Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orato: True Stories From Real People


 * 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. Arguments for keeping this article are insufficient given the weight of the deletion arguments. Deathphoenix ʕ 20:55, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Orato: True Stories From Real People
This article is nothing but an advertisement for a website, created by the person/group that maintains the size. Violation of Wikipedia policy. Additionally, the site's notability is very minor; alexa rating is 803,669. Dr. Cash 05:55, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

"Oppose Deletion." Of course, I'm just the editor of Orato, but I'm not sure I understand the logic. When I do a search for "obscure rock bands", I get a list of 1146. While I'm all for maintaining the entries on all 1146 of 'em, why delete a reference to one of the world's first meaningful citizen journalism sites, with more than 1600 registered correspondents and more than 10,000 visitors in August? I would be more than willing to clean up the article to eliminate marginal passages. Paul Sullivan.
 *  Oppose Support deletion. Links to this article have been added twice to the citizen journalism article by the anonymous user with IP 208.181.145.235 who is supporting the page below. (That IP number resolves to an internet service provider in Vancouver, where Orato is based.) As I stated originally, this article is currently an advertisement, and the publication itself was barely notable enough for me to marginally support its retention. Based on comments that others have made here, combined with circumstantial evidence of linkspamming by the publication itself or its supporters, I've changed my mind and now agree that it should be deleted. --Sheldon Rampton 14:37, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose deletion. I think they have the right to be here. Let's ask them to clean the article. It's a good example of community building news. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.181.145.235 (talk • contribs)
 * Delete. Site is just not notable, despite the quality of its content. One non-notable instructor's comments are not enough. hateless 18:37, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - the site doesn't appear to be drumming up much interest at the moment. If it becomes a significant source of journalism (or criticism), then sure, repost it, but right now? No. (And I should note that the iPod story's been around for a while; I saw it on a WoW board.) Tony Fox (arf!) 20:13, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Please make a case with the guidelines at WP:WEB in mind. Let's not bring rock bands into discussion, they have their own set of criteria for notability. hateless 22:24, 22 September 2006 (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.