Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WhatIfSports.com

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The result was keep, nomination withdrawn. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:07, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WhatIfSports.com[edit]

I saw the AFD banner for this page but noticed that it had no discussion page. The article would appear to fall under the notability and self-promotion criteria. I just removed a couple sentences where someone was begging people to join his league. I did not place the original banner (an anon editor added it a day or two ago), but I agree that it should be deleted. So I'm filling out the paperwork. Carl ^{(talk|contribs)} 02:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Slight Keep What it mainly suffers from is too much WP:POV. --Supermath 03:04, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for WP:WEB and non-verifiability. –Outʀiggʀ 03:24, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Alexa ranking of 18,271. --Xyzzyplugh 14:26, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's well-known in the sports world (Bill Simmons has mentioned it a few times in his columns, for one), and it's won a Webby for sports. Obviously, the article needs to be cleaned up. SliceNYC 15:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
keep needs a good cleanup and sources citing but asserts and is notable Benon 22:15, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Just about scrapes through WP:WEB on the basis of the Webby. Needs a total rewrite, though. Batmanand | Talk 22:26, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep well known within baseball and fantasy circles. Article requires a major clean-up, however. Resolute 22:29, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. This was almost certainly a bad faith nomination, made by an anon user and then followed up by a slew of vandalism by over a dozen other trolls. This article is being semi-protected for the remainder of this AFD debate. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP: It's good and should have some of the actual users capable of giving their input. Not fair for those interested to only see one completely biased side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.125.222.188 (talk • contribs) 02:46, 11 September 2006
KEEP: WIS is already one of the best sim sports sites. It has partnerships with Fox Sports and has had a few projects with MLB and ESPN (I think). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.105.104.180 (talk • contribs) 19:53, 12 September 2006
Withdraw (if I may), as it appears that the version I saw was the post-vandalism version and may have been a bad-faith nom. It definitely needs some cleanup, but if what you all say is true (and I of course will assume good faith with regards to that), then there is no need to delete. --Carl ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:36, 12 September 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.