Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avril Bandaids

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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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:43, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Avril Bandaids

Avril Lavigne fansite; article is pretty spammy; Alexa ranking is 28,795 (higher than I expected). My vote is "Weak delete", what does everyone else think? NawlinWiki 21:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete -- and delete again. Just what is notable about fan sites anyway? But besides that personal thought, in this article there are "claims" to notability - made by themselves, referenced and sourced by themselves. Oh, and look, you can join the forum and there's a handy FAQ too. How handy. If it was to be restyled into a proper article it would say "... is an Avril Levigne fan site." - and that's it. It would then be speedied under "nocontext" or "nonsense". Of course it gets good Alexa results because A.L. is a notable figure herself and any site which features her is bound to have big hits. But that doesn't warrant an article for the fan site on these here pages, does it? Rant over. Bubba hotep 21:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per above. This is not a topic that could have a good article about it. Ned Wilbury 22:02, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Fan sites such as these are generally not notable in themselves. They may warrant an external link from their subject's article (in this case, Avril Lavigne) under WP:EL but usually not a separate article. --Metropolitan90 00:55, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per above. --Kf4bdy talk contribs 02:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Biggest A.L fan site ever. Does not contain -cruft and I will take the POV out if you give me a chance. I am a bandaids insider but we do warrant an article. Will nominate for POV Check. We are notable, we are huge and we even have A.L talk to Staticrebelle. Please, Give the no 1 A.L fan site a chance. -- Nathannoblet on behalf of all members of Avril Bandaids . Com. 05:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment Can you show how this fansite is notable per this guideline, then? NeoChaosX [talk | contribs] 07:54, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment -- isn't having the fansite enough for you? I have no objections to fansites per se, but they have their own server space. Plus they should abide by the same rules as people, per WP:AUTO. If you claim it is notable, someone else unconnected with it will surely come along and create it for you with a more balanced PoV. Just a thought. Or two. Bubba hotep 12:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment POV is only the first issue. A fan site is unlikely to ever be mentioned by enough reliable sources to ever meet the requirements of verifiability (which is the underlying justification for notability requirements). Plus, Wikipedia is not a web directory! Xtifr tälk 23:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete -- not notable enough for inclusion. - Longhair\talk 14:27, 2 November 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.