Talk:Foetry.com

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on October 24, 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Rationale for Keeping article Foetry.com (why this is not Wikispam)

The need for a Foetry.com article was prompted, initially, by an excess of information begin provided on the Jorie Graham page. In explaining the controversy that involved her and the website, too much background information on the website was being included. As an entity which has been covered in various newspapers and scholarly journals, it made sense to me to create an article on Foetry.com itself, then add a link from Jorie Graham's page here. Now, this is a far cry from creating the article and then linking from a great number of poets to this page, thus I doubt it really qualifies as Wikispam.

While the article is short, I hardly think that it qualifies as an advertisement at this point. I've included a Criticisms section which goes so far as to say that Foetry.com is, in the eyes of some observers, failing to do what it claims. To be honest, both the Successful Campaigns and Criticisms sections could use bolstering, and outside sources for both exist (I will happily turn the text of the various newspapers and journals that have written about Foetry.com into links if appropriate for reasons of verifiability). This is a beginning stage for the article.

The language is fairly neutral, neither fawning over nor utterly condemning the actions of Foetry.com. I see nothing of advertising in it.

I would greatly appreciate Admin feedback on these issues, and if there is something I haven't considered, I will happily dialogue.ProfJeFF 20:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admin feedback

I reviewed the article and assess that it does not meet the speedy criteria for blatant advertising. I've left a suggestion for improvement on the creator's talk page. If an editor feels that the article should be deleted, please use the WP:Articles for deletion (AFD) process. — ERcheck (talk) 22:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

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