Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linpedia

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 02:09, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)

Linpedia

vanity, not notable, project only started two days ago, Google has nothing on the project (suggests for India), project has only 8 articles. -- AllyUnion (talk) 22:12, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Delete -- AllyUnion (talk) 22:14, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, but I encourage Zoohouse to help improve the Linux-related articles around here. Rhobite 22:19, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, and this project started Tuesday. -- Riffsyphon1024 22:21, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not yet notable. Thue | talk 22:27, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. It does not reflect well on Wikipedia that upon being made aware of this article, some Wikipedians took it upon themselves to vandalize Zoohouse's wiki. WikiLove, please, especially when you're more-or-less representing Wikipedia. JRM 22:29, 2005 Mar 3 (UTC)
  • Why beat around the bush? It was User:SPUI. The decent thing to do would be to apologize, but that wouldn't impress his GNAA buds. Rhobite 22:50, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

    Mea culpa. I should have made clear the point was to pre-emptively explain any resentment Zoohouse might feel about the whole thing, not to nail people to the wall. For the record: at least two IP addresses were involved (whether these all belonged to one person, I cannot tell) and not a small bit of schadenfreude was expressed by people who should know better. JRM 23:03, 2005 Mar 3 (UTC)

    A few points, and probably the only thing I'll say about this, since drama is the last thing we want.

    1. Except for my GNAA membership, the GNAA was not involved. I have no idea who the other vandal was. If the GNAA was involved, there would have been a lot more.
    2. I apologize, especially for anything that required more than a simple rollback. My idea was to have a bit of fun without causing much work for the owner.

    That being said, I probably won't vandalize this site again, even once the ban expires. It's a cheap thrill that I like to do every once in a while, but that's all it is. --SPUI (talk) 00:27, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Transwiki to Lirpedia or delete. --SPUI (talk) 00:12, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, Firstly, I am not advertising Linpedia.org at all. The articles was written in a Neutral Point Of View for encyclopedic values. No where does the article intensify or stress, the project, if anything it gives credit to Wikipedia, “The project reflects the ideals of Wikipedia”. If this type of article is advertisement, then lets have a vote to delete the following articles: Microsoft, Google, Apple, Mac, Linux, BSD, Apache, Gaim, Atari, and so on. If this page is removed, it will be because currently it might be unimportant to readers. But isn't that a NPOV problem? In truth, it can be very important to new Linux users or some one who might want to contribute to a free project to better and pass knowledge on a topic.

I understand some one having a little fun. But I do not understand some one had to use profanity and disturb work meant to help others.--Joel M. 03:21, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)

• It may be written in an NPOV style, but its mere existence is an advert, given that the site only came into being earlier this week. It may be a worthwhile project that "reflects the ideals of Wikipedia", but Wikipedia exists to describe general knowledge, not to push ideals (and certainly not to allow others to do so). Delete until the site has established its importance in its own right. sjorford →•← 09:36, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable yet. utcursch | talk 12:47, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not yet notable. But I second the invitation to Zoohouse/Joel M to help edit the Linux-related articles on topics of established notability. Linux's significance will be increasing substantially in the next couple of years, and perhaps Linpedia's will also. Barno 18:17, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Advertising. — Gwalla | Talk 02:39, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, only an ad as yet - David Gerard 16:25, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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