Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/.mf


 * 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 redirect to Saint Martin. due to lack of credible evidence of independent notability. Guy (Help!) 15:17, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

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Do we really need an article on an unassigned domain? Orthogonal1 (talk) 21:25, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:48, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
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 * I don't see any policy-based reason to delete the article. It's not in use, but it verifiably exists. Guettarda (talk) 03:31, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Guettarda, are you sure that it exists? The article states ".mf is an assigned Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) that may be created for Saint Martin". Orthogonal1 (talk) 07:56, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I suppose "exists" might be too strong a term, but "verifiable". Guettarda (talk) 13:53, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Lean to delete due to the fact that the article is about a news event -- a policy decision, not a country domain -- and yet the article occupies name space for the still putative domain. Consequently, the most that could be done is redirect and fold the material into Saint Martin, but I don't support even that, because there is no reason, at present or in the foreseeable future, for any researcher or search to come to Wikipedia typing in that term expecting that information. What's more likely is that there is a glee in getting those two initials to show up as an "article." So, when the domain is populated, redirect. Until then, delete. Hithladaeus (talk) 12:21, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 06:51, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - .mf is not a news event but an internet domain name. It's been assigned to Saint Martin for a long time, , . Why it's not in use yet I don't know. —Мандичка YO 😜 08:51, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The second article states that the domain has not been delegated. However, now I'm starting to think that we should do what User:Hithladaeus said - redirect and fold the material into Saint Martin. The domain by itself isn't notable enough for an article. Orthogonal1 (talk) 02:34, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * For me, it was a news story. Even if it's old news, until the domain is actually used by somebody, there is no "there there," as Gertrude Stein said of Oakland. Suppose that the NFL announced that Quebec could have a team, that it would be called the Quebec City Triumph, and then that Quebec never funded, recruited, or fielded a team. Would there be a team to discuss, or would there be an event to discuss? Plus, I really think the reason Saint Martin isn't using the domain is related to the reason people want to talk about it, and that's the unfortunate English language associations of those two letters. It's almost like having the country domain .fu. Hithladaeus (talk) 02:49, 2 June 2015 (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.