Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Internet background noise

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 14:56, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

Internet background noise

 * A complete un-wiki like, un-formatted, incorrectly-spelled, factually baseless article. I say it should be deleted. Lockeownzj00 22:48, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * I think the time spent writing about the entry could be more productively used to correct any mistakes on the use of English language of that article and more importantly, one could try to update it, empower it since it is a term that exists and the phenomenon it describes annoys millions. So, I would prefer not to be deleted. Soulmann 02:32, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete...too short. I guess you could try to transwiki to wikidictionary..but .. umm.. it seems like this is mostly POV, and probably wouldn't fly there either. Tygar 02:39, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - this is a real phenomenon. It is also a substub, which is a Good Thing. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 09:37, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- out of everything Lockeownzj00 lists as a problem with the article, only one of them actually falls under the deletion policy: factually baseless.  Unfortunately, that's mistaken; the article is accurately describing a real phenomenon.  If cleanup's needed, let's do cleanup, but VfDing this is a pointless waste of time. -- Antaeus Feldspar 14:48, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Looks like it could be a useful article if it is expanded. --Holdek 21:42, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, has potential. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:48, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Have cleaned this up a bit more. Seems useful.  Drw25 13:05, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Real phenomenon, as anyone who ever tried to run a packet sniffer on an unfirewalled link knows. cesarb 09:48, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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