Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monkey.org

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 08:05, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Monkey.org

Just another ISP. A key sentence may be: It is not generally known how to obtain the services of monkey.org, but most of the user base is known to be friends or acquaintances of the three guys who run it. Right. The notability hardly jumps off the screen, and WP is not a web directory. -- Hoary 02:22, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

I've removed the conjecture. I was not aiming for a vanity page, "Please don't bite the newcomers." Advice appreciated. Dirt 02:44, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

• Comment Dirt, don't feel bad. Nobody's going to get mad at an innocent newbie. However, it's likely that this article will be deleted. Many editors are against the creation of what they feel are vanity articles, even though that wasn't your intent. Also, there are many, many ISPs in the world, just like there are many bands, many teachers, and many websites. Many people here believe that a subject should be noteworthy in some way to have an article. Normally, I'd be voting to delete, but I won't vote in this case, in hopes that you realize the community here really is generally friendly. Hope you stick around, and don't take it personally if this article gets deleted. Friday 03:06, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

• Comment reply In hindsight, ISP was a bad choice of word (acronym) - i chose it because there was an article i could link to. I've changed the wording - and found a new article to link to. monkey.org spawned a handful of well known computer security researchers and has since become home to others, articles about whom i plan to write (or at least stub.) Having been involved in the monkey.org project for so long i thought it would be a decent article to write from scratch. I'll continue to flesh it out until it is deleted or not - at the very least this is a good learning experience. As a side note, i've been browsing and tweaking wikipedia for a while, but only today did i create an acount. Thanks for taking the time to comment, Dirt 05:15, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete but only because I like to be consistent. It is a pleasant change for the author of a vanity page about themselves to sound so reasonable. With an Alexa ranking 41,239 this will probably end up deleted (under 10,000 is the suggestion at WP:WEB). Could Dirt not Userfy this page? You know, so that day when it hits 9,973 it's all set to go? brenneman^(t)(c) 05:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
  • I wasn't intending this to be an article about a web site (alexa 41k is suprising, haven't looked in years) but about the folks who have come out of, or to monkey.org. The web site itself has almost zero content. Any suggestions on how i can move this out of the realm of 'userfy?' Dirt 06:50, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
    • Perhaps you could write a more general article about Internet collectives/co-ops? AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 21:28, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Vanity Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam! -- FunkyChicken! 05:55, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • I thank you for your word, although i'm not sure how you meant to use it - there's not even a google spaming link in the article. Thanks for your comment. Dirt 06:34, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: vanity, no evidence of notability. Wile E. Heresiarch 08:23, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable, vanity. AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 21:28, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable web host, but well-written and do hope you stick around. Dcarrano 22:06, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
• delete, nn. Pavel Vozenilek 23:01, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, as non-notable. I am not against a Userfy if the author so wishes, however. --Blu Aardvark | ^{(talk) | (contribs) 23:04, 16 July 2005 (UTC)}
  • How does one userfy, aside from cut/paste? No wikipedia entry for Userfy. Thanks... Dirt 23:20, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
    • No, cut/paste is pretty much the only option; however, we were all newbies once, so I did you a favor. Oh, and delete the article from the main namespace. DS 13:22, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete non notable, website advertising. JamesBurns 02:41, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

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