how many [29]

Now, can we please stop deleting things without reading the article or doing some basic research (oh strong keep - an shame on you all). --Doc 19:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure why we need articles on churches because they do churchy things like missions, teaching, etc. Obviously this is a very large and active church, but the article doesn't actually say much about it, and that's a problem. Having a large library and a ministry to the deaf is just the normal course of business for churches. But I'm not overly fussed if we keep it, so I'm changing my vote to neutral. (BTW, I did read the article, look at the website, and found the deaf ministry, too.) -- Slowmover 20:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

It doens't say it, {{sofixit}} - don't delete it. I know of no churches (although doubtless there are some) which have their own Bible college and semi-academic library, with an on-line catalogue, stocked (and I checked) with many liberal-art theology texts. FFS, we keep every school. --Doc 21:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Mako 23:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• DeleteWeak keep. The article appears to be a mix of original research and directory style information. Are there any reliable third party sources for any of the information in the article? -- Mako 00:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC). Changing to weak keep due to reference - though the article could use another reference. -- Mako 12:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Did you check for information, before voting to delete? If there is OR or POV, then it should be removed. But actually, the phd thesis above, and the Australian Theological accreditation (which I've verified), has enough information verifying significant facts. --Doc 07:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I did a google search and don't recall finding much about the church (there was some stuff about events at the church though). That thesis does mention it though (is there anything else about it?), so I'll change my recommendation. -- Mako 12:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete jesus spam --Xrblsnggt 02:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Em, yes well now you are just showing prejudices. Fortunately that's not yet a deletion criterion.. --Doc 07:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I am vehemently and unabashedly prejudiced against spam. Wikipedia is not an advertising service. Not even for churches. --Xrblsnggt 15:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. There are some stories in the media about this church including about a fire in 2004 which destoyed its youth centre. It has a 1700 seat auditorium according to the Brisbane Sunday Mail so it is a reasonably significant building . If deleted, it should be mentioned in our Mt Gravatt article. Capitalistroadster 04:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep evidence of megachurch status provided in article, stubbified. Paul foord 10:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I still see no evidence of megachurch status, nor do I see any notability established here. The "evidence" provided is not sourced. wikipediatrix 14:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
  • See p. 216 of the reference Paul foord 14:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
    • The comment is invalid anyway - we don't delete things because their claims have not been verified (although they have here) we delete things because, after much research, they are found unverifiable. At any rate, we've shown this place has an accredited college with 7 staff and an on-line catalogued library - that is extremely rare, if not unique amoungst churches. We've shown a good number of other staff, pastors, and 'department heads' (alhough the '50' claim may not be verifiable - and should probably be removed). I have to say, given that there is a string of keep votes for even the smallest little school, the tone of this debate, the extremely high thresholds being set, the disingenuous claim of 'no assertion of notability' (that missed the claims to a college and 50 staff), the demands that everything be verified now (without the voter trying themselves), leads me to suspect some element of bias is at play. I suspect that any other voluntary sector body claiming as many employees and activities wouldn't even have been debates. --Doc 15:11, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Accusing other editors of bias just because they demand verification is a pretty low rung on the ladder of WP:FAITH and WP:CIVIL. wikipediatrix 15:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I accused no single editor of anything. No doubt there are some voting for deletion that would vote for the deletion of any school or other organisation of a simmilar size - that's fine. What is not fine is applying standads here that are not applied elsewhere. The need for verification is not usually a deletion criterion - the inability to verify is. But, the existence of this as a megachurch with a lot of staff and a college was verified from the outset.--Doc 15:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

That is what you say. I have seen no evidence that this is a megachurch, and I'm not even sure that the definition of a "megachurch" has been properly determined. However, if they do indeed have a fully accredited college, the college might deserve an article whether the church does or not. wikipediatrix 17:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I've no use for the term megachurch, since it is too vauge. But we have verified that this church 1) had 2,000 attendenting in the 1980's 2) employs at least ten named individuals in its pastoral staff, some of whom are 'department heads' (unless their website is lying - which is hardly likely) 3) is strong enough to establish a college offering accredited degrees - employing six teaching staff and librarian who maintains a on-line catalogued theological library. Yup, I'd like us to get better sources and clearer information, we should work on that to improve the article. We should either remove or mark as unreferenced the stuff we can't verify. But why consider deleting it? It isn't a hoax, and we can at least be sure that it is an extraordinary church. What's the problem? --Doc 17:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The 1980s were twenty years ago. A lot can happen to a church in twenty years, just ask Robert Tilton. wikipediatrix 12:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, and he is certainly notable. So what? Lots of things even died off in the 80's, but they are still notable. Help, delete The Beatles, I mean a lot has happened since 1970.--Doc 15:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per Doc glasgow (particularly the last comment). --Tony Sidaway 13:34, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep I know the church in question - it is nearby here in Brisbane. I can attest to its status as a "megachurch" (going by the definition on the wiki page here) and the church numbers haven't declined since the 1980's, so it's still up there. There are a few media articles around that I may be able to get a hold on to help the article regarding facts and things like that. Jaems 03:25, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Importance and megachurches and all that aside, where's the non-trivial third-party commentary on this church? The only thing that anyone has scrounged up is an off-hand one-sentence mention in someone's thesis. If we can't do better than that, then we should leave this link red until someone actually has some sourceable content. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 05:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't get this. Forget the thesis then. This church clearly exists - that's verifiable. Its website indicates a lot of staff - that incredibly unlikely to be lying. That it has a college accedited by the Australian College of Theology is verified [30]. . The theological library is verifiable [31]. That's surely enough for a stub. --Doc 08:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

