Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whompa

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 Whomped. WP:CSD criterion A7 applies. Guy (Help!) 10:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whompa[edit]

Non-notable per WP:CORP. Whompa Labs Inc. yields zero results, as does Whompa Labs. Whompa skateboard brings 63 hits. The top page is YouTube, MySpace, MySpace, blog, blog, blog, wiki, wiki. Consequentially 03:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, while Whompa is a company per-se, they do not advertise their brand name commercially in any way. This page was never intended to serve as an advertisement, it was merely a factual record of the skateboarding organization. I apologize if it was taken any other way, I will attempt to rewrite the article as soon as possible and eliminate all promotional material. Whompacats 03:19, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, should have been speedied as a non-notable organization. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, Whompa is a prominent skateboarding group in Half Moon Bay. A record of the skate team is a neccesity for the town. The article should not be viewed as an advertisement for the company, but simply an informative written record of the history, goals, and beleifs of the Whompa crew. — 24.6.145.233 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
Speedy delete as WP:VSCA and/or failure to assert notability. So tagged. MER-C 04:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, Whompa is in fact a small organization of young Coast Side locals that are in the process of gaining notoriety among high end skateboarding Companies such as E.L.F. and Es. For one to say it is a non-notable organization is understandable, but to say so without knowledge of the area is something else entirely. — Saltdawg (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
Speedy delete per MER-C above. A special note to those who are part of the group and in particular Whompacats, notability must be established from other sources. If you're looking to get yourself out there, try a web host such as Angelfire or Geocities. This ain't it. --Dennisthe2 06:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, This is a production of up-and-coming youths who are actually making a steady rise in local notoriety. They will soon attain the fame required to be "notable", so I see no reason to delete this. Besides, this is an innocent attempt at showing pride for someone's area. This extends to the whole Bay Area Coast, so I believe this would classify it as significant.--Yasuna 06:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- We don't have articles about things because they may be famous in the future, we write about them for what they have now. Fame has nothing to do with it; there are simply no reliable sources to write an article on some local skate group. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 10:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - "They will soon attain the fame required to be "notable"." Good for them. When they actually attain the fame needed to be notable than an article can be created for them. Until that happens, no article. Otto4711 07:39, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete agree it should have been a speedy; "will soon attain", sounds like Crystalballin' to me... SkierRMH,08:20, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete per MER-C. No assertion of notability, no notability regardless. --Dhartung | Talk 08:53, 8 December 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.