Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fanhome

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 of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. Although this touches two-thirds, there are some better-than-usual arguments made for retaining it, and I'd prefer to see a stronger than borderline case made to have this deleted. -Splash^talk 17:19, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fanhome

Non-notable board OverlordChris 18:13, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom -- pm_shef 18:19, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep based on an Alexa rank of 600[1]. Never heard of the webpage (not a sports fan) but 600 means they are a seriously major player with millions of viewers. --Fuhghettaboutit 18:27, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep, should be more expansive with an Alexa rank like that. --Joey Roe 21:00, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. I think that is the Alexa rank for all scout.com websites combined, not just for fanhome.scout.com; see [2] and scroll down a bit. David Sneek 21:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Alexa ranks can be bumped up by those who know what they're doing. Articles looking to meet WP:WEB had better assert and link to evidence of notability before getting my vote. Deizio 16:27, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Google turns up only 60 sites that link to fanhome.scout.com [3] - and several of those are other sites on scout.com. -Sean Curtin 19:43, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I have updated the article to reflect the site's 300,000 members, 6 million posts, etc. I have been amazed in the past at the barely notable messageboards that leaks through AFD without consensus. This one however, with massive numbers, is having trouble. Go figure. Note also that Yahoo! ranks Fanhome as second only to ESPN: SportsNation in popularity for "sports chats and forums" [4]. Note that each of Fanhome's boards maintain separate statistics. For instance Fanhome's main baseball forum alone has 5,763 registered members and gets 7,839 average visitors per day [5]. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:10, 26 March 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.