Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MJZine.com


 * 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. WP:SNOW  MBisanz  talk 00:38, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

MJZine.com

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Notability? Many webzines have unique niches and that does not make them ipso facto notable. Avi (talk) 02:50, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete As nom. Avi (talk) 02:51, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Zine barely existed in life, and indeed has been dead for years. Proxy User (talk) 04:13, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 06:56, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 06:56, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Easy delete, per nom. Timneu22 (talk) 12:37, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

In the spirit of an all inclusive, tolerant, exhaustive encyclopedia, as Wikipedia aspires to be, the page for MJZine.com was created. MJZine.com was the first of its kind in the Messianic Jewish community - a webzine created by and for the younger generation within the Messianic Jewish community. MJZine.com was created to foster and build a sense of community to a religious minority, the Messianic Jewish community, that experiences a great deal of persecution and harrasment from all sides, Christian, Jewish, and Atheist. It's inclusion in Wikipedia is to archive this historical act. Should we see an attack on the Messianic community again, as evidenced by scheduling the MJZine.com page for deletion immediately after it was "born" on December 25.

Can't help but see the humor in the parallel to the birth of Jesus which is also celebrated on Dec 25 when this page was created, and the desire to delete the page immediately after it was created, just as King Herod wanted to kill Jesus immediately after he was born.

The essence of the notability is that it was the first and only one of its kind. I will add this to the main page. Further, references to "MJZine.com" appear in a few journal articles published in the Christian community and in the Messianic Times newspaper. There is no other encylopedic source to explain to the reader what or who was "MJZine.com". Hkp-avniel (talk) 17:56, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Do Not Delete The point is...wikipedia gets #1 search ranks. If it is "truth by majority" then I will make it my MISSION IN LIFE to shut down Wikipedia. Most of the editors really don't know anything about the subject matter and a bunch of bullies can gang up to decide which article they want. This is not only insane, but scary and fascist. Wikipedia doesn't deserve to exist if a few kbs of useful data are scheduled for digital Auschwitz and extermination because some religious bigots don't think what is said is worth being heard. Wikiepedia search engine rankings should maybe then actually reflect the real world rankings for as it stands this is a serious violation of free speech. Hkp-avniel (talk) 23:11, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Obvious delete per WP:WEB. For a brief period before blogs, social networking, and video became the focus of the web, there were plenty of "webzines", but like this one most didn't go very far or get much recognition whatsoever.  This particular specimin had all of three issues before disappearing. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  18:13, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:WEB.  Enigma  message 05:18, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom andy (talk) 11:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Let's see, a webzine with just three issues and no claim in the article of meeting WP:Notability. A friendly suggestion to Hkp-avniel -- if you want to make information about your webzine available, there are plenty of free web hosts out there. -- Fabrictramp |  talk to me  14:43, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Doesn't show notability per WP:WEB. Schuy m 1  ( talk ) 00:25, 31 December 2008 (UTC)


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