Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Awesome Community

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. Johnleemk | Talk 12:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Awesome Community[edit]

Appears to be a small message board posted for improper promotion on WP; Google returns over 400 results but most appear to be to pages where the phrase appears, and not to this message board; the site itself does not have a listing of number of registered members, neverthless, unless some verification of importance can be found, this should be deleted as apparently non-notable Fuhghettaboutit 02:49, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, as this article fails a google test. Sycthos ^Talk 02:58, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete gren グレン ^? 17:58, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:41, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a valid article clearly describing the history of the website and was not intended to be for promotional purposes. We don't see how it can not qualify as important enough, but would like some clarification on why it isn't important enough to keep.

The assertion that it is a valid article is begging the question. We are here to determine that very issue and we go by some standards that have evolved to try to separate what is wheat from what is chaff with regard to an encyclopedia. The main criterion is notability. For instance, on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Precedents, under the category Internet, it is stated that "Communities, message boards and blogs are generally not notable." Some other criteria include whether a website at issue has over 5,000 members, and whether it has achieved a degree of fame through other outlets such as being featured in the media. Your community exists, the article may be brilliantly written, it may be factually correct, but what makes your community notable such that it deserves entry in an encyclopedia? That's what's at issue. Fuhghettaboutit 04:31, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom., also as pressing the No. 1 vanispamcruftisement button - it starts with the name correctly capitalised as a weblink. Goes rapidly downhill from this unpromising start. Just zis Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 14:39, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:WEB. Not notable. Stifle 00:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:WEB. Incognito 05:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.