Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smash World Forums

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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. --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 23:27, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smash World Forums

Non-notable, self-promotional fancruft DeleteKevin 00:06, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete Yet another forum Ashibaka tock 00:46, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletions.
  • Delete nothing particular special, popularity is probably not easily verifiable. --Rob 01:33, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and email the page creator for verification. -- Mostly Rainy 02:13, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. NeoJustin 03:30, January 1, 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep - I'm sick of you people putting up AfDs just for fun when you obviously have no idea what's going on just because an article is on a website. Are you guys just clueless? Ignorance is truly bliss. Look it up, we have guidelines on this stuff. You know what guidelines are right? Evidentally none of you have read them, so I would suggest you click here. Read them before you go off making pointless deletes because you feel like it. Does it not say "A forum with more than 5,000 users that has made a verifiable impact beyond its own user community" is notable? If you'd bother to read the article you're motioing to delete, it says that they have almost 30,000 users, which, not only is notable, but also can be verified by going to the site. A few clicks around the internet and you'll realize that the tournaments organized on these boards are obviously giving the site an impact beyond its user-base. All of you need to start recognizing these guidelines before you go off AfDing. 12:31, 1 January, 2006 (UTC) - User:VanillaX
    • PS: Yeah, sorry I seemed a little rude, but I'm really sick of pointless AfDs. - User:VanillaX
  • Delete - Nothing pointless about this AfD. It's a forum with no particular claim to notability beyond its community. When we say "has made a verifiable impact beyond its own user community," we mean beyond its niche. Where's the media mentions? Where's the evidence that anyone outside the Super Smash Bros. community cares about these forums? Also, if it's kept, nuke the forumcruft. Nobody cares that there's a "Debate Hall" - every forum has one. FCYTravis 07:07, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - Takes two seconds on news.google.com to pull up things on the tournaments this site has helped bring about. This article is from a media group in Belarus. That's an obvious impact. Oh, and I agree, the thing about the "Debate Hall" can probably go. - User:VanillaX
    • Comment - That press release argues for the inclusion of a (non-copyvio) article on Major League Gaming, not a forum which isn't even mentioned in the press release. The vast majority of the Google hits are invalid linkspam farms. FCYTravis 07:15, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per FCYTravis WhiteNight T | @ | C 07:18, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per RN. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 11:14, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. --Agamemnon2 14:21, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. It's all about the SEO. rodii 19:43, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep An article about this site was in the September 05 issue of Nintendo Power. I think that counts as a media mention. The site's individual rooms are not relevant, though. The 0utsider 20:49, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, per nom. Ajwebb 22:10, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom TheRingess 22:12, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Has a forum with almost 30k members, 1 mill posts. Has gained media attention in magazine Nintendo Power. Englishrose 23:06, 1 January 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.