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The result of the debate was no consensus to delete the article, but strong voices that this does not need a separate article. I am calling this a '''merge''' with ]. ] ] 06:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
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This is a non-notable personal website, started six months ago by one individual. Alexa shows that after a blip in December, traffic has fallen to a trickle . The site fails ], and the ] himself is of only marginal notability (the site is already covered in his article). This is a non-notable personal website, started six months ago by one individual. Alexa shows that after a blip in December, traffic has fallen to a trickle . The site fails ], and the ] himself is of only marginal notability (the site is already covered in his article).
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*'''Delete'''. Covered in more-than-sufficient detail in Brandt's article. --- ] *'''Delete'''. Covered in more-than-sufficient detail in Brandt's article. --- ]
*'''keep''' - No reason to delete. --]\<sup>]</sup> 15:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''keep''' - No reason to delete. --]\<sup>]</sup> 15:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
:Em, actually that's wrong, about half a dozen reasons have been given. So why do you disagree with them? --] ] 15:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC) ** Em, actually that's wrong, about half a dozen reasons have been given. So why do you disagree with them? --] ] 15:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
:Google returns the Misplaced Pages article as the first hit. The actual site isn't even in the top twenty. ] ] 15:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *** Google returns the Misplaced Pages article as the first hit. The actual site isn't even in the top twenty. ] ] 15:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
:: returns a webpage as top. puts it top, as does . The idea that it is non-notable can be dismissed by the sheer volume of unique google hits it generates. There is "No reason to delete". --]\<sup>]</sup> 16:16, 12 April 2006 (UTC) **** returns a webpage as top. puts it top, as does . The idea that it is non-notable can be dismissed by the sheer volume of unique google hits it generates. There is "No reason to delete". --]\<sup>]</sup> 16:16, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
***** You're searching the website's name; it's hardly surprising that you get the website in question in the top results. // ]</small>] ] (<sup>'']''</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 14:48, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