There was a significant spread in Brisbane's Courier-Mail last year sometime with some interesting notes. If that was found and referenced, would it change anybody's vote? Jaems 09:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Someone who is interested and in Brisbane should head down to their library then and find some references. If the church is notable they shouldn't be too hard to find. -- Mako 12:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• keep please megachurches are notable really important to brisbane and surrounding area Yuckfoo 12:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep seems notable 99of9 02:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep - churches this size should be notable. As some of the facts in the article are verifiable, it should be said that this church and others like it which don't have historical value but are notable in other ways should be kept. (JROBBO 06:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC))
• Delete: it isn't notable. Krugs 00:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep is notable. plrgrs 08:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Extremely Weak Keep, if it were a company with 50 employees, it would probably be notable (although, I'd probably argue that most of these AOG "megachurches" are companies anyway :v) Lankiveil 07:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC).

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The result was delete. 1ne 09:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SoftOne

prod tag was removed. This is a non-notable demo group (and nn group in general), with only one demo release (see [32]). They are not a band or music group as suggested by the stub. They should also not be confused with The Softones. --Vossanova ^o< 13:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete No reliable sources are present, fails WP:V. Group has no albums on any labels, no national or international tours, no significant members so it fails WP:MUSIC too. --DrunkenSmurf 14:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — Fails WP:MUSIC criteria, another non-notable band. Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 15:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per DS and TO ST47 17:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vanity and obscure. Claims to notability and accomplishments aren't supported. --Mecanismo | Talk 17:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 18:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. The statement about the group's demoscene-specific notability is at least very misleading if not totally false. --Viznut 19:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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The result was Delete abakharev 06:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Octomover and SAMMUT Inc

• Added Jean-pierre sammut

Contested Prod. Advertising for non-notable product and company. Google comes up with two hits for the product, and it's not clear they're even relevant. Fan-1967 14:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Sir / Madam,

  The above accusation is untrue. There is no Google-hit for SAMMUT Inc.

  Re: Octomover. Yes, there is a "product" bearing the same name. I have contacted the owner of the site and asked for his opinion about the co-indicence. I am awaiting his reply.

  Sincerely,

  Jean-Pierre Sammut,

  MALTA, Europe —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jean-Pierre Sammut (talk • contribs) 2006-08-24 14:22:33 (UTC)

• Comment In that case you have confirmed that this article should be deleted. Please review Wikipedia standards for notability of corporations. If there are no google hits for your company and product, they do not belong in Wikipedia. Fan-1967 14:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Spam - delicious, delicious spam. WilyD 14:27, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Sir / Madam,

  This is an act of injustice!!!

  All and sundry know that WIKIPEDIA is actually FULL of indirect advertisements DE FACTO. Why are tons of other pages tolerated while mine is being persecuted?

  Please, I ask for your kindness and compassion. Please, let me set up my genuine business without sabotages. I have had already enough trash from my country's government. Please, give me a break.

  J.P. Sammut —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jean-Pierre Sammut (talk • contribs) 2006-08-24 14:33:26 (UTC)

  • If there's other spam about, I'll be thrilled to delete it too - WilyD 15:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment There are other articles which should be deleted, true. That does not affect these, which should also be removed. Wikipedia is not free webhost for advertising. Fan-1967 14:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• It is unfair that SUBTLE marketing is tolerated while OVERT information is chucked out. It is VERY unfair!

  J.P. Sammut—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.56.128.20 (talk • contribs).

• Delete per Fan-1967. This product is not notable; the same goes for the company. J.P., the articles are not being deleted just because they are advertisements. They're also being deleted because they do not meet Wikipedia guidelines such as WP:NOT and WP:CORP. Srose (talk) 15:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Yeah, it's an ad. Yeah, the product and company are both non-notable. No, the company doesn't get any Google hits. No, the company's CEO (or whatever) cannot save these articles. -- Kicking222 15:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Sir/Madam,

  this is top-most crazy!

