Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Starmen.Net

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash; Xezbeth 06:56, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

Starmen.net
Website about the computer game Earthbound, that has now diverged from the game to become mostly a web community and forum. As such, it has 2800 members and 16 kilogoogles, which doesn't seem particularly impressive for a web community. Feels like vanity, even if written NPOV'ly. Radiant_* 14:57, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Alexa rank in the 220,000 area.  I do want to point out that Earthbound is in my top 5 or so games of all time, and anyone who's never played it definitely should.  Also, I like the fact that this article contains a decently-sized criticism section, so it's pretty NPOV as forum articles go.  As much as I love the subject matter, though, it shouldn't stay.  Delete, gently. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  15:15, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - sort of notable fan site (if I remember correctly) but not worthy of an article. --Anonymous Cow 15:20, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep actually an important part of the game's culture, this site started a petition to get Earthbound 64 released, and actually recieved a response from the game's creator. merge if you must. --InShaneee 19:37, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge sort-of notable fan sites. Kappa 21:41, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, borderline notable, gamescruft. Megan1967 04:22, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. Meelar (talk) 16:27, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Everyking 22:28, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I was a former member of this community (leaving in about 2000 or 2001), and a huge EarthBound fan. So maybe I'm a bit biased. That said, I do think Starmen.Net is notable in that the fanbase it represents is much more fanatical, and probably more wide, than can be said for most other games of the popularity of EarthBound. The Mother 3 petition is particularly notable as has been noted on a previous VfD attempt that is listed on the talk page. sm.net has been mentioned in several magazines (which the site has its own page about), which probably cannot be said for any other fansite about a game with the same popularity level as EarthBound (were it not for this fanatical fanbase, the game may well have been regarded as a failure). I think sm.net is notable when attributes such as these are taken into consideration. - furrykef (Talk at me) 14:28, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, and shame on people who insist on Alexa rankings for notability. A site doesn't have to be popular to be notable, though it helps. - furrykef (Talk at me) 14:31, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Besides, haven't we already gone through this? It's almost as if someone is out to get this page deleted... --SMWhat 18:09, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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