* '''Delete''' per Gamaliel above ] <sup>]</sup> 15:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC) * '''Delete''' per Gamaliel above ] <sup>]</sup> 15:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge''' and '''redirect''' to ], obviously, because the article about him will most likely always mention this website to some extent, hence the redirect would be useful for anyone seeking whatever information we have concerning said web site. How much of this information is actually useful enough to be included is an editorial matter, and should be discussed at ], not here. — <small>Apr. 12, '06</small> <tt class=plainlinks>''' <]>'''</tt> *'''Merge''' and '''redirect''' to ], obviously, because the article about him will most likely always mention this website to some extent, hence the redirect would be useful for anyone seeking whatever information we have concerning said web site. How much of this information is actually useful enough to be included is an editorial matter, and should be discussed at ], not here. — <small>Apr. 12, '06</small> <span class="plainlinks" style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">''' <]>'''</span>
*'''Delete'''. Coverage in Brandt article is more than enough; redirect might be useful. .:.].:. <sup>]</sup> 16:09, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Delete'''. Coverage in Brandt article is more than enough; redirect might be useful. .:.].:. <sup>]</sup> 16:09, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge''' and '''redirect''' to ] per freakofnurture --] 16:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Merge''' and '''redirect''' to ] per freakofnurture --] 16:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' per Gamaliel. ] 16:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Delete''' per Gamaliel. ] 16:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge''' with ]. Misplaced Pages Watch is not notable but he is. ] 17:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Merge''' with ]. Misplaced Pages Watch is not notable but he is. ] 17:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge and redirect''' per freakofnature. ]]] 17:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Merge and redirect''' per freakofnature. ]]] 17:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' Was mentioned in Le Monde six weeks ago. If they talk about it in France, should be notable. ] 17:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Keep''' Was mentioned in Le Monde six weeks ago. If they talk about it in France, should be notable. ] 17:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
:*Link? One mention in one newspaper does not make it independently notable. ] ] 18:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :*Link? One mention in one newspaper does not make it independently notable. ] ] 18:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge''' would be my first choice, '''Delete''' would be my second choice. Alexa rank 247,657. ] - <b><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">St</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF5500">ar</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF8000">bli</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FFC000">nd</FONT></b> 20:19, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Merge''' would be my first choice, '''Delete''' would be my second choice. Alexa rank 247,657. ] - <b><span style="color:#FF0000;">St</span><span style="color:#FF5500;">ar</span><span style="color:#FF8000;">bli</span><span style="color:#FFC000;">nd</span></b> 20:19, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge''' as per above. <small>] <sup><font color="#6BA800">]</font> | <font color="#0033FF">]</font> | <font color="#FF0000">]</font></sup></small> 20:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Merge''' as per above. <small>] <sup>] | ] | ]</sup></small> 20:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' per above reasons and add a paragraph (''no more'') on its existence in the Brandt article. -- ] 21:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Delete''' per above reasons and add a paragraph (''no more'') on its existence in the Brandt article. -- ] 21:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
**I would be satisfied with a '''merge''' as a secondary option. -- ] 00:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge''' to ]. ] 23:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Merge''' to ]. ] 23:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
**Cosign, another vote for '''Merge'''. ] 01:23, 13 April 2006 (UTC) **Cosign, another vote for '''Merge'''. ] 01:23, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
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* I'm voting '''delete''' in order to keep this going so that I can learn more about what is and is not deemed ''"notable"'' and ''"worthy of inclusion"'', within Wiki. -- ] * I'm voting '''delete''' in order to keep this going so that I can learn more about what is and is not deemed ''"notable"'' and ''"worthy of inclusion"'', within Wiki. -- ]
*'''Merge''' (and redirect) to Brandt article as suggested above, and needs some trimming. Just because someone makes a really loud, inconsequential comment (or website) once, doesn't mean we should always cover it in a separate article. --'']'' (]/]) 09:12, 13 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Merge''' (and redirect) to Brandt article as suggested above, and needs some trimming. Just because someone makes a really loud, inconsequential comment (or website) once, doesn't mean we should always cover it in a separate article. --'']'' (]/]) 09:12, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
* '''Delete''' per nom. ] ] 04:49, 14 April 2006 (UTC) * '''Delete''' per nom. ] ] 04:49, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Keep'''. As in the case of Misplaced Pages Review, deletion makes it look like Misplaced Pages is trying to suppress criticism. In a case like this, better to err on the side of including a non-notable site, than to convey an impression of censorship. --<font color ="darkred"><font face ="georgia">]</font></font> 06:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Keep'''. As in the case of Misplaced Pages Review, deletion makes it look like Misplaced Pages is trying to suppress criticism. In a case like this, better to err on the side of including a non-notable site, than to convey an impression of censorship. --<span style="color: darkred;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">]</span></span> 06:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
:Since Brandt doesn't want publicity from wikipedia, that argument is a little weak. --] ] 09:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC) :Since Brandt doesn't want publicity from wikipedia, that argument is a little weak. --] ] 09:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
::Whether or not Brandt wants publicity was not a concern of mine. --<font color ="darkred"><font face ="georgia">]</font></font> 06:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC) ::Whether or not Brandt wants publicity was not a concern of mine. --<span style="color: darkred;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">]</span></span> 06:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Delete'''. Doesn't pass the notability test. Merge verifiable content to Brandt article and redirect there. -] 07:50, 14 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Delete'''. Doesn't pass the notability test. Merge verifiable content to Brandt article and redirect there. -] 07:50, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''KEEP''' This is so notable. ] 03:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC) *'''KEEP''' This is so notable. ] 03:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge''', nearly all of this information duplicates stuff already on Brandt's page. ] 04:59, 15 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Merge''', nearly all of this information duplicates stuff already on Brandt's page. ] 04:59, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Delete'''. We currently have four articles on Brandt's websites or self. This one is definitely not needed. ] <sup><font color="Purple">]</font></sup> 05:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC) *'''Delete'''. We currently have four articles on Brandt's websites or self. This one is definitely not needed. ] ] 05:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Merge and redirect'''. Duplicate of Brandt's page. ''']''' (]) 21:01, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''keep''' please it is very notable ] 06:34, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge and redirect'''. No reason to have a separate article. -]<sup>(])</sup> 07:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Create''' a brand spanking new article entitled "A List of Websites which Daniel Brandt is Affiliated With", and then '''merge''' the contents of both this article and of ], plus that of information on Yahoo! Watch, NameBase and Misplaced Pages Review, into the new article. Then, delete all personal information about Brandt (Age/Gender/Location is one thing, but I seriously doubt people were going in 1947: "Good Lord! A Child has been born to missionary parents in China! Let us visit him!" Equally, I seriously doubt there is anything else within his "Background" section that he is notable for. As far as I see it, he is notable only for his contributions to those 5 websites) and then '''merge''' what non-personal information there exists left from the Brandt article (including the Seigenthaler stuff) into the new article. This way, several birds are killed with one stone: We cannot complain that Brandt is over represented in his articles in Misplaced Pages because he will only really feature in one as this proposal details; it will end the controversy in the ] article over the inclusion or not of Misplaced Pages Review because now we will have information about it; Brandt will most likely cease to complain because what he feels to be "private matters" will no longer be on Misplaced Pages for everyone to see; and it can stop this bitter war that exists between Brandt and Misplaced Pages: Brandt can be left to his own devices and Misplaced Pages can finally have a Brandt article free of controversy and one which they can be truly proud of.. Besides, let's remember that Misplaced Pages Watch is actually a very notable website because it appears that every single time Brandt's name is mentioned here, friends or foes of Brandt will mention Misplaced Pages Watch. Whether you agree or disagree with Brandt's politics, what cannot be denied is that people who are either pro-Misplaced Pages or anti-Misplaced Pages cannot stay away from it. Plus, Misplaced Pages Watch is notable because it is directly linkable from Google Watch until the title: "Google Loves Misplaced Pages". ] 13:58, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
''::User's first edit. Almost certainly a sock of some banned user. But perhaps the suggestion does merit some discussion. --] ] 14:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)''
* '''Merge and redirect''' per freakofnurture. // ]</small>] ] (<sup>'']''</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 14:50, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
* '''Merge and Redirect''' per freakofnurture and Slim. ] 17:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Keep'''. If Brandt is "notable", this is "notable". Please don't make nominations for personal reasons. ] 23:20, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
::I didn't. Please assume good faith. --] ] 23:48, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge and Redirect''' per freakofnurture. But please keep all info of the article in the merge. Otherwise, '''keep'''. --] 12:17, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' per nom and Gamaliel ] 17:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' Google watch is notable, wikipedia watch isn't really. (I'd go for '''merge''' as a second choice.) ] 19:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' this AND Google Watch. '''Merge''' ALL Brandt-related articles into his own. ] 20:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' as above. Brandt's own wishes and the notability of this site are mutually exclusive. ] 22:19, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
*'''Merge and redirect''' this rant to Brandt (feeling poetic at the moment). Nothing notable here not covered in the ] article. ] 04:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Merge''' with and redirect to Daniel Brandt. Jonathan 666 may be a sock puppet, or whatever the term is, but what he says actually makes a bit of sense. Merging is easier, though. ] 05:06, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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Latest revision as of 20:37, 25 March 2023

