Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Myspace Layout Sites


 * 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.

Myspace Layout Sites
The result was Delete. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


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Delete - Wikipedia is not a web directory. Contested prod. ... disco spinster   talk  01:42, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Movingboxes (talk) 01:43, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

(is this where im supposed to post this? lol) I dont think the page i created is a diectory, i intended it to be informative about Myspace layout sites in general and/or a dynamic list of the current sites. i added a list of popular sites, because theyre the basis of the whole article. i see lots of other articles that seem to have lists too, such as List_of_United_States_magazines how is my article different from this one. they are both dynamic lists. and the list of magazine could be considered a directory as well.

i would like to prove how my article hasnt broken any rule in the "wikipedia is not a directory page"

-my article is not a List or repository of loosely associated topics such as quotations in anyway. -my article is not Genealogical entries or phonebook entries in any way. -my article is not a directory or resource for conducting business in any way. (although it may be considered a web directory because it has links to outside websites. i would link them to their respective wikipedia articles, but those would get deleted if i created them, so unfortunately i am forced to link them to their actual websites) -my article is not a sales catalog in anyway. -my article is not a Non-encyclopedic cross-categorizations in any way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsandrewomg (talk • contribs) 02:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment If you feel all the sites listed in your directory-style article would be deleted if you created individual articles, doesn't that indicate something to you about overall notability and encyclopedic usefulness of the article? Movingboxes (talk) 02:43, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

well im not sure, if i made an article about my layout site and when i created it and what it is about, and who founded it etc. would it get deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsandrewomg (talk • contribs) 02:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment WP:WEB has more information about the notability guidelines for articles about websites. Also see WP:COI for information about creating articles about yourself, your websites, or other things with which you may be connected. Movingboxes (talk) 02:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Most likely, unless you can verify your site's notability with reliable, third-party sources. Glass  Cobra  02:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOT, as discospinster noted. Glass  Cobra  02:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

okay yeah i guess my article isnt suitable for wikipedia and should be deleted, but where else am i supposed to post my list? are there any other sites where i can post this, so that anybody can edit it. thats the main reason i put it on wikipedia, so anyone with a layout site could add their site to the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsandrewomg (talk • contribs) 03:32, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps try Wikia? Also, if you acquiesce to this page being deleted, please put db-author on the top of the page so that this AfD can be closed quickly. Glass  Cobra  03:38, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOT, WP:ADVERT, WP:OWN,WP:NOT   Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 03:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete: per Doc Strange. Hey Movingboxes, you really need to change your writing style. The page is very encyclopedic and personal. You need to write in a style that is impersonal (as in not talking to the reader like you did with "and much more for people like you and me"). –  Jerry  teps  04:32, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't write the article in question. I'm just an editor dicussing the AfD. Movingboxes (talk) 05:03, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - per nom. There is nothing to say about these, and this list acts as nothing besides a WP:NOT and a WP:ADVERT. None of these are notable on their own, and they are not notable listed together either. --T-rex 04:55, 28 July 2008 (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.