Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Althanas

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was Delete. Hedley 3 July 2005 17:47 (UTC)

Althanas
A web forum. No Alexa data, and while it has 217 inbound links, if you search through them, all but one are either from the site itself or from allrpg.com. Wikipedia is not a web guide. --Cryptic (talk) 14:31, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Response: As the author of the article, I do not intend the article to be an advertisement for the forum or an entry in a "web guide.' Rather, I was perusing Wikipedia, and I noticed several entries regarding play-by-post gaming and online roleplaying games.  However, there were few entries which described an example of the operating systems behind such a forum.  As such, I felt it necessary to describe one such system in some degree of detail, so as to provide a more comprehensive knowledge of the topic.

I have also edited the article to more clearly reflect its intent. I read the entire rulebook before posting the article, too, and I see nothing to disallow articles which enhance the depth and breadth of knowledge on particular subjects. It may be, however, that a better method is just to hyperlink for examples in the external links section, or provide a generic "example" within the context of other articles. If that is the case, feel free to say so.
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.221.98.4 (talk • contribs) 16:54, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Response: AllRPG.com is the parent site of Althanas, and due to their usage of sidebars and XHTML, there is a direct link to Althanas every viewable page. "Spiders" that are meant to make Internet searches more thorough and complete have indexed every single page of AllRPG and every page of Althanas (which both have forums), making it seem as though our entry is JUST a web forum. A regular google search shows 3,840 total links. Google filters out many of the "Spiders," and as you can see, there are many unique inbound links to Althanas. This should prove that Althanas is both a fantasy world and a unique gaming system comparable to existing entries on Wikipedia such as "Play By Post" and "Alleria."
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.88.71.113 (talk • contribs) 18:49, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Erm, the link you gave is the same one I do, and unless Google is feeding us different information, it's still just 217 from a total of three different domains, not 3,840. A regular search for "www.althanas.com", which is what I think you meant, turns up just 45 displayed hits.  (By the way, proper etiquette is to sign your comments with four tildes, like this: ~ ) --Cryptic (talk) 22:17, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Merge with Play-by-post gaming, possibly being cut down. Kel-nage 21:43, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete: Wikipedia is NOT a webguide. You will see that in the deletion guidelines, if you look.  It's not "knowledge in a particular area":  it's advertising for a website.  Wikipedia is not a place to promote your product or service. Geogre 05:18, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be placed on a related article talk page, if one exists; in an undeletion request, if it does not; or below this section.