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 delete. Consensus seems to be that the article does not meet WP:WEB #1, the only one it can meet, as there is not enough reliable non-trivial coverage of the website, and ought to be deleted. NW (Talk) 00:54, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Watch[edit]

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A largely non-notable website with a rather colorful history on-wiki. It was cited some years back in a few publications, but has yet to achieve any sort of traction on the Internet in terms of visibility or notability. Furthermore, the owner does not wish to have it featured here, FWIW. Seriously - it simply doesn't meet WP:WEB, points 1, 2 and 3. Point 1 is largely trivial, per provided cites. Furthermore, it's Wikipedia introspection at its worst and is of little or no interest outside of the project. Allie 04:00, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(Disclosure: I've "featured" on this website more than once myself. I do not like it, I do not agree with it's rationale and I have seen it cause RL issues for a number of people. Having said that, it needs to go.)
  • 13 October 2005, as it says in the article. –Juliancolton | Talk 14:26, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That may be true, but I was looking for blinking text myself.--Milowent (talk) 15:38, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Could you please provide a specific rationale as to why you feel the article should be kept? –Juliancolton | Talk 04:44, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is salting AfDs actually practiced in wikipedia?--Staberinde (talk) 17:49, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, it's never done, nor should it be - Allie 03:40, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • While the correspondence was in private email, which I won't post here, Mr. Brandt discusses it and declares his desire to have it deleted on Wikipedia Review here - Allie 04:37, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not that it matters -- this isn't BLP, and outside BLP deletion policy gives no weight to this sort of request. If Brandt is concerned, he can create (or revive?) an account and post here, where his views can be considered like those of any other. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:53, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • But do note that the WP:BLP policy extends to all pages, not just the biog. ones. Not saying it's relevant here, but just drawing your attention that point. As for Brandt, he's unable to participate here, old accounts or otherwise, as he has been banned from the project - Allie 00:24, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sure, only it's not about what the site owner wants, it's about whether the article meets WP:WEB and in this instance it's clear that it does not. That Brandt is the owner is neither here nor there; it simply doesn't warrant an article here - Allie 20:43, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Those interviews might show that Brandt is notable, but certainly do not show notability for the website. Kevin (talk) 02:06, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • What's the record? I've seen one with 14 before deletion.--Milowent (talk) 18:51, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are inherent random elements in AfDs, the participation in the AfD discussion is quite random (volunteers), there is a random element if a deletionist-inclined admin closes the discussion, etc. Say that an article has a 1 out of 5 (20%) chance af being deleted, the overall chance of survival after seven nominations is 0.21 - if it is 1 out of 3, the chance is just 0.08. Small wonder that few get past 7 nominations. Power.corrupts (talk) 12:41, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • 2 (NYT, SMH) say only that WW is anti-Wikipedia, was started by Mr Brandt
  • 1 (TR) says only that WW was started by Mr Brandt
  • 2 (IDG, TheRegister) mention WW only as a source of deleted pages
  • 1 (Miami Herald) does not mention WW, AFAICT
  • 1 (ZDnet) says only that "Brandt ... runs Wikipedia Watch, a sometimes paranoid, sometimes rational Web site that seeks to keep the project honest."
That's all that these sources say about WW itself! In a closely-related development, none of these articles are about WW; they are all about Mr Brandt and/or Wikipedia, with only passing mentions of WW. So the WP:WEB Criterion 1 score is 0.
It doesn't matter what anyone thinks of Mr Brandt or WW: by Wikipedia's rules, WW is not WikiNotable, and the article has to go. Cheers, CWC 16:17, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"Wikipedia has spawned critics, including a website called Wikipedia Watch" and "...says Wikipedia Watch's Daniel Brandt" is the entire mention in the article you cite. Both are excluded from demonstrating notability by WP:WEB, in the first case because it is a brief summary of the nature of the content, and the second because it is simply the name of the site. Kevin (talk) 02:54, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do you have any policy based reasoning to back that up? To be frank, those opinions that are not based in policy are not likely to be given much consideration at closing time. Chillum 14:02, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please note that deletion arguments are based merely on guideline and (WP:IDL), whereas keeps (merges included) are based precisely on policy - WP:PRESERVE -- and disagreements over the subjective meaning of significant which is also interpreted as non-passing. Power.corrupts (talk) 15:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • PRESERVE says "fix problems if you can". If there are no non-primary sources to support the content of the article, then how exactly can we fix that? We can't fix that the article fails our notability standards. WP:IDL is not the basis of the deletion argument and while WP:NOTABILITY may be a guideline, it is one the community takes seriously in deletion debate. The policy in question WP:Verifiability which says "Articles should be based upon reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy". The subject of this article has only trivial mentions in third-party published sources which in no way support the actual content of the article. Chillum 16:14, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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