Talk:Amiworthit
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[edit] Proposed Deletion
I have nominated this article for deletion due to Notability concerns (Wikipedia:Notability). Please vote below --FeldBum 16:44, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
- Support as this article does not meet the required critirea --FeldBum 16:44, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
- Unless prod has changed prod is simply supposed to be left there, and if it remains for 5 days it can be deleted. Anyone who opposes it is free to remove it and then someone is free to take it to AfD.--Crossmr 19:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Notability
This requires multiple instances of non-trivial coverage to be notable. See WP:WEB. Non-trivial coverage is not a brief mention in an article, as is present in two of the links provided, and a student paper is questionable at best to be used to establish notability.--Crossmr 15:51, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- The alexa rack is 3,201,468. It's not even in the top 100,000. --real_decimic 18:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Responses
Other sources: http://www.bouncewithit.com/hotents/kirill.php http://www.science-enterprise.ox.ac.uk/html/GraduateOftheYear06.asp http://w3.gre.ac.uk/schools/business/entrepreneur/EIA2006-3.html
How does this compare to 43 Things or Gazzag?Insania7 13:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
- AmIworthit isn't the focus of any of those. In regards to 43 things or Gazzag, every article has to stand on its own, so how it compares to them is irrelevent.--Crossmr 13:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Claim that coverage is reliable and non-trivial, and definitely meets the first criterion required by WP:WEB. Student newspapers stand up to the test of reliability, and there are 5 such sources. Added more dedicated reference for Varsity, a newspaper established in 1947. Insania7 14:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
- Not exactly. A source can be reliable, but not useful in establishing notability. Coverage in random college newspaper X is not remotely on par with an article in Time. While both may be reliable, only one really is an indication of notability. The two non-student newspaper sources given are trivial coverage per the guidelines. They're only a brief mention and really only briefly describe the features of the site.--Crossmr 15:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I think you are applying a "random US college" rule to these sources. Oxford and Cambridge University newspapers are long established and regularly act as sources to BBC and other news agencies. Insania7 00:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- Once again, that establishes reliability, not usefulness as a source for establishing notability. Even if they were useful there is only a single source there which is borderline non-trivial about the site itself. Regardless of whether or not the BBC considers them a reliable source, they are still a student newspaper and have limited exposure compared to other mainstream news and print service. It would be no different than if something was mentioned in a small-town newspaper and that was the only real coverage of the subject.--Crossmr 13:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
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- The link above to http://w3.gre.ac.uk/schools/business/entrepreneur/EIA2006-3.html clearly states that Kirill Makharinsky (founder of amiworthit) is "a founding team member of www.bouncewithit.com". Therefore the link to bouncewithit does not hold much credibility for establishing notability, even if the mention was less trivial. Reads like self-publicity to me in all honesty. Blibbka 23:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
