Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlecrap


 * 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 debate was keep.  howch e  ng   {chat} 18:14, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Wrestlecrap
Site appears to fail WP:WEB, Alexa rank 89,000, <4000 sites linking in JzG 10:44, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, Wrestlecrap is extremely notable in the Internet wrestling community.   You can't go to a wrestling forum and not find a mention of Wrestlecrap.  --HBK|Talk 17:39, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Further Comment: Badger Badger Badger, given on WP:WEB as an example of a notable site, has an alexa rank of 78,383, not all that far ahead of Wrestlecrap.  --HBK|Talk 06:21, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * For the record I think badgerbadgerbadger (which incidentally I love) should be merged to Weebl and Bob as they all come from weebl's stuff. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px| ]] AfD? 09:23, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Oppose, The site is relevant enough to have resulted in the publishing of 2 books, both of which were the bestselling wrestling books at Amazon.com, as well as a weekly webcast--Madbeatnik 01:46, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. -- Dragonfiend 18:48, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomination. - Dustimagic *\o/* (talk/contribs) *\o/* 01:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Would this necessitate the deletion of Gooker Award as well?
 * Keep - notable within the wrestling community, considered to be akin to the Golden Raspberry Awards. Wrestlecrap is also the name of a book published by the maintainers of the site. kelvSYC 21:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep — I would say a lot more, but won't since the users who have voted to keep have said so more eloquently than I could. — Dale Arnett 07:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: 4,000 total forum members, 500,000 total posts. &mdash;Quarl (talk) 2006-01-16 08:45Z 
 * Strong Keep very notable and long-established site within IWC. R D Reynolds' books are also very well-known in the community, with the second one also including an introduction by Dave Meltzer. Essexmutant 15:23, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep: Notable site within the wrestling community. Sue Anne 16:52, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn Incognito 05:15, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep, insanely popular wrestling site, inspired a book by the same name published by an award-winning press. --badlydrawnjeff 14:38, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep: Notable site within the IWC. --Oakster 23:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep: * Strong Keep: Very Well known site, deserves to stay.....no reason for it to be eliminated. Sinkholeca 11:51, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


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