Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topix.net

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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 01:58, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Topix.net

Not such a blatant {{prod}}, I thought. Why not throw this one into AfD to be sure?, I thought. No vote. GTBacchus^(talk) 01:07, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Seems at least marginally notable. Alexa gives it a rank of ~1500, which would suggest notability. Also formed a partnership with PR Web, as mentioned here; don't know how much that really means, though.Cheapestcostavoider 05:49, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with Rich Skrenta founder and current CEO of Topix.net, and make a Redirect, or else Keep. FYI the anon user who started this page has made 13 edits all to do with Topix (e.g. external links) and Skentra. Tyrenius 07:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete In my view, the site is nn. I specialise in Web 2.0; and have never heard of the site. Computerjoe's talk 08:31, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: I had never heard of it either, but its Alexa rank is pretty impressive and seems to be mentioned by a number of reliable sources, such as the above and this one. I don't think Knight Ridder generally values non-notable sites at over $60 million.Cheapestcostavoider 18:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
• Abstain uneasy on voting a keep, cannot vote delete per Cheapestcostavoider (prob. per WP:CORP. Computerjoe's talk 20:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Delete A Merge with Rich Skrenta seems reasonable enough, but I personally don't think topix warrants its own article. Nortelrye 22:53, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Reasonable traffic rating; I recall running across it numerous times in searches. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 02:07, 16 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.