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 no consensus to delete the article, but strong voices that this does not need a separate article. I am calling this a merge with Daniel Brandt. Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Watch (2nd nom)

This is a non-notable personal website, started six months ago by one individual. Alexa shows that after a blip in December, traffic has fallen to a trickle . The site fails WP:WEB, and the author himself is of only marginal notability (the site is already covered in his article).

A previous Afd attempt ended without consensus. However, if this website was about anything other than Misplaced Pages, its article would certainly be deleted. Since we avoid self references, the fact that it is about us should not influence the decision. Wiki-community noteriety =! general notability. Yes, Brandt is infamous within Misplaced Pages, and yes, this website 'names' a number of wikipedians (including myself), but that does not make his every action worth an individual article. The detailed blow-by-blow content of this article, describing the history of the website would simply not be tolerated in any other web-related article. The article exists only because of a perceived battle between Brandt and Misplaced Pages, but actually it only serves to feed and exacerbate that same silly foolishness. It feeds trolls, and it is, in itself, basically trolling. --Doc 15:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC) (Additional reason - read it - it's just Brandt's blog) note to closing admin - I'll go for merge as a second choice--Doc 20:33, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Since Brandt doesn't want publicity from wikipedia, that argument is a little weak. --Doc 09:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Whether or not Brandt wants publicity was not a concern of mine. --HK 06:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect. Duplicate of Brandt's page. Andre (talk) 21:01, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
  • keep please it is very notable Yuckfoo 06:34, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect. No reason to have a separate article. -GTBacchus 07:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Create a brand spanking new article entitled "A List of Websites which Daniel Brandt is Affiliated With", and then merge the contents of both this article and of Google Watch, plus that of information on Yahoo! Watch, NameBase and Misplaced Pages Review, into the new article. Then, delete all personal information about Brandt (Age/Gender/Location is one thing, but I seriously doubt people were going in 1947: "Good Lord! A Child has been born to missionary parents in China! Let us visit him!" Equally, I seriously doubt there is anything else within his "Background" section that he is notable for. As far as I see it, he is notable only for his contributions to those 5 websites) and then merge what non-personal information there exists left from the Brandt article (including the Seigenthaler stuff) into the new article. This way, several birds are killed with one stone: We cannot complain that Brandt is over represented in his articles in Misplaced Pages because he will only really feature in one as this proposal details; it will end the controversy in the Criticism of Misplaced Pages article over the inclusion or not of Misplaced Pages Review because now we will have information about it; Brandt will most likely cease to complain because what he feels to be "private matters" will no longer be on Misplaced Pages for everyone to see; and it can stop this bitter war that exists between Brandt and Misplaced Pages: Brandt can be left to his own devices and Misplaced Pages can finally have a Brandt article free of controversy and one which they can be truly proud of.. Besides, let's remember that Misplaced Pages Watch is actually a very notable website because it appears that every single time Brandt's name is mentioned here, friends or foes of Brandt will mention Misplaced Pages Watch. Whether you agree or disagree with Brandt's politics, what cannot be denied is that people who are either pro-Misplaced Pages or anti-Misplaced Pages cannot stay away from it. Plus, Misplaced Pages Watch is notable because it is directly linkable from Google Watch until the title: "Google Loves Misplaced Pages". Jonathan 666 13:58, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

::User's first edit. Almost certainly a sock of some banned user. But perhaps the suggestion does merit some discussion. --Doc 14:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

I didn't. Please assume good faith. --Doc 23:48, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge with and redirect to Daniel Brandt. Jonathan 666 may be a sock puppet, or whatever the term is, but what he says actually makes a bit of sense. Merging is easier, though. Kimera757 05:06, 18 April 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.