Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ameba (website)

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The result was Speedy Keep, withdrawn by nominator. (WP:NAC) Mark Arsten (talk) 21:44, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ameba (website)

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Withdrawn by nominator --hydrox (talk) 18:48, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Only one existing independent source, and Google News finds second to none English-language coverage on ameba japan, "ameba now", "ameba pico" or "ameba pigg" --> no significant coverage. --hydrox (talk) 15:30, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. hydrox (talk) 15:37, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. hydrox (talk) 15:37, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This seems to be pretty much the Japanese equivalent of Zynga. What seems remarkable is the claimed Alexa rank of 16 in the Japanese region. I don't think a site can get that high in a technology-oriented place like Japan and not be notable. I'm comfortable giving this the benefit of the doubt and assuming that plenty of Japanese reliable sources exist, which would seem to be confirmed by the healthy-looking sources section in the Japanese article. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:18, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a source for the Alexa rank. It's actually 8th in the Japanese region. However, a mere high ranking does not necessarily equal high notability. --hydrox (talk) 17:47, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, it's actually higher than the article says (rank #8!) Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:48, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Being a top-10 website in one of the largest internet-using countries if the world, as well as the top 100 worldwide, is indisputably notable. Are you seriously saying you think the entire Japanese media somehow forgot to ever cover this? For comparison's sake, the #8 website right now in the US... is Twitter. Wikipedia is #6. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:07, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw In the light of above, I think the article deserves a {{refimprove}} tag without a question, but can not be really deleted. --hydrox (talk) 18:47, 4 March 2012 (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.