Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/419eater.com

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 keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 419eater.com

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Meets criteria for what WP:NOT. Whole article reads as an advertisement or alike boasting only about the websites functions. Article, as is, fails to establish notability guidelines, per WP:WEB. Luke! 22:05, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Very notable website, well-known and mentioned in numerous print media sources, as well as on TV, as mentioned in the article. Currently ranked 21,285 on Alexa. Article needs some cleanup and expansion, but organic expansion cannot happen if the article is deleted. Any poor or biased writing will be fixed in due time, the article needs cleaning up, not deleting. D-Angle 22:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep - carries its own notability and has some folk-hero status (ok, granted, the latter isn't enough for here), but certainly needs some cleanup. Been mentioned all over media. --Dennisthe2 22:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Very-notable website. Google search returns independent sources discussing the site on the subject of 419 scams. Ocatecir 00:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak DeleteArticle presents only 1 independent source to show notability,which is not multiple. Edison 04:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per D-Angle, Dennisthe2 and Ocatecir. WegianWarrior 07:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep. One of the best known scambaiting sites. The article mentions BBC coverage. Also, the site was notable enough to warrant a book of its own. The rest is cleanup. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 14:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep - the website has been featured in many different mediums, BBC radio ran a program about it also Adamshappy 14:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - notable, I've seen it linked from Slashdot GabrielF 16:07, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• keep please this is a notable scambaiting website a highly ranked too Yuckfoo 02:34, 10 January 2007 (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.