Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phillyblog

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.Carabinieri 16:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phillyblog

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Notability not met per WP:WEB - no evidence of coverage in third-party, reliable sources. (Which also means failure of WP:ATT). Contested prod. (Prod was contested by deleting the prod notice and asserting notability on talk page, but no evidence or sources provided.)RJASE1 ^Talk 22:04, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose deletion. Phillyblog has an impact on Philadelphia (and beyond). I will go add in some more references if necessary. --evrik ^(talk) 22:22, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment It is used internatioanlly as a resource on Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. --evrik ^(talk) 15:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I am not convinced that a site used only by residents of the Philadelphia area is notable.--Anthony.bradbury 22:58, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I do not see any community impact. I do not see any dirth of information that is important to future visitors or residents to the city. I see squabbling, holocaust deniers, and flat out unlikeable people that give the city a bad name. It is not relevant and thus should not be on Wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chiefsalsa (talk • contribs) 16:50, 9 March 2007 (UTC).
  • Comment Is Phillyblog historically significant? No. Is it a game or does it have some entertainment quality to it? No. Is it a website that has made a noticable impact on its area of expertise? No. Is it culturally importannt? No. Is it somehow definitive of its area of expertise? Hell No! Is Phillyblog famous in any way? No. If it never existed, would the world or the part of the world Phillyblog exists in be altered or changed in any significant way? No. This does not belong on Wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chiefsalsa (talk • contribs) 23:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC).
• Oppose deletion. For users of new media, Phillyblog is a primary source of information. Its Alexa.com traffic rankings are comparable to the websites of the city's alternative weekly newspapers (City Paper and Philly Weekly), both of which regularly mention PhillyBlog. I have added links to two published articles about PhillyBlog to the entry. Wash West 191 19:37, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose deletion. The site provides information about the city to new residents and to visitors from elsewhere around the county and the world. It may be "up-and-coming" but it's still a critical source of information. --Magic 21:09, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per the addition of sources that are independent of the subject, reliable, and address the subject non-trivially (references 5 through 7 in this version), thus establishing notability per WP:WEB. In response to the two other arguments for deleting.

1. Anthony.bradbury: The site focuses on Philadelphia, PA, but is not used only by Philadelphians.
2. Chiefsalsa: The effects for which you seek evidence (entertainment quality, expertise, fame, world-altering significance) are irrelevant to the issue of "notability" as defined by WP:WEB. Regardless of the types of comments made on the site, the site itself has been the subject of non-trivial, independent coverage. -- Black Falcon 03:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

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.