Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The One Million Masterpiece

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 04:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The One Million Masterpiece

The existence of the project is verifiable, but I don't think it's notable. It's a web-based charity project and this article was basically written as an advertisement for it. It claims to be a huge project, and the name would lead one to believe that, but there are actually fewer than 800 participants. Perhaps it will break the world record of 25,000 some day (I doubt it) but Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. We shouldn't be keeping this article around just because the subject might be notable someday. The only news coverage is based around advertisements and press releases from the project. I'm not sure whether this falls under WP:CORP or WP:WEB, but it fails both. Delete. Kafziel 13:53, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - I originally added the {{notability}} tag back in July [1], but Novacatz considered it sufficiently notable to de-tag. I'm still not particularly convinced - whilst I don't dispute that it appears to be a charitable endeavour, rather than commercial spam, the tone of the article remains very much like advertising and I'm not convinced its notable advertising. DWaterson 15:45, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete. While I think the concept and intent of the project are very interesting, the number of participants is very low. After a more significant number of people have participated, I would not object to seeing this article recreated. - CNichols 21:34, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I know my nom may be worded a bit harshly, but I agree with you. I think it's a neat idea, and if it breaks records and makes history someday, then it would be notable enough to stay. Just not yet. Kafziel 21:37, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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