Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Who is Benjamin Stove?

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 DELETE. Mo0[talk] 04:34, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who is Benjamin Stove?

Non notable blog, only a dozen google hits. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 20:51, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Keep. It's widely thought in the forums that this is an Alternate Reality Game (as Haunted Apiary was), and not just any blog. As such, it may or may not be deserving of a Wikipedia entry. --Ciaran H 21:08, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

• I changed my vote above changed from "Comment" to "Keep". --Ciaran H 09:43, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep, as it seems like a fairly popular "Alternate Reality Gaming" phenomenon. If not keep, then perhaps Merge with Alternate reality game. --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 23:14, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with or mention in Alternate reality game if notable, but it's not. Delete --Perfecto 23:33, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep seems notable, the forum has attracted hundreds of members within a very short period. Has been linked to by several notable blog sites, including Daily Kos. --Revolución (talk) 02:20, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Strong delete. No evidence of popularity; few Google hits, no Alexa traffic ranking. Even if it is a game or viral marketing, it's not a notable example. MCB 05:58, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

• The game only started about a week ago, so I'm not surprised it's not big in Google. It'll probably pick up a lot more links to it as time goes on though. --Ciaran H 09:35, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

• If it's only been around a week, it could hardly be considered widely-known or notable. I have changed my vote to strong delete. If it ever gets more than "hundreds of members" (which is very small by Wikipedia converage standards), an article can be added later. MCB 06:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep It's an amusement, and is generally interesting as an online RPG/sleuthing activity.

• The above was posted by 24.148.68.45 22:03, January 15, 2006 (UTC) --Ciaran H 01:56, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as non-notable blog. Stifle 23:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, nn. Incognito 05:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete wikipedia is not a crystal ball. when this gets "popular" (unlikely), feel free to create the article. --Timecop 07:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete per timecop (also, non-notable). Hosterweis 09:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - per nom. -- Femmina 14:00, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Eusebeus 20:29, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Cptchipjew 23:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete-Non notable garbage-- Aigis
• Delete as non-notable blog. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 01:11, Jan. 19, 2006

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.