Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Twitter Hashtag Chat Group Index


 * 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 Speedy delete  per .--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:42, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Twitter Hashtag Chat Group Index

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Contested PROD. Due to the nature of Twitter, attempting to list every hash tag would be impossible. Best left up to the US Library of Congress who is currently archiving all tweets. Phearson (talk) 05:37, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

The purpose of the page isn't to "catalog" every single hash tag in use on Twitter, only those related to communities of interest and chat groups who wish crowd source their community to discuss or share ideas on a particular topic. An archive of Tweets does not meet the requirement desired by the community this Wiki page is meant to serve. I am the author of the page and will attempt to gather others who may have further justification to prevent the deletion of this page. Justasked (talk) 05:47, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * NOTE: Please do not solicit to get meatpuppets WP:MEAT! I'm going to go ahead and inform the admins to make sure this does not occur. ANI Phearson (talk) 05:51, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Who exactly decides "Only those related to communities of interest and chat groups who wish crowd source their community to discuss or share ideas on a particular topic"? If I invent a hashtag #meowwoofmeowwoofcatsdogs right now and say it's related to a community of interest what's to stop me adding it? Nil Einne (talk) 18:12, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Justasked, the article is pretty interesting and looks very useful, and should certainly be preserved and maintained someplace. Unfortunately Wikipedia isn't the place, due to the various strictures we have about the content of encyclopedia articles and the level of external sourcing they require.  If you could establish independent notability for each tag on the list, then it could possibly be turned into a "List of Hashtag Chat Groups" type of article, but you'd probably have to omit a lot of interesting tags.  It's better to just move the whole list someplace that doesn't have Wikipedia's constraints.  Wikia (http://wikia.com) might be a good place to put it if you want it to be publicly wiki-editable.  There is even the beginning of a Twitter-oriented Wikia called Twikipedia which could be a reasonable home for the info.   Wikipedia, however, has to treat it the same way we would treat maps, directories, original fiction, etc.: good info, nothing wrong with it at all, but doesn't fit into the somewhat narrower range of stuff encyclopedia can cover under its current structure—so, with regrets, Delete. 67.122.209.190 (talk) 06:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Transwiki or use a website, blog etc. My opinion for the nomination still stands. Phearson (talk) 16:52, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with above on all points. It is a great idea and would be useful to many people, but it is not the type of info that goes in an encyclopedia.  DAVIDABLE  16:48, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * CSD G7 - Looking back at the ANI, user:Justasked has requested to have the page deleted. Phearson (talk) 18:33, 27 January 2011 (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.