Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most-followed Threads accounts

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The result was draftify‎. I will be merging the page histories between the mainspace and draftspace versions. ✗plicit 14:48, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of most-followed Threads accounts

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Too early for this list to exist; we don't even know how long Threads will last. (For context, the app was released less than a week ago.) Also, there is presently only one source, and that is clearly unreliable. Possibly violates WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:NOTCATALOG as well. InfiniteNexus (talk) 11:18, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Internet and Websites. InfiniteNexus (talk) 11:18, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:01, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ Draftify: I agree. This is too soon. References just simply don't exist yet. Once a website like Socialblade, which is what pages like List of most-followed Twitter accounts use, adds Threads to its site, then we should create the "most-followed" page. Strugglehouse (talk) 15:36, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I forgot that "Draftify" was an option. I will edit my comment to that instead. Strugglehouse (talk) 09:45, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify I think it's likely that this topic will receive the coverage necessary, but it's not there right now and I want to avoid WP:CRYSTAL predictions about notability. Draftify until independent reliable coverage can be found (something better than MEAWW). Qwaiiplayer (talk) 15:54, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I see no reason why the page shouldn't exist. A reliable/independent source is from the app itself - considering those are the real time user numbers. (Jasp7676) 19:00, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The app itself isn't an independent source. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 18:21, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — Threads isn't a major platform. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 19:30, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Dratify: A bit too soon, and it's hard to tell if Threads is a major platform since it's only been out for a week (even though it's amassed over 100 million followers). I reckon that sources will turn up within a month if it has staying power, in which case this draft can exist to help out. Why? I Ask (talk) 01:16, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There is already an existing draft at Draft:List of most-followed Threads App accounts so there is no need to draftify the current article. 73.168.5.183 (talk) 11:35, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect: A draft already exists for this article, which is located here. This page should be redirected to that for now, and then moved back to mainspace at a later date if Threads turns out to be a major social platform. Deauthorized. ^(talk) 12:35, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify - by deleting the already exisiting draft version (since that's not edited since submission was declined) and put this version in it's place instead. At this stage, we should consider this platform is currently unavailable in the EU, possibly that's why major celebrity names are not on the platform yet (such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the top two followed people). I also agree with what Strugglehouse said about Socialblade. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 17:15, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Threads is brand-new, so this list shows what is popular in the present day and what has enduring popularity, because all of those followers had to have followed within the last 9 days. From looking at this list, we can see that Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, and Shaquille O'Neal are still popular in the year 2023! 123957a (talk) 20:13, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. as the commenter immediately above says, Threads is brand-new. A valid article can probably be created under this title in a year or two, which is the minimum timescale on which an encyclopedia should operate, but to create it now is simply crystal-balling. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:34, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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