Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bmxboard
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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 of the debate was speedy delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bmxboard
Speedy Delete per WP:WEB & WP:NOT. Aeon 01:35, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
while I would understand completely, deletion of this article, the entry itself should exist within wikipedia.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.211.173.182 (talk • contribs)
- Speedy Delete as there is no given evidence of the website's notibility, thus making it applicable for CSD 7. However, please also note that WP:WEB and WP:NOT do not always merit a speedy delete.--☆TBC☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 01:47, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- Noted TBC I will remember in the future Aeon 01:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- Speedy Delete Wikipedia is not a directory for random web pages. Bwithh 01:48, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
BMXboard is a well known resource through out the bmx community, like Google is to the general public. It shouldn't be deleted—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.52.166.115 (talk • contribs)
- As I've mentioned above in the GDT AfD, you must take into consideration, that out of a world of over 6.5 billion people, who cares about the subject? After all, Wikipedia can't just have an article on everything, as it isn't like Wikipedia has an infinite amount of servers at its disposal.---☆TBC☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 02:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed there are 1000s of web pages out there. We don't need a stub article about a non notible forum. Aeon 02:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Ok, so why can't there be an article on bmxboard? This is an encyclopedia, right? Well, Merriam-Webster reads that "... an encyclopedia is: a work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject." Bmxboard is no different than the Romans. They were a particular group of people, and so is bmxboard. Bmxboard is a niche of BMX riders. I have to ask how bmxboard is different than having Star Trek on this website. Star Trek is definitely a niche. At least bmxboard is real, you can participate in it, you can meet people from it. I have driven to both Miami, Florida and Binghamon, NY, just to meet people that participate on bmxboard. And as far as not having an infinite amount of server space, hard drives are so cheap right now, along with bandwidth, do you really think that the agrument of servers is jusifiable, with this article currently taking up a mere 525 bytes of space (This discussion takes up more than that). Regardless of whether this article makes it or not, bmxboard is definitely a part of the bmx community' it has even been written about in nationly published magazines that anyone can pick up at even a local Wal*Mart (Ride BMX, Ride UK, Dig BMX, etc). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmxky (talk • contribs)
- The difference: Star Trek and Rome are known by billions of people, Bmxboard is known by a small, group of people. If we allow everyone to post their website on Wikipedia as long as the website is "real", regardless of notability, Wikipedia would be flooded with thousands of spam articles each day. Please remember the cost of mantaining wikipedia (not only including servers) is defaintly not cheap. Look at Wikipedia's current budget. I don't know about you, but $321,200 is a lot of money, especially since Wikipedia doesn't have advertisements and relies only on donations. --☆TBC☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 04:06, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- bmxboard is the reason for your existence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.203.2.85 (talk • contribs)
- 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.
