Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teen Podcasters Network

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Paul August ☎ 18:18, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Teen Podcasters Network

Advertisment for a podcasting site established less than a month ago. Site has no Alexa ranking. GraemeL ^(talk) 18:12, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Sdedeo 20:43, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Had my hopes up that this would have something to do with Teen Girl Squad. Alas. Delete as advertisement/recruiting page for non-notable website. Fernando Rizo T/C 21:12, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Badvertisment. Alf 00:22, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
• Don't Delete Page was edited to not self-promote. Vote by 69.22.224.131 (talk · contribs), [1]. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:00, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
• I already deleted this page earlier, but it sadly has expanded to a point where I cannot kill it again via speedy deletion. Oh well, delete. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:44, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
• Dont Delete Amazingly I found it intresting that the site actually got together and built it up. (the wikipedia page) EDIT: Aswell, self promotion has been decreased from the original Vote by Leer (talk · contribs), [2] , whose majority of edits are to the said article up for deletion. Also, with this vote, it show's clear vanity. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:59, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Clear Vanity? How about giving suggestions on how improve instead of destroying it? Creating is lot more work than destroying... what suggests do you have on fixing it instead of marking it for deletion?

• None. Your website is not notable, it does not pass the Alexa text and there are thousands of other podcasting sites that do not have articles here. And from the admission above that the members of the site created the article, that is clearly vanity. There is nothing you can do to save the article. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:07, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Your arrogance and lack of flexibility will be your demise... and when do you see so much talent and creativity on a youth network? That's rare-- podcast directories have no spark. And since when was Alexa the big thing? Who exactly do you think you are? Members are the only one who know the history and what have you done for the Internet today? Deleting and destroying-- that's what...

The Alexa rating, along with the Google test, is what we at Wikipedia use for standards of notability. I am just enforcing the rules here. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:18, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

I see no explicit rule stating you must use the Alexa or Google toolbar. Correct me if I'm wrong b/c I see no proper documentation on low-ranking websites to be removed...

• • We have deleted other non notable websites recently. Check the other VFD's and you will see other websites being deleted. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:45, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Sorry, maybe someday this site will be important, but not yet. Zeimusu | Talk page 02:20, 2005 August 23 (UTC)
• Delete nn, vanity page. Dottore So 18:11, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

John C. Dvorak was right-- the downhill of wikis are imminent due to the arrogance of the admins and the Wikipedia community. Leaving gracefully here, and you've given us a new mission statement: ""We're not the Teen Girl Squad. A non-notable site established less than a month ago with no Alexa ranking. Members of the site show clear vanity, self-promotion and self-love. We're unimportant and we love everyone on TPN." ---Wikipedia" Sneer.

• Don't Delete Podcasting is a very serious thing. It needs to be saved not destroyed by discouraging the teens who will turn it into a phenomenon Vote by 70.177.111.74 (talk · contribs)

• Don't Delete I agree with what the person above said. Teens are going to be the ones who are going to make this a phenomenon in the not so distant future. Besides this is one of the first sites i've seen so far that deals with teenager podcasters. I think that they are heading in the right direction. Vote by Sinisterlaugh101 (talk · contribs), whose first edit was this VFD vote.
• Delete - Your work may be worthy, and I wish you all the very best of luck in your endeavours. But your podcast site does not meet the criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia yet. Come back when you have achieved that success, and we'll welcome an encyclopedia article on it. FCYTravis 00:16, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - As with FCYTravis, we don't wish to dismiss your good work and creativity, however we only include websites that are newsworthy, extremely popular or notable in some way. If you win an award, get mentioned on the BBC or in the New York Times then by all means have another try. In the meantime you may want to copy your article into a textfile so that you have a backup if it gets deleted. Good luck. --bodnotbod 19:40, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete. --I've heard of it. So?? Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 09:52, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

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