Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WoW Gollum

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 delete. Cirt (talk) 04:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WoW Gollum

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Non-notable World of Warcraft private server. [Belinrahs | 'sup? | what'd I do?] 11:37, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete WP:MADEUP WP:ADVERTISING all in one. Purge it, WOW servers aren't notable and spamming wiki is terrible. --WngLdr34 (talk) 13:38, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete Makes zero claims to notability and reliable sources to establish either notability or validity of information will never be found. Should probably be moved to user page as compassionate recognition of typing effort and standard beginner help templates added. 69.128.47.243 (talk) 14:02, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No Delete It's not advertising actually. The server has been closed, and no longer exists, however its lore is notable. Thats my opinion, and it wasn't a sick project done by some random kids. I believe such lores are good for any young people to read. DimitriChaplain (talk) 15:22, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a collection of lores for young readers. Wikipedia articles need to be on subjects whose notability can be confirmed in independent reliable sources and put together using sourced information. Unless there are newspaper articles, books, television broadcasts, or other such about this WoW server, it does not meet these community consensus standards. 69.128.47.243 (talk) 15:36, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Thanks for your opinion DimitriChaplain and thanks for your comment (anon IP). It may be a nice idea to have it as something to read for younger kids however long stories of lore like that doesn't belong on Wikipedia - the article fails WP:PLOT as it tells nearly the entirety of the fictional lore that was on this private server. It could be rewritten but still it's not notable. [Belinrahs | 'sup? | what'd I do?] 15:40, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MrKIA11 (talk) 16:11, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this website. Joe Chill (talk) 19:35, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, aggressively non-notable. Haakon (talk) 22:15, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, this is a problem. Leaving notability aside (as I do whenever possible), an open wiki's word isn't good for much. An article needs to answer a certain question if it's to be of use: "Says who?"
This is not a trivial issue. Check out how fraudulent charities tried to use us to profit from the Boxing Day tsunami. Better yet, don't.
This article doesn't give a proper answer, and I think it can't. So yes, delete. Hope that helps.--Kiz o r 16:29, 3 October 2009 (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.