Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikispaces

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 delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:24, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikispaces

Non notable wiki, seems to fail WP:WEB. Looks like advertising/spam. Peephole 18:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the entry qualifies at least under clauses 1, 2, and 6 on WP:SOFTWARE. We've been regularly profiled by our members and independent third parties since we launched and are pretty regularly noted as being innovative and a leader in our space. Moreover, there are several other entries on Wikipedia which detail wiki hosting services which are equally or less qualifying under these criteria than we are.
We didn't create the entry originally although we've edited it from time to time to keep it up to date so I don't think it's advertising or spam. Thanks. Adamfrey 18:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete per Nom. Non Notable, and does fail WP:WEB. This is now verified as vanity by Adamfrey. Wikipedia is not here to use as an Advert board. --Bschott 21:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — fails WP:WEB and has no encyclopedic merit in current form - Glen 01:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, fails WP:WEB. --Ter e nce Ong _{(Chat | Contribs)} 06:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hang on a second guys. I'm not saying there should be website specific or company specific entries on Wikipedia. Whatever the Wikipedia community thinks should be the standard is fine by me. That being said, I don't like the idea of the policy being arbitrarily applied to us and not everyone else. I've also updated the entry to show that our "content has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works" although it seems to me this article should be held to WP:SOFTWARE rather than WP:WEB— Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamfrey (talk • contribs)
- Comment Sorry Adamfrey, but this is not a software title. This article is refering to a website that offers a service. It is not covered under WP:Software. Also, it very much looks like a Spam or Advert. Hence it is failing the AFD. --Bschott 07:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- If the consensus is that the entry doesn't meet WP:WEB I'm OK with that even though I disagree. But is anyone going to apply the same standard to other entries that profile similar services to ours? Adamfrey 16:44, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:WEB. Response to Adamfrey: Of course, Adam. We hold all articles to the very same standards. If you see an article that should be deleted for the same reasons yours is being considered for deletion, please nominate it (follow the instructions at WP:AfD). Srose (talk) 16:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
So I'd much rather not have to go and start nominating these entries for deletion myself since they are services that compete with ours. Since I'm biased I imagine that wouldn't be the best approach. What do you recommend? Also, would another alternative be to change the Wikispaces article so that it's not so much a description of the service (i.e. remove the pricing, feature list, etc.) and just have a short entry that describes what it is and perhaps some notable uses and mentions? Adamfrey 21:04, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not notable. --Ixfd64 23:05, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.