Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imao blog

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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 delete even without discounting the comments from users who have made almost no other contributions to WP but this AfD. W.marsh 18:08, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Imao blog

Does not meet WP:WEB criteria. Delete. Fightindaman 01:50, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Do not delete. See Little Green Footballs, etc.-many other blogs are on Wikipedia. IMAO recieves thousands of hits daily, and certaily is worthy of mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.43.152.26 (talk • contribs)

  • Delete, not notable per WP:WEB. Bad ideas 02:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Fails WP:WEB. Alexa rank 102,649. --Kinu 03:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, Alexa rank of only 102,649. Not very promising. Royboycrashfan 03:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and move to IMAO.us (which seems to be the more common name). Verifiable justification for possible notability has been provided in the article now. It may not be the most prestigious blog, but I'm now inclined to let it stay. If these assertions had been present from the outset, I would have voted to keep all along. As a note, on Google, "IMAO.us" turns up many, many more search results than "Imao blog" does, so that should be the article's title if it survives this AfD. -- TKD 01:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC) Delete per above. "Thousands of hits" is not notable. -- TKD 03:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as non-notable website. —Quarl (talk) 2006-02-07 03:32Z
  • Delete per nom. Avi 04:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, per WP:WEB. Titoxd(?!? - help us) 06:20, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Delete hits do not determine notability.VirtualSteve 10:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

13:32, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Double Plus Delete I don't want to be a part of your stupid doodie-head site. I once read an article on 802.11 ecryption here, and it was slightly inaccurate on one point. IMAO only associates itself with quality and 100% accuracy.--Frank J. Fleming 13:50, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as non notable. Doesn't meet WP:WEB. Resubmit it in Newspeak and perhaps the Minitrue will see fit to publish your prole literature. 2+2=5--Isotope23 20:40, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Multiple award nominations meets criteria for notability per WP:WEB. FlyingSpaceMonkey 16:15, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Comment: WP:WEB states that the website must have won a well-known and independent award. This blog has not. Fightindaman 17:00, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Comment: WP:WEB further states "Being nominated for an award in multiple years is also considered an indicator of notability." This blog has. FlyingSpaceMonkey 17:37, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Not notable, shameless plug. - Mulder416 17:31, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Do not Delete Multiple award nominations meets criteria for notability per WP:WEB. IMAO has had numerous nominations for best humor blogs. ----Jfqueen 21:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Comment: This vote is Jfqueen's first post. Fightindaman 21:49, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Do not Delete IMAO is a significant blog in Conservative circles, I use it by name in talking. Unless Wikipedia entry is only suitable for blogs dependending on which way they lean? No reason to delete a blog that has had multiple awards and links from many sites. User: ArcaneFury
  • Comment. The above vote is actually by 66.24.29.24. User: ArcaneFury does not have any edits. -- TKD 01:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Do not Delete eh I say its a borderline case. Somewhat notable blog in my opinion. ScottM
  • Do not Delete. Somewhat notable, both in its readership and its effect on the conservative blogosphere. Viz. the term "Puppy Blender" for Glenn Reynolds was invented on IMAO, and is now widely used. Edgr 05:05, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Notable blog. --Siva1979Talk to me 13:31, 10 February 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.