Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Knox Blab

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. Mailer Diablo 07:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Knox Blab

Non-notable community forum.

• Delete as per my nom. Dlyons493 Talk 02:28, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:WEB. It doesn't even have its own website.--TBC^{??? ??? ???} 02:39, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep "Just because it is not relavent to your hometown it doesnt mean it isn't relavent. Just because someone in the world isn't a geek doesnt mean slashdot is irrelevant. There is more history of Knox Blab to come. We are just getting our information compiled. Please give us a few more days to get the relevant local politics involved. As you can see I added a few links from reputable newpapers in our area that mention Knox Blab or one of its former names. And yes it does have its own website, Knox Blab is ran by Derek Senter and Rob Levering who own funhouserock.com (their domain, their blab)" ShoeTick

A website must be known throughout a large region not just a single town, in order for it to be considered notable --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 03:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

East Tennessee is a region. Knoxville is often refered to but East Tennessee is about half the size of Ireland and is the actual area we are talking about. Knoxville is just the center and commonly refered to. - ShoeTick

Shameless self promotion by me. See the Grand Divisions of Tennessee. Teke 06:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as per nom. Shenme 05:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. -- Kicking222 13:59, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Eusebeus 15:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

KnoxBlab and its previous incarnations have been the source for many other blog reports from such notibles as Instapundit (also Knoxville based) and have been on the leading edge of behind-the-scenes information that main-stream media won't/don't report about such regional/national subjects as TVA (largest goverment owned utility in USA and based in Knoxville), public offical term-limits (currently on appeal in TN Supreme Court and may have national impact), regional enviromental issues (Great Smoky Mt. NP and several national scenis river in area)

Keep: This forum has participants from areas far removed from east Tennesse - Florida, South Carolina, New York, Massachussets, New Jersey, and Asia are the first that come to mind.

Keep: knoxblab.com is the URL for this forum.

"Give an article at least a little time to develop; It is understood that some RC patrollers feel they need to take action before an article disappears off the RC page, but nominating an article for VfD within minutes of its creation is often inappropriate. Use the "Watch" button - it won't kill us if a questionable stub is created and sits around for at least a couple of days until the author gets a chance to work on it."

"'A month' isn't exactly a long time either; many VfD's seem to be based on 'this article's been around for a month (or 2 or 3) and nobody's worked on it!!!!!' Nobody knowledgeable about the subject may have found it (especially if it hasn't been categorized/tagged/listed) or had time to work on it. Not all editors are Wikipedaholics."

• Comment Enough of a Wikipedaholic to know that VfD has been gone for months. The AfD process is to promote concensus. The forum does not match the criteria per WP:WEB, plain and simple. It's nothing against the forum, it's that Wikipedia is not about external links nor a societal resource; it's to be an Encyclopedia. Teke 07:01, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete I'm originally from Knoxville, and I vote to kill it per WP:WEB. Teke 06:52, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Optichan 13:18, 24 April 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.