  I am still in my very early days ... and you expect me to fulfill the criteria stated in your commandaments as if i were YAMAHA or CHRYSLER ?!?!! Gosh!

  Listen, my product can help the elderly and the disabled to live a better life. If you elbow out my page, you will feel guilty for the rest of your life. Please, try to understand. Pleasssssssssssssssse. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.56.128.20 (talk • contribs) 2006-08-24 15:15:46 (UTC)

• The article on the company is a mis-placed Yellowikis entry, and the article on the product is, of course, unverifiable. Delete. Uncle G 15:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. el_falcone
• Dear Uncle G, at least you have got some good sense in your brains! Thanks. I wish to yell a loud "get lost" to all the others!

  J.P. Sammut

  (Comments irrelevant to AFD discussion elided to ensure debate does not degenerate.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.56.128.20 (talk • contribs).

• (Comments irrelevant to AFD discussion elided to ensure debate does not degenerate.) Fan-1967 15:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• DELETE Non notable SPAM ccwaters 15:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment He also created Jean-pierre sammut. Is that a seperate AFD? ccwaters 15:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Added to AFD. Fan-1967 15:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• (Comments irrelevant to AFD discussion elided to ensure debate does not degenerate.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.56.128.20 (talk • contribs).
  • Our rules for company articles are quite clear, and are based on the fact that you are an unknown person, with an unknown company, selling an unknown product. (Comments irrelevant to AFD discussion elided to ensure debate does not degenerate.) Fan-1967 15:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • (Comments irrelevant to AFD discussion elided to ensure debate does not degenerate.) Am i SELLING a product? A sale-offer would bear a PRICE, right? Did i quote any price in my page?
• What's wrong with the JP Sammut article?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by El falcone (talk • contribs).
  • The only possible claim to notability ("delegate" to Korea, whatever that means) fails Verification from Reliable Sources, and would not be enough to make him meet Notability guidelines anyway. Fan-1967 16:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Hey, do you KNOW by any chance that THIS person, Frans Sammut, happens to BE my FATHER?!?! - J.P. Sammut—The preceding unsigned comment was added by El falcone (talk • contribs).
  • Relationship to someone encyclopaedic does not make you encyclopaedic WilyD 16:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Sorry to butt in here, but I noticed it in SRC - we do have rules and policies here, specifically WP:CORP and WP:SPAM which you should read. If you don't meet those rules, then the accepted wikipedia policy is to delete that article. Have you read those articles yet? And have you considered any way to edit the article to make it better fit those rules? ST47 16:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Why are companies like Adidas, Nike and ArmyLite given special treatment? - CM —The preceding unsigned comment was added by El falcone (talk • contribs).
  • Because there is encyclopaedic, verifiable information on them. WilyD 16:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Like what?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by El falcone (talk • contribs).
      • Like they exist, and are well-known, and make products people have heard of. Fan-1967 16:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC
        • What's ArmyLite anyway? It doesn't have an article here. --Metropolitan90 16:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete all, per WP:SNOWBALL. (Comments irrelevant to AFD discussion elided to ensure debate does not degenerate.) -- Merope 16:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Can someone be kind enough to point out the phrases which infringe Wiki's rules ?
  • That'd be every last sentence. Please see WP:SPAM, WP:V, Wikipedia is a many headed beast, but she ain't a free webhosting service WilyD 16:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Here's the evidence showing that I'm a REAL DPRK-Malta delegate:http://korea-dpr.com/kfaorg/official_delegates.htm - J.P. Sammut
• www.korea-dpr.com has often been featured on the CNN and SKYNEWS. Wlii you be skeptic about these too?!?!
• For the sake of learning anf knowing, can someone point out the BAD parts of J.P.'s article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.56.128.20 (talk • contribs).
  • Which one, J.P.? Fan-1967 16:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Okay, here are some of the big points

