Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coldplaying.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 of the debate was delete. — Feb. 26, '06 [15:27] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

[edit] Coldplaying.com

website vanity, not notable in it's own right Cyrock 23:02, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep It is very notable, even the band's official site has the coldplaying.com link on it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.83.188.206 (talk • contribs) .
• Keep Coldplaying.com is the offical fansite of the band coldplay, and you allow other offical fansites on here (and a lot of other rubbish). MrDaveS 23:15, 12 Februart 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Coldplaying.com is the biggest source of information for Coldplay fans, removal of its entry will render a lot of current Wikipedia Coldplay information attainless. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Busybeeburns (talk • contribs) .
• On The Fence If the article can be expanded by someone who is part of the aforementioned site, then keep. If this is as far as it ever goes, delete. Lunis Neko 08:48, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Alexa ranking of 142,470. The claim of "arguably the biggest Coldplay fansite on the internet." is POV without any proofs. Even if claim is true, just being the largest fansite for a particular band does not satisfy the criteria listed in WP:WEB. --Hurricane111 15:37, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Notable as the first website to offer a much sought after recording of Ode To Deodorant, one of Coldplay's first releases. Also one of the first to provide news on singles, interviews and tours, even before the official website... Littlewhiteshadows 21:42, 16 February 2006 (GMT)
• Delete. Not-notable per WP:WEB, even if it is the "official fansite" of the band. Green Plastic is the official fansite of Radiohead, and for a while the band's primary website before radiohead.com became regularly updated. However, even it is only referenced with an external link on Radiohead's Wikipedia page.

Alternatively, if the band's official website is only externally linked on Wikipedia, why should a fan site deserve its own article?--Madchester 05:39, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. To all fans of this site. Making a new account just to vote here is not acceptable. To all, please sign your votes if you want them to be taken seriously. But I agree to the idea that if this article can be expanded, then it stays. Other wise, it goes. --RabidMonkeysEatGrass 22:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. —Crypticbot (operator) 04:39, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. As not notable. Fine (and would encourage) having this as a link from the Coldplay page - however this is not notable in its own right. Coldplay is the notable topic (if you like dull music. Just kidding.)--TMMABPTY 14:56, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Hurricane --Ruby 16:50, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, an external link at the bottom of the Coldplay article is sufficient. Average Earthman 17:00, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Average Earthman. BrianGCrawfordMA 19:26, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and add external link at Coldplay as per Average Earthman. JoshuaZ 00:16, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as no evidence presented that it meets WP:WEB. Capitalistroadster 01:30, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Per nomination. UncleFloyd 03:34, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Comment - The Alexa ranking is crap, it only ranks pages which the webmasters have paid Alexa to rank. It can not be trusted

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.