Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Association of Staredown Professionals


 * 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 of the nomination was delete after discounting new users and anons. Jaranda wat's sup 20:25, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

National Association of Staredown Professionals
Non-notable - the only mentions of it in Google are its own web pages, this Wikipedia entry, two blog entries and a Craigslist posting. McGeddon 01:58, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep No stupider than professional Wrestling. --Xrblsnggt 02:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment thats subjective, but it does appear to lack notability which is the problem, not whether or not it is less or more stupid than any other "sport". -- Librarianofages 02:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Sorry, you're right. Professional wrestling has many noted MENSA members.
 * Delete total lack of notability, which is somehow not surprising. I want to see the world championship staring match on EPSN. Opabinia regalis 02:27, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NN. Plus, theres a wikipedia article being used for a semi-inline citation, which isnt allowed. Zos 02:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, no apparently notability. Comment about professional wrestling is irrelevant, since articles (and their topics) are to be judged on a standalone notability basis. -- Kinu t /c  03:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Fails WP:ORG. --Core des at talk. o.o;; 04:22, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete after staring at it for a while. NawlinWiki 14:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Doesn't deserve deletion, but needs expansion.--SweetNeo85 01:58, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Obviously the next Viral thing. I would wait and see if it becomes a phenomeneon. It has been Dugg. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.224.164.183 (talk • contribs) 01:59, July 11, 2006.
 * Delete I find the whole trend toward calling various non-athletic activities "sports" highly disturbing... eating, math, staring. But that's not why I'm voting to delete this.  I'm voting to delete this because it only gets 9 Google hits. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  11:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Even as comedy this is old news - see Stare-out. Catchpole 15:13, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Stupider than professional wrestling, by a whisker. Bejnar 21:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Are you questioning the notability of staredown? Staredown is a sport that has been played for thousands of years, in various forms since the advent of recorded history. The Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians in particular shared in this glorious pursuit. I encourage you to join a local staredown club and start competing. See you at the toe line !! Chipwood
 * This isn't questioning the notability of staredown, which has a separate Wikipedia entry. It's questioning the notability of the "National Association of Staredown Professionals", which fails Wikipedia notability guidelines for organisations. (If it's supposed to be a fictional comedy organisation, then it fails notability for websites.) --McGeddon 02:01, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep I went to a tournament in Reno last year. Don't knock it. It rocks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.31.255.3 (talk • contribs) 00:53, July 12, 2006.
 * Keep This was challenged for its notability before and lost, so just let it be —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.31.255.3 (talk • contribs) 00:55, July 12, 2006.
 * No, the 'NASP' page was challenged for notability, and failed because the NASP page was originally a useful redirect. I've just moved the content to the de-acronymed page and proposed to delete it properly. --McGeddon 02:01, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Look, it's not the NBA or the NHL but it's a professional league that deserves respect. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.7.40.231 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 12 July 2006.
 * Keep This was a close call, but I think the citations I found online qualify it as notable. —The preceding comment was falsely signed as Hodges, and was added by 24.7.40.231 (talk • contribs) 04:39, 12 July 2006.
 * Delete This is definately viral marketing.  Please see Unflinching Triumph Trailer.   This article appears to be legitimizing the pretense of the movie.   Also, almost all references to NASP (found via google) seem to be the same (or very similiar) summaries.   Finally (while not extremely convincing, yet still another nail), Philip Rockhammer has a myspace page complete with blog which seems very virally placed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.171.0.125 02:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete No such organization exists. The entire thing is a very well made spoof.  If you watch the "documentary" you will realize that the whole thing was contrived. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.128.97.164  (talk • contribs) 09:27, 13 July 2006  (UTC)
 * Delete--even if the movie on which the NASP is based becomes notable, at most a small entry under that movie will suffice to explain that there's a spoof site out there. At the very minimum, if the movie ever had a huge following, an explanation that this organization was fictional, along the lines of the entry for The Hanso Foundation, would be necessary. FunnyYetTasty 13:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Doesn't deserve deletion. There are some fucking haters here. Seriously now. There's wiki articles for everything here. Let this one be. Asshats. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.4.66.64 (talk • contribs) 23:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Well, if that's not convincing, I don't know what is. I'm sure the closing admin will take all of these very useful reasons for keeping into account. -- Kinu  t /c  18:19, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep It does not need to be found in Google... its just that those ppl are not IT-savy enough. -- mh 13:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, fails WP:ORG. Peter S. 15:23, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, and write about unflinching triumph istead Cd 17:47, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, isnt this the same guy - the interviewer on rock paper scissors? and the guy here in Patterson Pack. I would wait, maybe there 25 other games out there that this joker has done.  In that case I would rename the page to 'biggest viral marketing campaign ever'. This is a developing story.


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