Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moldavian Spotters


 * 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. j⚛e deckertalk 17:17, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Moldavian Spotters

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Second iteration of an article which was deleted yesterday after a Speedy nom by me about 24 hours ago. The article is about an Aircraft spotting enthhusiasts' group that hangs around Chișinău International Airport (nothing wrong with that - I am in the habit of hanging around airports myself) and would likely be eligible for Speedy deletion again in several categories; but its creator has created it again, so here we are to gain a broader consensus. This article is firmly in the middle of What Wikipedia is not and comes nowhere near meeting the general notability guidelines. The first incarnation of the article featured what is there now, which is duplicating content at the Chișinău International Airport article, plus had a couple of sentences of explanatory text and a picture of the group's members (numbering 12 if I recall correctly) with a couple less photos of the group members at 'work' - more like a Yahoo Groups or a Facebook page. Wikipedia is not the place for this YSSYguy (talk) 21:34, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The article's creator has also left a messy trail of redirects as he has moved the article several times; regardless of the outcome of this debate (which I think might be a Snow delete before the end of the weekend, but we shall see), they should be deleted as serving no useful purpose. YSSYguy (talk) 21:45, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The article's creator has also removed the AfD notice from the article twice in the hour-and-a-quarter six times in the two hours since I posted it there; he seems to very much want to keep it, so if the outcome is delete it may have to be salted as well. YSSYguy (talk) 22:16, 27 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - No indication this is a notable organization, fails WP:ORG. Also I moved it back to the original location and restored the text so we can at least discuss the article and not a moved and vandalized version of it. Can an admin please fully protect it so we can have this debate? - Ahunt (talk) 00:09, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - interested to see what the creator might have to say about the existence (or not) of significant coverage in multiple reliable sources. I very much doubt said coverage exists and the creator has now been blocked for disruption but should be back inside the 7 days for which this will run. Can't see (at this stage) how the subject could possibly pass WP:ORGDEPTH. Stalwart 111  01:47, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Note: Due to the article creator's repeated removal of the article's AfD notice after multiple warnings and without any discussion, the article creator has been blocked for the duration of this AfD. - The Bushranger One ping only 10:19, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete, can't see how this meets WP:ORG. Your local hobby group probably is not a good topic for a Wikipedia article.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:30, 7 March 2014 (UTC).
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