Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Futility Closet Podcast

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 keep. Given that the article has been expanded to include the entire site, as opposed to simply the podcast, another AfD would need to be started here. Black Kite (talk) 21:19, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Futility Closet Podcast

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Non-notable podcast lacking in-depth, non-trivial support. References are generally short references to site or lists of podcasts. reddogsix (talk) 17:48, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose deletion -References may be brief, but there are enough of them, and from sufficiently prominent sources, to put the subject over the notability threshold, I would argue. At least it should be enough for a start. LANTZY^TALK 18:10, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 18:16, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 18:16, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose deletion The Futilily Closet blog is (and always has been) frequently cited on other Wikipedia pages. It is well known in the recreational mathematics community. It has sometimes been the first site to present original results in puzzle and recreational mathematics literature. Futility closet has been a conduit for results by John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy, Solomon W. Golomb, and many other well-known mathematicians when they dabbled in recreational math. An article about the blog and/or the podcast is long overdue.--Toploftical (talk) 00:43, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
• Comment - I'm not sure this AfD still applies, as the article is now about Futility Closet as a whole after being moved as a redirect. @Reddogsix: do you want this AfD to be about deleting the main article, or should this be closed as 'already solved' given the changes? Mortee (talk) 00:57, 2 September 2017 (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.