Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EIFSA
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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 all. Proto::type 12:13, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] EIFSA
Vanity. Issue came up after creation and same spam on NL-wiki. The so-called "organisation" and its website seem very amateuristic. User:Hsf-toshiba came up with the problem on NL-wiki, as he's into artistic roller skating , but doesn't know this "inline scating" "fedaration" however. Creator of the article has been advertising in the Artistic roller skating article too [1], too. Seems really non-professional project and vanity article about someones hobby and hobby site. LimoWreck 21:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- related nominations
- Holiday On Inlines - advertising as well
- Doubts on Inline Figure Skating - not nominated, but created by same user (or sockpuppet), and linkspam reverted by different users.
- Samantha Bennis - vanity article of author, cross-posted on NL-wiki
Hi,
I don't understand what the problem is. We are a team promoting inline figure skating: that is our Mission Statement.
EIFSA and Holiday On Inlines use the same computer at offices in Rotterdam where Samantha, Stephanie and Gavin are located.
We are part of the administration of EIFSA and the Holiday On Inlines team:
EIFSA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EIFSA/
http://www.geocities.com/eifsa_web/
HOLIDAY ON INLINES: http://geocities.com/HolidayOnInlines
http://skatehead.xs4all.nl/cpg/index.php
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HolidayOnInlines/
Inline Figure Skating has been approved by FIRS and CIPA. All the relevant info is online:
http://www.geocities.com/eifsa_infos/
http://www.geocities.com/eifsa_infos/TECHNICAL_INFO.html
Inline Figure Skating is an off-ice training option for ice skaters and an extra competition discipline for quad artistic roller skaters.
There seems to be some strange resentment towards the growing popularity of Inline Figure Skating, which is understandable but some are behaving genuinely hateful about it. Discriminating against it is nothing to be proud of, it is downright tragic!
skatingly,
Samantha Bennis
Stephiesk8 22:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- Well, you say and prove it yourself. An official national federation is fine on Wikipedia. A hobby team (using geocities and yahoo as website) is not notable however. Wikipedia is not the place for each local club or association to advertise their occupation. --LimoWreck 22:32, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- Strong delete I think they made the case against themselves just fine: lots of geocities and yahoo links. Veinor (ヴエノル(talk)) 22:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- Delete. This has nothing to do with prejudice or discrimination or anything else, Samantha/Steph. This has to do with standards of quality on the encyclopedia. This is not verified by any reliable source. - Che Nuevara 22:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- Delete. Organization has no official standing and no particular claim to notability. Any article people write to promote their own organizations is automatically suspect as vanity, too. Dr.frog 00:20, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- Delete Unable to establish claim to notability-- No large number of googlehits, no non-trivial news reports. Basically, the problem is a lack of sufficient notability to have an encyclopedia article.
Other links to related information:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/EIFSA/
http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/others.shtml
Artistic roller skating
USA Roller Sports -- the US governing body for roller skating.
Federation Internationale de Roller Sports
Roller Skating FAQs
European Inline Figure Skating Association
Inline skating FAQs
Speed skating info
Olympics
International Olympic Committee home page
US Olympic Committee
Dansescape.com -- competitive ballroom dancing and dance sport
Gymn-Forum.com -- gymnastics FAQs and info
http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/others.shtml
- 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.