Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tippmann Forum

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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. I considered a merge, as suggested by some commenters, but frankly, it's impossible to tell what information in the article is reliable, due to multiple anonymous editors doing things like changing the name of the forum's creator. Recommend that if someone is genuinely keen, they start a fresh (sourced) section in Tippmann. --Stormie (talk) 14:09, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tippmann Forum

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It's now a full year that this has been floating around with no attempt made to address the notability concerns raised at the time (see the talk page). While a lot of work seems to have gone into this, I really can't see how it warrants keeping as anything other than a one-paragraph mention on Tippmann; this seems to be the very model of an acorn of an unsourced stub that's been allowed to grow into a mighty oak of original research with a dash of how-to guide and social networking on the side. However, in light of the talkpage debate, the alleged 35,000 members, and most significantly the amount of work that's gone into it by multiple editors who don't appear to have seen anything wrong with it, I don't want to just shove this into the mulcher without a proper debate. Anyone who thinks this is salvageable, speak now... — iridescent 20:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. I put a speedy tag on the article (A7 web), but it was removed.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 21:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge - to Tippmann after severe trimming. It probably merits a mention in a parent article, but with no reliable sources to establish notability, it can't stand on its own. -- Whpq (talk) 22:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Gee, trivial in the extreme! But it got me looking at the other trivial forum articles. This, and many of the others fail WP:WEB. Use this AfD as a test, and if consensus is that this forum is not notable, then start listing some of the others. I would agree with Whpq that a merge to Tippmann#Forum is the most appropriate action. SilkTork *SilkyTalk 23:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. -- -- pb30<talk> 06:42, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 10:27, 30 December 2007 (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.