Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wickerpedia

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The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 ^talk 11:51, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wickerpedia

A parody known to the Wikipedia community but otherwise unheard of. Move from main space to a Wikipedia internal page, perhaps, a new section for parodies of the project lots of issues | leave me a message 02:46, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

• BJAODN or Delete. I'm stressing the B in BJAODN here – more groan-inducing than anything. AиDя01DTALKEMAIL

02:53, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

Move to Wikipedia:Parodies. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:56, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

*Strong Keep. Shouldn't go to BJAODN because it's a real site. In fact, it gets LOTS of Google hits. Let's have a sense of humour here. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! (or whatever the hell the saying is) CanadianCaesar 03:45, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

• • 125 unique Google hits. AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 04:13, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
    • Then what does the 12,000 mean? CanadianCaesar 04:18, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
      • No, he did not. At the bottom, it clearly says "In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 128 already displayed.
      • If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included." Android is showing 125 unique hits, the rest is probably mirrors (like what they do to us). So the 12,000 websites is showing 12,000 websites that even mention the word Wickerpedia in them. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
      • You'll notice that you can't go any further in the search results... there are only 128 unique hits for that search term. The rest are just duplicates. In addition, the site has an Alexa ranking of 468,100 and has been around for less than a month. If this were a parody of anything other than Wikipedia, there wouldn't be any question. (Can we stop edit-conflicting now? Please? :-)) AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 04:21, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
        • Sounds like a good idea. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:24, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
          • By edit conflicting, if assuming you mean changing my reply, sorry, I didn't think anyone had seen it yet, and I had gone back to take another look at the Google hits. CanadianCaesar 04:31, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Noted in numerous publications, including many influential blogs. Recent example:

Lennon, Sheila. "Personal Technology." Providence (R.I.) Journal, 30 June 2005 [1]:

Wickerpedia: The parody. Wikipedia is the collaboratively created Web encyclopedia, using software that permits many editors, i.e., a wiki. Wickerpedia is not. It's a parody of wikipedia.org, only with more of an emphasis on wicker (which is terribly represented by wikipedia). The site features a more wickercentric view of history, the news, and common wisdom, as well as a much improved searching engine.

In fact, I need to go put this article in Wikipedia:Press coverage when I have time. Jokestress 04:27, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete More appropriate for Uncyclopedia. Maybe a redirect? Hamster Sandwich 04:51, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, less than a month old, not notable with only 133 "non-similar" google hits. Thue | talk 12:21, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. NN internet meme. We don't need to be narcissistic and self-referential. --Scimitar ^parley 15:11, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete: The Weekly Ha-Ha; ephemera with little traffic, less importance, and no staying power. Geogre 16:42, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Call me an inclusionist, but I see no real point in deleting this. Yes, it will generally only have an appeal for wikipidia users... but who else uses wikipedia??? Themindset 18:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• NN, D. ComCat 22:43, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - too new to be notable. Come back in 6 months. Pavel Vozenilek 00:05, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep --MicroFeet 02:08, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete notability not established. JamesBurns 07:38, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - agree with Themindset (And while we're at it, hasn't anyone thought to make a Wiccapedia?) - Eric 08:44, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable web site. Dcarrano 13:44, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, nonnotable web site. Wile E. Heresiarch 14:31, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Binadot 02:11, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Nonnotable website. Indrian 20:08, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: Since it looks like this is a slam-dunk VfD, I have created a Wikipedia:Parodies page and mentioned it there. I imagine we will see many more of these over the years. Jokestress 08:15, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, should not be mentioned in the main namespace (except maybe in Wikipedia) as it is only relevant with respect to Wikipedia. --SPUI (talk) 20:24, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable. The joke is too small and weak to go anywhere. FatherGuidoSarducci 05:15, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

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