Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/8-Bit Memories

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 delete. Mailer Diablo 05:36, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Reasons to Keep

• Keep as is. Comment Podcast notability methods need discussion. Not knowing how to assert notability is not reason enough for deletion on any topic. There is a hostile attitude on wikipedia towards all things radio, internet radio, and podcasting mostly due to a lack of knowledge on the subjects. I would think in general, if external sources (other than the website for the podcast) can be cited, then the articles should stay until some other way to judge notability is determined for topics in these categories. Randomgenius 04:07, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

• Neutral comment I think there is a bare consensus that licensed radio stations should be kept, though it isn't universally accepted. When you get into media like internet radio and podcasting, though, you have several problems. First off, they're DIY media, which inherently is going to generate a large quantity of garbage and a few gems (much like, say, garage bands, which are wikied and deleted by the legion every day). Second, there's no easy way to measure such things -- there are no sites that measure podcast or webcast popularity to any reasonable degree of certainty (though Yahoo Podcast is helpful in that regard). Likewise with Internet radio -- you could probably make a decent case for anything included in the iTunes radio tuner, but beyond that, how many stations are there on Shoutcast that have no listeners at all, ever? Ultimately I agree with you, and I'm sure others would as well -- there does need to be a discussion on the issue. But what you percieve as prejudice is AfD voters saying "Oh, no. Someone else's pet project. Make it stop..." Haikupoet 04:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Reasons to Delete

Yes, folks, another podcast wishing to be launched with a Wikipedia entry. Fails WP:WEB.-- Perfecto 21:22, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a podcast announcement service. --Perfecto 21:22, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom. WP:WEB violation.  (aeropagitica)  21:33, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, per nom. PJM 21:33, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, fails WP:WEB. -- Dragonfiend 22:10, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, per nom. I'm afraid Wiki will become a place for podcast announcements. --† Ðy§ep§ion † 22:18, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and start discussion on podcast notability. Using Yahoo Podcast (on which this comes up as completely unlistened to) as a reference for popularity is way too ad hoc for my taste. Haikupoet 03:11, 1 February 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.