Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Information virus


 * 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 delete. Sr13 is almost  Singu  larity  07:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Information virus

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This appears to be a personal essay and falls under WP:NOT&rarr;publisher of original thought. The article was originally inappropriately tagged for speedy deletion under WP:CSD (non-notable website) User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:36, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - Nonsense (WP:CSD). Giggy  Talk 01:40, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment This is not nonsensical text; it is readable and understandable, not gibberish. It just doesn't belong here, but it is not a speedy deletion candidate. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Regular delete. Not nonsense per se, but definitely an essay that should go. Realkyhick 01:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as a non-encyclopedic essay. I don't see how this qualifies for a speedy, though. --Targeman 02:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete although it's gramatically correct, and seems to be about something, it could hardly be less coherent. Looks like nonsense to me. -Steve Sanbeg 03:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Essay and OR. -- KTC 05:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete appears to be original research as noted above, pure as driven snow and unadulterated by sources.--Fuhghettaboutit 12:24, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. Nonsense essay. Keb25 13:22, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as per A1. This article has no context. Gorky  malorki  13:42, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete original research/essay, the creator even admits it's an "original article" . Not a speedy candidate. Hut 8.5 13:46, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, soapboxing. - Zeibura (Talk) 13:59, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Not something that is appropriate for the mainspace. If the author had more contributions to Wikipedia, I would just userfy it, but with this being their sole contribution to the project, I have concerns about their intention (someone who adds to the project and wants to have a mini-rant in their userspace I'm okay with; someone who is, apparently, here solely to rant I am not). EVula // talk // &#9775;  // 14:47, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - reads like an original essay. No references. JoJan 18:21, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete lump-o-nonsense. I wouldn't even call it an essay: stuff like "why process and analyze what you're ex's great aunt says? I don't, I'm more "interested" in things like computers..." wouldn't pass muster in a high-school English class.  At best it's an attempted essay. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  22:37, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete This is defintiely an essay and is full of OR and not sourced.--JForget 23:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Should have been left as a speedy. Waste of time resurrecting crap. --Tony Sidaway 23:56, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Move. I say delete from mainspace because it's non-encyclopedic, a personal essay, original research, unsourced, and non-notable. It is, however, most definitely not nonsense. The person does have something interesting to say, but it's just not appropriate as a mainspace article. Lets not hit him/her over the head. I don't see anything malicious, and it's not a sophomoric prank (I've CSD tagged dozens of those). I would rather move it to user space, offer some suggestions on writing an usable article on the concept, if reliable sources can be found for "information virus" (it sounds a bit like meme), and then watch what happens. If it turns out that this is nothing more than just a rant, and the idea unsalvageable, it can always be deleted later. Or ignored, as it won't hurt anyone/thing there. [Don't bite the newbies] — Becksguy 00:29, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * This isn't about a website, and doesn't fit any of the other Speedy criteria. It should not have been speedy delted. (Actually WP:PROD was probasbly the optimum way to go.)That said, unless there are sources cited to show that these are the published notable views of soemoone wirth attributign them to, they don't belong here. Delete. DES (talk) 00:32, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, personal essay appears to violate WP:NOR. Not opposed to userfication. Stifle (talk) 14:07, 6 August 2007 (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.