Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yjzone.net

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. Spellcast (talk) 10:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yjzone.net[edit]

Delete: Non-notable website without any reliable source. I can't find any single good source about the site and the creator over the web. It seems also a big problem that the site owner is writing this article to promote the site. Appletrees (talk) 19:33, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
While it may not be a very large website like Google or eBay, it has recently become one of the most popular sites for technology enthusiasts around the world. If you read through the article, you will find well referenced sources, including Engadget.com, the most popular technology website, continously linking to YJzone.net. It is among the top 180,000 websites as ranked in Alexa. If you go to the site profile, you will find information of the author of this website, YJ. If necessary, I can provide contact details of him as necessary. The article has never been writtne to promote it in anyway, its sole purpose is to inform a good source of information and communities for other product pages it links with, such as Samsung, LG and iriver, where it is recognized as a de facto source of information. I know that it is not particularly famous in the world but in the technology world, it is.92.233.108.8 (talk) 19:42, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The only available information with his name and the website is that the owner is a young student in London (from a personal website). If the site is truly notable, there should've been interviews in Korean media, but I can't find any from either Korean or English site. --Appletrees (talk) 19:46, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I've just posted on the talk page regarding concerns over COI and notability, and while I was content to give it a chance and see how it progressed, I can't in all honesty justify the existance of this article. A blatant disregard of WP:COI, this article was created by the owner of the website, and the only other contributors are members of that community. Of the cited claims made in the article, none appear to be particuarly noteworthy: "more than 3,100 active users worldwide" isn't a lot, and according to the website itself there are only 3099; "one of the top 180,000 websites in the world" is hardly significant. References #1 and 4 don't even support the claims made in the article. PC78 (talk) 19:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
NOTE TO 92.233.108.8: Do not remove this AfD listing from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 May 3 again. Consider this a warning. PC78 (talk) 19:54, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. —PC78 (talk) 20:03, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do not delete. It can be only sad to see Wikipedia simply deleting articles at their wish and not respecting the hours of work that was put into creating this one article. Sadly enough, I will stop arguing here. I will leave it to the administrators to decide the outcome and if it decided to be "insignificant", well, let it be so. The community as a whole is disappointed regarding this process and recognizes that is is a strong mistake into a site which is experiencing a growth of 500% in traffic every quarter (see Alexa for reference). We are severely disappointed with Wikipedia. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.233.108.8 (talk) 20:06, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's a brand new article, but appears to be blatant spam, and the IP's edits make it appear as though it's someone from the website (also see the username of the article creator). The IP should also be blocked; I'm filing an SSP in regards to it. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 21:10, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete. Per user JeremyMcCracken. Yellowspacehopper (talk) 21:17, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 17:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There are no reliable sources provided from which we could judge the importance of this site. The engadget reference is a photo credit for a new product from Samsung; this does not establish the importance of Yjzone. The WP:COI issues are a concern. Deleting the AfD from the log is not good form and is close to a blockable offence. EdJohnston (talk) 18:26, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete—not notable; COI; bad behaviour WRT previous prod (deleting tag with no discussion); likely sockpuppetry ... richi (hello) 13:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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