Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warcraft 3 General Discussion Forum

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 of the debate was DELETE. Mo0[talk] 04:09, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Warcraft 3 General Discussion Forum

From WP:WEB "A forum with more than 5,000 users that has made a verifiable impact beyond its own user community". There is no mention of the forum having an impact beyond its own community Reid A. 02:52, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

AlB1337: Will mention contributions, definitely has more than 5,000 users

There are plenty of places to discus video games. An encyclopedia is not one of them. CanDo 02:56, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment - I am not suggesting it be deleted because it is in relation to a video game, but in order for a forum to be listed it must have an impact beyond its own community, this one doesnt.-Reid A. 03:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Delete - Not notable enough to warrant an article. There are tens or hundreds of thousands of online communities with 5,000 members. --jackohare 03:08, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

AlB1337: The requirements are apparently 5,000 members, and the forum has made an impact in shaping the game's development, which I edited to show.

• Comment-Impact beyond its own user community..... I don't see that. Plus you need to cite your sources if you want to have any chance of having it stay on-Reid A. 03:12, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

AlB1337: "The forum has proven useful in the past for reporting hackers, gameplay bugs, and users actively discuss balance issues, which the moderator(s) frequently read, offering valuable insight to Blizzard Entertainment Inc. about what changes should be made in future patches."

Since the game and the forum community are two different things, I don't see why this should not count.

Citing Sources: I have been battling large amounts of vandalism, sources will be cited if article is allowed to stay on.

I'm afraid it doesn't work like that. Sources should have been cited from the beginning. Consider adding them as soon as possible. Providing verifiable and reliable third party sources, increases the change of the article being kept in the first place. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:13, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, article doesn't assert why this particular discussion forum is any more notable than any other. — JIP | Talk 06:07, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete but add brief mention of forum to Warcraft 3. The odd details of when the forum is moderated, by who, yadda yadda, is not encyclopedic. FCYTravis 07:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Travis. Acknowledging the forum's existance is far as we need to go here. That doesn't require attribution of any kind. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 10:34, Dec. 14, 2005
• Delete - It's just an official forum by a game company. I don't see what's so special. And yeah, I used to post there occasionally. --Cyde Weys _talk^contribs 10:38, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nn Warcruft. Eusebeus 14:44, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete WP:NOT a dumping ground for nn forumcruft. KillerChihuahua^?!? 15:39, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete non notable fan forum doktorb 21:37, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete yet more forumcruft. MCB 07:19, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

AlB1337: Cited sources. And I suggest you look at other "Website Stub" articles before making a conclusion whether or not the forum is important enough.

• Comment-AlB1337, While that may be true, rather than using that as an example why don't you submit those for deletion as well.... or help us out and expand them (if they are relevant)-Reid A. 15:15, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

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