Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yahoo! trolling phenomena (second nomination)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. alphaChimp^(talk) 14:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yahoo! trolling phenomena

Previously no consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yahoo! trolling phenomena

This article is original research, without secondary sources. It also fails to establish how trolling of Yahoo! is in any way distinct from simply trolling. Most of the article is given over to repeating the comments of trolls and saying how offensive they are, when clearly the mature thing to do is to deny recognition. All in all it's one vast collection of forumcruft, with little or no chance of every being verifiable from reliable secondary sources; the verifiable content amounts to a description of Yahoo! (whihc we already have) and the fact that the Yahoo! forums get trolled (which is a trivial and obvious inference given that all unmoderated forums and many moderated ones are trolled). Just zis Guy you know? 12:17, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - per very complete and well-argued nom. Looking at the history there has apparently been no attempt to address original research concerns. Yomangani^talk 15:30, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
• Save - although article does have some issues with it not being in 'wiki style' or whatever, yahoo trolls have become a well known part of internet culture. Perrymason 16:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Then please prove it. Please cite sources where people have discussed these trolls and their activities. Uncle G 18:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - I came in here ready to vote Save, but then I read the nom. Yeah, Yahoo! trolls aren't any different from any other troll on any other forum. Stev0 19:42, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Too big for BJAODN, maybe. If I were forced to monitor Yahoo forums (e.g. astroturfing) I might want to write up a scholarly-sounding article like this to save my sanity. But I'm not, and I don't. Nor do we have to. --Dhartung | Talk 04:29, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• delete User Talk:JzG nailed it. Nothing that specific about Yahoo! trolling compared to other internet trolling. Ohconfucius 09:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• delete per JzG's solid summation. --Quiddity 21:49, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nominator as original research. RFerreira 20:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.