Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samizdata

Samizdata

not notable, one sentence article Skrewler 02:03, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not notable, plus amount of google search results greatly over exaggerated due to various blog indexes linking to the site. --Timecop 02:11, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. -- Femmina 02:13, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
NN blogcruft, delete. ComCat 02:25, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable British blog nearly two million Google results for Samizdata see [1] Three Google news results [2]. We need criteria in WP:WEB covering blogs. We have them for Web Comics which are far less important in the scheme of things. Capitalistroadster 02:35, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- All 3 google news links are to blogs, which actually have nothing to do with the Samizdata site. Also out of 2 million google results, a huge portion is blog indexes linking to the site. --Timecop 02:43, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. useless 65.34.232.136 02:59, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Samizdata is an extremely well known politics blog. However, I would be surprised if there is a literature about the blog that would satisfy the requirements of WP:V. Certainly I don't think anything more than a couple of sentences could be written about it in encyclopedic fashion. Wikipedia does not exist to serve as a directory of everything in existence. It is an encyclopedia: it covers subjects which have already been studied and/or reported on, and about which there is at least some literature that will satisfy the citation and verificatory requirements of an tertiary reference. I am therefore inclined to ask for a delete. I can be persuaded to ask for a redirect, either to an article on the Russian theme behind the name or to a general article on politics blogs. encephalon 03:05, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Merge this one-liner somewhere near the bottom of Samizdat and redirect the title. ~~~~ 07:04, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
Keep Editors should be aware that this page has been targetted by a systematic effort by several users to erase all blog-related entires. The organzing list is here. Editors should also be aware of the systemic bias identified in Wikipedia against non-American content.--Simon.Pole 09:00, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- This has nothing to do with systematic bias or other bullshit. This is a vanity page for a BLOG. --Timecop 09:05, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - No. The bullshit is systematically targetting all blog-related entries for deletion. That is a profound level of bullshit. Quite extraordinary, really.--Simon.Pole 09:12, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Will the both of you kindly mind WP:CIVIL? Thanks. I'm sure you can both express your opinions on the merits of the page with your customary decorum. Regards encephalon 09:16, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]