Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ExecPC BBS

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash talk 01:48, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

ExecPC BBS
Not notable. a computer bulletin board system that only gets 147 Google hits. Plus the phone number makes it seem like advertising. Dmcdevit·t 22:02, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, notability not established. Martg76 22:16, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, per above. -GregAsche (talk) 22:28, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. This is a very poor AfD nomination IMO. The BBS in question started in 1983 -- making it one of the earliest in the world, back when 300 baud was considered blazing -- and ran until 1999, quite a stunning longevity. Take a look at the first google hit.


 * The fact that the nominator considered the inclusion of a phone number "advertising" when the BBS no longer exists makes me wonder if he actually read the article. Again, sorry if I come off too strong, but it seems that assertions of non-notability here are really off-base. Sdedeo 00:41, 8 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep . I was going to suggest merging this with FilePile.com but that page has been deleted without an RfD, I think because an admin thought it was an attempt to recreate a deleted article, which isn't the case. FilePile.com was a large and well-known shareware site from the 1990s which was a web interface for ExecPC BBS, a large and long-lived BBS. Together I think they are notable and of historical importance. --Aquafinal 02:38, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... it would make more sense to merge filepile into Exec BBS, no? Since Exec was around for 13 years before they added the web interface. Anyway, as long as the content is kept, we can futz around later. Sdedeo 03:41, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * That works for me too, Sdedeo. --Aquafinal 12:02, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to FilePile.com. If the BBS by itself is nn, then I suggest merging it with FilePile.com, which has been restored. --Aquafinal 02:53, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. This is a joke nomination, right?  ExecPC was, if i recall correctly, the largest BBS in the world in the years when the Internet was just getting off the ground commercially.  Significant amounts of Jason Scott's BBS: The Documentary comes directly from ExecPC and their experiences.  I agree that this is somewhat obscure, but if ExecPC is not notable, no bulletin board system is. Nandesuka 04:46, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I've added a cleanup tag and a category. I'll work on cleaning the article up and expanding it over the next few days. Nandesuka 04:49, 8 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Strong keep. That the web has supplanted BBSes as the geek's choice for electronic communication doesn't mean that the BBS era wasn't important, and this was one of the really important ones. Al 13:13, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep it's not promotion or adspam. Larsoner 19:22, 8 September 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.