Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bottom of the barrel


 * 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 of the debate was delete. —Cleared as filed. 12:46, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Bottom of the barrel
Non-notable forum not in Alexa top 100,000 Oldelpaso 20:46, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Webforum vanity, article looks promotional and is perhaps a copyvio. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:22, 18 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Do not delete

The article isn't for vanity, it's an amusing entry for an amusing message forum that has become reasonably famous with fans of lower league football. The forum goes from strength to strength, and the fact that it has posters from such diverse places as Fort Worth, Texas or Oslo, Norway shows that it has a worldwide appeal.

For Wikipedia to be the "Encyclopedia of the Internet", forums such as The Barrel should be included, as it has brought a lot of humour and friendship to the lives of many, many people. It may be a clique in some ways, but that's because its repuation hasn't been built up enough yet to the wider populace. Gone are the days of it being a football forum, indeed - now it is a scribbling board for the thoughts of its users.

Keep the page, let us keep it updated (and perhaps remove some profanity if you'd rather) and it'll become something you'll wonder why it was considered for deletion.

Thanks,

TMLS - Dan Francis FOYNLS


 * Delete &mdash; non-encyclopedic advertising for a web forum. &mdash; RJH 16:32, 18 November 2005 (UTC)


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