Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Meritocracy

The Meritocracy was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. 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 DELETE

As nearly as I can tell, this is just a user community for the online game NationStates. The article already gives this "meritocracy" as much treatment as it deserves--a single external link. A google search for "NationStates meritocracy" returns ~1000 hits, the first of which is the Wikipedia's NationStates article. --Ardonik 02:22, Jul 31, 2004 (UTC)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like other '/delete' pages is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion or on the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Don't delete. There are numerous examples of electronic communities that are maintained on this site.
 * Don't delete. Meritocrats are in the process of accumulating more information on the subject. Besides, the region of European Affairs has an entry which has not been deleted. CommiE 02:46, Jul 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. That said, don't be discouraged; this just isn't what we're looking for. For a better idea of what should be included, take a look at What Wikipedia is not, along with some other deletion debates. In fact, I feel that the other region should probably be deleted as well. Best, [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 03:44, 2004 Jul 31 (UTC)
 * Delete it and others of its ilk. Postdlf 05:42, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Also, if there is one on the region of European Affairs, it, too, would need deletion.  This is not a personal bias, but rather a case that reality takes precedence over fiction and flesh over electronic life.  The notability barrier for fictional and e- life should be higher than that for reality/3D.  Small cantons in reality are therefore above even very large e-communities. Geogre 13:32, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. The only material in the article that couldn't be found simply by clicking on a few links from the Meritocracy site is the short overview at the beginning.  A more proper place for this information might be a History section on the Jennifer Government: NationStates article. Goobergunch 18:15, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Ugh, delete. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 20:55, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Send to Cleanup and rename. This article is garbage, but a google search for "meritocracy" would imply that it's a legitimate topic outside of NationStates. Ambi 11:08, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that would be meritocracy. The Meritocracy contains nothing that can add to that article&mdash;cleanup would be inappropriate.  Postdlf 12:26, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Gack, silly me for not checking. Delete or redirect. Ambi 12:28, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Looks like an article worthy of my 'Gallery of the Doomed' - added Darksun 12:24, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. On merit. DJ Clayworth 18:16, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)