Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Musicianforums

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 no consensus (thus keep). – Jitse Niesen (talk) 22:36, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Musicianforums

Non-notable forums. Part of a group of four non-notable webpages. -Nameneko 05:28, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: This forum claims 73,000 members. When nominating, please provide reasons why you think something is non-notable. Meelar (talk) 05:38, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Although it boasts 73,000 members, it doesn't make sense as a stand-alone page. The others don't make any valid claims to notability. -Nameneko 06:00, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable messageboard, nowhere on the level of say... the GameFAQs board. Reads like an advertisement. --Madchester 06:41, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
• Your first argument is not valid. WP:WEB says the following: A website's impact can be demonstrated by meeting one or more of the following criteria: (...) Having a forum with 5,000 or more apparently unique members. Now, this article claims 85,000 members for this forum. This would clearly meet the criteria and pass the notability bar. The catch is that I can't open the site to check for myself. Anyway, however, the article does at least make a strong claim to notability. Punkmorten 21:01, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I have now been able to open the site, and it says Members: 85,258, Active Members: 10,393. Notable. Punkmorten 16:34, 25 October 2005 (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.