User talk:AMMalena

A tag has been placed on Orbiter Online, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add  on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Kinu t /c  08:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Orbiter Online
Given that you claim to be the founder of Orbiter Online, it is probably conflict of interest and may not be neutral. In addition, "advertising" does not mean for-profit, in this context it means any sort of promotion. It may be "accurate", but we don't know because there are no third-party reliable sources to corroborate any of this information. Please find such sources and mention them in the article, to make the article meet WP:WEB. ColourBurst 15:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Response
I have multiple people (all former and/or current users of Orbiter) reviewing the entry for editing and for updates. Orbiter was also published in multiple magazines over the years (simple entries to multipage reviews of it's service and social impact). Are these adequate for helping clean up the entry? The system was huge in the Volusia County area, and I'm feeling that, because it STILL exists (but ONLY as a smaller web hosting service, which STILL is not-for-profit, which actually gives more FREE hosting than it does paid-for) that this is the issue at hand. The WB:WEB "Notability" page is new to me, and I'm going to have to read it more indepth to try and figure out what I'm doing wrong. Being the sole "proprietor" of Orbiter, I felt it appropriate (of course) for me to ORIGINATE the article... but (again) have asked multiple people to review for me (literally minutes after I posted the article). Thanks.

Update: Orbiter Online's page has already been removed??

Orbiter Online material
I've moved this to User:AMMalena/Orbiter Online. But, please be aware: given that this website fails to have any rank at all at alexa.com, it is unlikely this site has sufficient notability for inclusion in Wikipedia. Please see Notability (web). If you have questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. --Durin 21:01, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Response
I'd surely like to understand what site Alexa has to do with this. I'm quite certain there are large quantities of entries in Wikipedia that do not have anything even POSTED to Alexa, much less that Alexa is any kind of driving force behind Wikipedia. As the entry I have posted states, Orbiter's [web traffic] is very minor at this point (several hundred hits per month) since the online service (BBS and web-based games) are all but non-existant. The sites it HOSTS are quite alive (malena.net, creeksideband.org, lakesidejazz.org and many more). And only two of the sites it hosts are PAY sites (where money is exchanged). The rest are community, school and non-profit sites.

I'd just like some guidance on what will make the article acceptable, that's all. I find it bizarre that such a fuss is happening over a system that has survived over 12 years and hosted so many events, online marriage, multiplayer competitions well before the "internet" anywhere near as popular as it is now... Orbiter is a landmark in the Central Florida area, so I take this as being MY FAILURE to create an adequate article, so I'm "begging" for more guidance. Thanks.

Update: Perhaps some web entries that would help?

Internet Archive entries for Orbiter going back years http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.orbiter.com MajorBBS wiki entry referencing Orbiter (Links section) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_BBS User reference to Orbiter's free game service (archive) http://www.dailyclassifieds.com.au/SearchGames/GameDir.cgi?Category=Internet%7CBrowser_Based_Games&SubCategory=Trade_Games&No=14&Page=2 Site hosted by Orbiter http://www.gocalendar.net/ BBS Listing (archive) http://bbslist.textfiles.com/904/


 * Simple. See Notability (web). --Durin 22:08, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted this again. Please find coverage in reliable sources backing up your assertions of how it's "a landmark", etc - otherwise we can't tell the difference between it and someone's garage band. —Random832 00:20, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

You should also read the verifiability policy and the guideline on conflicts of interest. —Random832 00:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Anthony, please stop adding links for your "BBS" to Port Orange, Florida. Gamweb (talk) 21:05, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Reponse to Gamweb:  "No" should be simple enough. Orbiter Online hosts many websites for many non-profit endeavors, and the BBS portion of it, currently offline, is not gone. Thank you.

Golf Courses
Anthony, do you have any photos of the golf courses in Port Orange? I'm trying to embark on a project to make pages for the golf courses in Volusia County. Would appreciate it if you would upload any photos you may have to Wikimedia Commons. Thank you. Golf Courses in Port Orange Gamweb (talk) 05:00, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Lakeside Jazz Festival


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