Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Athcast


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The result was   delete and prevent recreation. PeterSymonds (talk)  20:08, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Athcast

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Apparently about as non-notable a website as it's possible to get ("the world's first rockumentary podcast series"). This has been created and speedied three times so far, so bringing it over to get a consensus to delete, so it can be salted and/or G4'd in future. (Or, of course, a consensus that it is in fact notable and we can stop deleting it.) – iride  scent  18:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions.   — Cliff smith  talk  19:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

hit with strong salt non notable and keeps being recreated. Sticky Parkin 19:02, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Athcast is not a website. Athcast is a podcasting series that has produced hundreds of episodes filled with live music from Athens, Georgia. Athcast was the first podcasting series to combine live music performances, band interviews, fan interviews, and photos from the concert and make them available for .m4b download. This is a notable media brand.

Athcast is one of the few independent brands that has its own "room" on the iTunes Music Store. Most of these rooms are given to large corporations such as BBC, etc. Apple created the room for Athcast Podcasts -- and that is notable as evidenced by the Athens Music room on the iTunes Music Store.

Athcast also has a website. And as stated above, Athcast.com is probably as non-notable as it can get -- the site itself is merely a portal for the live concert recordings.

The traffic that Athcast the podcasting series generates, however, is certainly notable. Below is a breakdown of athcast stats. In July, Athcast podcasts generated 63,237 unique visitors.

Month	       Uniques visits	Pages	Hits	Bandwidth Jan 2008	46720	188478	497441	535706	151.61 GB Feb 2008	49556	202138	531714	562217	136.66 GB Mar 2008	53710	220708	583040	610686	110.04 GB Apr 2008	54986	233723	614011	643451	112.07 GB May 2008	56863	238545	622381	655708	103.48 GB Jun 2008	58621	234100	628685	655862	119.83 GB Jul 2008	63237	241713	764427	831326	148.02 GB Aug 2008	32624	86944	294524	321864	63.70 GB Sep 2008	0	0	0	0	0 Oct 2008	0	0	0	0	0 Nov 2008	0	0	0	0	0 Dec 2008	0	0	0	0	0 Total	416317	1646349	4536223	4816820	945.41 GB —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brinkwar (talk • contribs) 19:06, 11 August 2008 (UTC)  — Brinkwar (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Or for someone who doesn't want to wade through the statistics, a somewhat more pertinent one may be "Athcast.com has a traffic rank of: 8,398,343" – iride  scent  19:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete and salt. I wouldn't see too much into the number of unique visitors. Those figures usually include spiders, and a server usually cannot tell the difference. Per Iridescent, these figures seem pretty low for a podcast which you claim is notable. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 20:09, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


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