Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/English on the Internet

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This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was: no consensus. For a non-admin, this is a tough call, so I hope I don't get called for making it...but I'm calling this one "no consensus, therefore send it back to the drawing board". I feel fairly confident in doing so, since even the nominator noted that the version at the time of closing was significantly different from the version at the time of nomination. I'm going to close the VFD, because I don't see that the later discussion was even mildly contentious, but I'm also going to add a {{cleanup}} to the article, and let those editors working on the article itself decide when to remove it. Tomer TALK 07:42, September 1, 2005 (UTC)


[edit] English on the Internet

Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information . Wikiacc (talk) 16:15, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

(Note: This was the article in question at the time of its listing.) --Wikiacc (talk)
  • Delete, Wikipedia articles are not collections of external links or a usage guide. Thue | talk 16:24, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
  • rename, rework, and keep Article created by a newbie. So far, it appears everybody's biting his head off. Why aren't we working with him to help him create a useful article? Roodog2k 16:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
  • rework and keep I absolutely second Rood and in fact I don't even think it needs a rename. This is a worthwile topic (none of us would be here if not). Marskell 17:29, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
    • Keep. I have re-worked the page completely. At the moment it remains a bit generic (some "I-already-knew-that-stats") but is definitely passable. Marskell 16:49, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Gently inform the creator that Wikipedia articles are not lists of external links and help them put the links in appropriate articles. If it's a usage guide to foreigners on how to speak English it should go on Wikibooks. Subject could be interesting but it needs extensive cleanup. - Mgm|(talk) 18:19, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
    • Agreed Roodog2k 18:21, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. I don't know why people insist on voting keep on these collections of external links in clear violation of WP:NOT. Zoe 21:20, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete per Zoe. Sdedeo 21:58, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Abstain I'm generally of the view that lists of links probably don't belong in Wikipedia. But I want to strongly second the comments of Roodog2k. Of course, I've definitely seen much worse stuff on this site - this for example. --PhilipO 22:42, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Please note, everyone, that the article has changed a whole lot since the last vote before mine was posted. It's no longer a list of external links but a real article. Penelope D 00:05, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. As per nominator. *drew 01:03, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, I see nothing wrong with the improved version of the article. Martg76 00:09, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, new version of the article makes it noteworthy and worth keeping.--John R. Barberio talk, contribs 18:07, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - Based on new version. --rob 11:56, 31 August 2005 (UTC)


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