1. Every last word is original research - none of this information comes from reliable, third party sources - he's writing is because he's researched it himself. That makes the entire article unacceptable, per WP:OR
2. Every last word is unverifiable. The article does not cite a single, reliable source. That makes the entire article a violation of WP:V, a policy which cannot be overridden by concensus.
3. The bottom half of the article is contact information for the purpose of promoting the company - all of that is in violation of WP:SPAM - it's just a piece of spam he's trying to drum up some business with.
4. The article repeated uses phrases like "An octogon is better than a square when it comes to turning, because it doesn't have corners that will hit furniture." - this is a violation of non-negotiable policies like WP:NPOV
5. The company itself fails the guideline of WP:CORP for inclusion.
6. There are plenty more, but I hope the more egregious ones will give you the flavour of the problem. WilyD 16:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete all. Companies are non-notable spam, and the biographical article is also thoroughly non-notable. Almost to the point of speedy deletion. The Korean Friendship Association might be notable, I don't care, but it is not so notable that every person (Comments refactored to ensure debate does not degenerate.) connected with it deserves their own article. Especially if they write it themselves. Jdcooper 16:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • And there's nothing to indicate that being a "delegate" to the Korean Friendship Association means anything. Nothing identifies this person as any kind of official representative of the Maltese government. Fan-1967 16:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Dear Fan-1967, you were the first one to complain against my pages. Can you please POINT OUT which parts you found infringing the Wiki-Commandaments?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.56.128.20 (talk • contribs).

• The number one commandment is Verifiability from Reliable Sources. We cannot get any independent verification that a product called the Octomover, or a company called Sammut, Inc, even exist. Fan-1967 16:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Can you please all of you watch this movie: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xC-aC8BrQ7s

To watch it, you must have Codecs on. [Codecs = compressor + decompressor] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.56.128.20 (talk • contribs).

• OK, may I say, it looks amazing, and i wish that it was notable enough to write about on wikipedia, but we need more than just a youtube video to satisfy Wikipedia verifiability. I could easily make a video about a made-up invention and put it on youtube (I am not saying the octomover is made-up). Wikipedia is not for adverts. Jdcooper 17:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks JD cooper! Hey, what do you mean by "made-up invention" ? I mean, if you make it up then it is an invention !!!!!! My goodness! Nowadays we talk so rapidly that we do not even realize that we would be uttering complicated simplicities, i mean, if you can set up something, then it is what it is - simple !!! The science-fiction in Hollywood Films is actually "real" in the sense that if you see a gargantuan monster, the monster as a living creature would be obviously ficticious but its model would be REAL !

• Hm, i see what you mean, but my point stands, a youtube video is not verifying evidence either of existence or notability. Jdcooper 17:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - recent inventions (which is, I think, what Jd meant) are not notable on Wikipedia becaue they may disappear and never be used again within a week or month. Generally, encyclopedic topics must remain important for at least 50-100 years. Srose (talk) 17:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Let's keep Wikipedia free from spam, specially the one which is generated by annoying spammers. --Mecanismo | Talk 17:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, SRose, i will be re-writing my page in the year 2056 when i'll be 80 years old ! I will be saying: "Hey, my invention is now fifty years old. Can i write something about it on Wiki please?"

• The general guideline is that when you or your company is appropriate for an article, someone else will write it. A couple of my coworkers have articles, none of them started them, for example. WilyD 18:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • A product doesn't necessarily have to be 50 years old to be notable - it only has to have an impact that has a good chance of lasting such a period of time. For example, Neopets probably won't last another 50 years, but it's notable because of its huge base of "fans" and all its references in pop culture. Srose (talk) 19:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Not like I have a say here, but that's my 10 cents. --Zabadab 18:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - Of course you have a say here, Zabadab! Every Wikipedian does. Srose (talk) 19:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

It has been a long day!! Please .... let's have a break.

• Delete for now, unless references are included that substantiate notability, then maybe, if you can find me, I'll change my vote. Addhoc 18:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
• Please, Delete and end this ridiculous discussion. Danny Lilithborne 19:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Where did you crop up from, Danny? Get lost!

• Haha, what? Is there some kind of overview about the fundemental nature of wikipedia that someone can link for poor Jean-Pierre? And Danny, Zabadab, others thank you for your valuable contributions, everyone is equal here. Jdcooper 20:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia should stop looking like a History Book and ought to start to give opportunities to young thinkers to make themselves known to others.

Hmm, seems like you've come to the wrong place - this isn't what Wikipedia is at all. Perhaps you're looking for Geocities? WilyD 20:27, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

OK. I'll move over to Geocities. Cheers!

Wait, hold on .... in Geocities i have to pay ..... no no no ! I'll continue my work over here!

Okay, maybe I was too specific - how about this? WilyD 20:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for that. Yet i still fail to understand why Wikipedia does not appreciate pages like mine.

Because Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a phonebook, nor a free webhosting service, nor a pile of unrelated ads, nor a grilled cheese sandwich. Just an encyclopaedia. WilyD 20:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah! Finally i understood. Well, ok, sorry for hustle and bustle. I'm off.

• Comment. This is the weirdest AfD ever. Jdcooper 23:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Dollis Hill Uncle G 00:19, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete all of this silliness --Xrblsnggt 02:51, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete all as failing WP:V and as blatant WP:SPAM. --Kinu ^t/_c 04:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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