Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/XboxNowOnline

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 00:07, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

XboxNowOnline[edit]

I haven't been able to find any WP:RS references for this, listed on many gaming sites along with ads though. Nothing on Gnews either. The article is only self-referenced, so no pointers from there either. It reads like an ad, but that can be fixed by reducing to a stub. Alexa ranking is over 2 million. Also nominating a redirect page (the Founder's name). SpacemanSpiff (talk) 04:34, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related page because although it currently is just a redirect, it started off as Bio for the Chief Editor/Founder:

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MuZemike 04:39, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - It's a blog with two writers, neither of whom appear to be anything near professionals. The creator hasn't edited outside this topic and, due to his first act being the creation of Hamza Dar, the editor-in-chief, I would suspect (unofficially) that it is he. Google shows that the owners have progressively signed up their company on various websites, such as Twitter and the like. Links in from some 22 websites, namely blog posts, forums and nominal mentions, plus a few where I can't see a link on the page. The link from MLG looks interesting, but is soon revealed to be an affiliate program. Greg Tyler ^{(t • c)} 08:04, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I fully agree with Greg Tyler and SpacemanSpiff's assessments. Google (102 non-omitted results) doesn't show any indications of notability. — Rankiri (talk) 15:37, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both. For all the reasons listed. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:40, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:N and above. Haipa Doragon (talk • contributions) 16:57, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both – besides the blaring notability problems shown above, this is also written like an advertisement. Even if it was notable, it would need an encyclopedic rewrite. MuZemike 16:58, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ - They've won an blogger's choice awards award, and have been cited as a source by N4G.com, VG Releases and GamesRadar (a duplicate article I think). Also cited twice by Joystiq [1][2]. Appears in DailyBits' 18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know feature. SharkD (talk) 19:55, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Please be more attentive. On the Blogger's Choice awards, it was an anonymous nomination and the website only received a single vote in one of the two nominated categories[3][4]. The website also isn't even mentioned in DailyBits' "18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know" feature, unless you see the user response #63 by "mrcoolz" as feature appearance. — Rankiri (talk) 20:21, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Errr, I seem to have been in too much of a hurry. SharkD (talk) 23:02, 12 June 2009 (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.