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#] July 19 - 23 2006 '''Delete''' #] July 19 - 23 2006 '''Delete'''
#: July 23-29 2006 '''Endorse deletion''' #: July 23-29 2006 '''Endorse deletion'''
#: September 5-6 2006 '''Endorse deletion''' #: September 5-6 2006 '''Speedy closed'''

{{Quotation|"The result was '''Delete'''. This has gone on long enough. Painting in very broad strokes: on the one hand, we have a vast number of editors who argue persuasively that this article does (and must by its nature) consist of unverifiable claims, original research, and no reliable sources. On the other hand, we have a slightly smaller number of editors who argue that this article should be kept for various reasons: (1) That Misplaced Pages has a duty to not delete articles about any entity criticizing it, (2) that various editors who favor deletion are acting in bad faith, and (3) since we have other articles that are similar to this one, it's unfair to delete this one. Those three "keep" arguments are all spectacularly unpersuasive, and (for the most part) do not address the objections raised to the article other than to assert their falsity. Added to this we have the spectacle of solicitation and/or spamming for keep votes. I have no opinion on Encyclopedia damatica — never having heard of it before tonight — but I am using my discretion and bringing this to a close, so we can hopefully all move on."|]|] 05:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)}}


==Alexa ranking== ==Alexa ranking==

Revision as of 19:42, 25 October 2006

Encyclopedia Dramatica AfD Nominations

1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th

Log of previous AFD attempts.

  1. Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Encyclopaedia Dramatica December 13 - 18 2004 Delete
  2. Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Encyclopædia Dramatica June 2 - 8 2005 Keep
  3. Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Encyclopaedia Dramatica March 24 - 30 2006 No consensus
  4. Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Encyclopædia Dramatica (3rd nomination) July 19 - 23 2006 Delete
    First deletion review July 23-29 2006 Endorse deletion
    Second deletion review September 5-6 2006 Speedy closed

Alexa ranking

  • I just stumbled upon this page, and had never heard of Encyclopedia Dramatica before. I wanted to verify that it's not notable, but then I did a traffic ranking check on Alexa.

The website for Encyclopedia Dramatica is ranked 11,491!!!

That's very, very high.

So someone explain to me how this site is not worthy of at least some sort of small article explaining briefly, um, what they do? Yours, Smeelgova 10:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC). -- lol, they annoyed some wiki admin so now wikipedia the totally unbiased encyclopedia refuses to list them, despite the fact they list the crappy Uncyclopedia 82.42.218.122 18:36, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. Could someone please provide the links to relevant arbitrations and AFDs relating to this subject here on the discussion page, so people new to this incident like myself can find out why an articel with an Alexa page rank of 11,491 is not allowed on Misplaced Pages? Yours, Smeelgova 19:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC).
I don't understand why this was deleted and not other pages like Uncyclopedia. I read the delete discussion, but the reasons could apply to so many pages on wikipedia. Em-El 08:12, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
That's more an argument to get rid of Uncyclopedia and other articles than to keep this one. Yes, we should get around to deleted a great many pages on wikipedia. 172.130.239.49 19:30, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Alexa is compleely worthless for testing popularity, as it is non-representative and extremely easy to manipulate simpl by signing up and going to your own site over and over. I severely doubt that someone "stumbled upon this page" and touts an Alexa ranking in order to argue for its inclusion, as it seems too calculated. The article is gone because it was only herein the first place through calculated spamming and sockpuppets, so more spamming and sockpuppets will not bring it back. 172.130.239.49 19:30, 25 October 2006 (UTC)