Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Libera Chat


 * 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 keep. Geschichte (talk) 08:49, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Libera Chat

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this completely non-notable network is a honeypot for open-source communities to move to, then the IRCops ban their users after harassing them. just a complex trolling venture, similar to 4chan or ED or other hate sites. Libera and Freenode are major reasons why IRC is nearly dead as a communications medium. RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 19:04, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Discrimination-related deletion discussions. RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 19:04, 3 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep. WP:IDONTLIKEIT is not a valid reason to delete. There is sufficient sourcing to establish notability, which is what we actually must consider when discussing deletion, not whether the network is contributing to the downfall of IRC as a medium. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 19:11, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per GorillaWarfare. The article has various sources in each section. Nomination reason is mostly opinion based. Jobie James (talk) 20:58, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per GorillaWarfare, notability is clearly established by sources. And, even if it were a "complex trolling venture" (it's not), we have articles on 4chan and ED, so that's not really a reason for deletion either. Legoktm (talk) 20:57, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * My understanding is that the nominator was recently blocked from the #libera channel, so this seems like some kind of retaliation nomination. Legoktm (talk) 23:32, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per GorillaWarfare and considering Wikimedia uses Libera for IRC ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 23:54, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * That doesn't seem like a very compelling reason (WP:NAVELGAZING). jp×g 06:00, 4 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep; this article seems to obviously clear WP:GNG and the nominator has made no argument otherwise (apart from the opers being jerks, which may be true for all I know but is completely irrelevant to notability). jp×g 06:00, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep; A honeypot for open-source and complex trolling venture? Wikipedia's IRC uses Libera IRC network, so is that a honey pot too? Sorry, but this seems like a bad faith deletion listing, and the nominator is exhibiting WP:IDONTLIKEIT. WikiLinuz  🍁 ( talk ) 18:49, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Obviously keep. BrokenSegue 00:49, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep; This page has information that corroborates, complements and balances the information found on the Freenode page. A deletion process, if needed, shoulld consider the content of both pages. Libera Chat content could be improved and enriched, but is no subject to deletion in my eyes. Francois Polito (talk) 10:14, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per all above. Mann Mann (talk) 09:49, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Snow keep as above, WP:IDONTLIKEIT is not valid nomination rationale. This passes WP:GNG unquestionably. snood1205(Say Hi! (talk)) 02:30, 10 December 2021 (UTC)


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