Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/What.CD (3rd nomination)

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The result was keep. SpinningSpark 17:52, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What.CD[edit]

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What.cd is a small, private website and is not notable enough to warrant its own Wiki entry. Seriously no one outside of the BitTorrent community has even heard of What.cd. If it weren't for TorrentFreak this article would have no credible sources. According to WP:GNG,

"If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list."

Right now the only prominent website providing significant coverage of What.cd is TorrentFreak who only covers BitTorrent related news. Skarz (talk) 15:58, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:02, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Coverage spans a number of great sources for some useful/notable events (the COFFEE leak, music distribution, takedowns). Although I agree it is marginal, the breadth of coverage meets GNG and the specific incidents are of relative importance enough to warrant inclusion. With respect to TorrentFreak; I believe this was raised before (though so long ago I only vaguely recall) and the community agreed that TF was a reliable resource *for the purposes of reporting BitTorrent News* (see here). --Errant ^(chat!) 09:21, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 04:50, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will note there is a entry at TechCrunch on it, and some passing discussion on OregonLive.com here. Mention in a book here Get More Fans: The DIY Guide to the New Music Business. JTdale ^Talk 07:31, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What.CD received significant coverage in France's widely-respected Le Monde newspaper here just last month. However, members contacted the author and asked that the name and identifying features be removed, which the newspaper did. Still, the screenshots are easily recognizable, including the log-in page which anyone can see at [1]. In addition to the book listed above, it's mentioned in Internet Censorship: Protecting Citizens or Trampling Freedom?, and in at least a dozen journal articles. As for it being small, it's hard to know what to measure that against - it's one of the largest "top-shelf" private trackers out there (over 140,000 members, over 1.9 million torrents). It's no Facebook but it's more people than Greenland and Andorra put together… Strong keep. Goyston talk, contribs 22:38, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Interesting tidbit (not related to the AFD); I originally created this article after randomly picking something from "requested articles" list. The effort of the site members to try and remove any mention of their site is really quite interesting; both on and off Wikipedia. Thanks for finding the other sources! Really useful :) --Errant ^(chat!) 21:35, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:31, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - Given the sources here, already cited, and available within the first few pages of ghits I'd say it gets by WP:GNG. --— Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 21:03, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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