Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Rock Salt

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. —Cleared as filed. 05:35, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

The Rock Salt

Non-notable website. See Alexa traffic ranking (or rather, lack of) Hitchhiker89 18:28, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

I wrote the article, and felt that even though it is not a high-traffic website, it does provide an integral role to the Utah music scene. Almost every single significant rock group from Utah has ties to The Rock Salt, and I thought rather than adding information to the music of Utah article, I would add a new one. Mapledell 19:02, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't think this merits its own article. The sections 'History', 'Famous Alumni' and much of 'Current Status' in particular are of no interest to anyone who is not a member of the forum (i.e. fancruft). If this site is of significance to the "Utah music scene" I suggest that relevant information about it is added to Music of Utah. Hitchhiker89 19:40, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Delete or merge Fails WP:MUSIC. Jasmol 19:53, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Utah is a tiny ultraconservative state (70% voted bush - highest in the nation). The Rock Salt and the smattering of random visits on any given day shouldn't give credence to it's elimination. Many wonderous movements, periodicals, publishings and postings start from a grain of sand. Sure, it's no google and it's IPO won't crush the GDP of a small nation-state, but it's a voice in a tumultuous sea of neo-cons, retro-cons and permi-cons in the great state of SALT !! Leave our sliver shine through.

You wanna live in this oppressive state and raise your voice? I think not! After all, look at what we do to ravers.

peace, love, unity, respect BM

• Websites don't need to pass WP:MUSIC (which is for musicians and bands. Alexa isn't everything, so it may be worth an external link in Music of Utah, but not a separate article. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:26, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, maybe. Just reading these comments on whether to delete the article, and then reading the article myself, I've learned some stuff and had my interest piqued—interest that I'll attempt to satisfy by reading other Wikipedia articles. This little piece is certainly not my favourite. But it has its merits. Then again, if the website itself includes a little blurb like this Wikipedia article, and if a different Wikipedia article already mentions this site or something related to it, perhaps it's better just to add (to that other Wikipedia article) a link to the external website and delete this article. President Lethe 21:43, 15 November 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.