Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thinking-East.Net

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The result of the debate was delete. —Xezbeth 14:36, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

Thinking-East.Net

Vanity, promotional, non-encyclopedic and non-notable. Mackensen (talk) 04:59, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. I was just coming to list this on VfD. 26 unique Google hits, most of which are discussion forums. Vanity. RickK 04:59, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

• Comment, I'm the fellow who wrote the entries for Thinking-East.Net and Registan.Net. I did so because I feel that they represent a corner of the blogosphere (so to speak) that shall become more and more important as Central Asia--the region they cover--becomes more important. In retrospect, I agree with you: the original entry was too promotional. Too much enthusiasm. I have since gone back into the entry and excised most of the URLs and biased material. Also, while Thinking-East does have a good reputation, some of its readers have raised concerns about its connections to the group KelKel. So I tried to mention that in the revised entry. Read it and see what you think. NYspaceman 05:52, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• While I appreciate your efforts, I'm afraid a website that gets 26 googles just isn't notable. Delete as such. Radiant_* 14:31, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable. Megan1967 02:19, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Comment, Interesting web-site but I'm not sure it merits an entry. Sorry. Leithp 15:23, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Comment, Me again, the entry-writer. Thanks anyway, Leithp. Alright, my case for including Thinking-East is based very much upon its connection to the Tulip Revolution. Several of its writers were senior members of KelKel, the youth movement involved in the overthrow of the Kyrgyz government (and KelKel, by the way, has an entry on Wikipedia.) If a tiny website on the outskirts of the blogosphere has a connection like that, surely it may ultimately prove to be of some historical interest--if not historical importance? (Also: it is starting to get mentioned in Uzbek blogs.) Regarding the Google hits: a) is 26 too low or two high? and b) I removed almost all external links from the entry. NYspaceman 01:50, 2 May 2005
• Keep After reading the entry and web-site again, I think it does merit an entry. I don't think the "google test" is a particularly fair way of assessing this. Central Asian politics, as opposed to say Manga or MMORPG games or other "geek-friendly" topics, has a pretty scant showing on Wikipedia. This web-site seems to be a rare outlet for the voice of young people in Central Asia so is of significance, if only regionally. Have a look at it before you vote please, there are a lot more deserving candidates for deletion than this. Leithp 20:20, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable, and now the author is link-spamming all sorts of articles. Jayjg ^(talk) 19:35, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Nor worthy of an encyclopedia entry. --Mecanismo 20:47, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Comment, Me again, the entry-writer. I communicated with one of the editors of the website. He said that they have a first-hand account of the Halabja poison gas attack in 1988, an interview with the nephew of John Garang, the leader of the south Sudan rebels (the editor said he went to school with this kid), and an interview with Yair Auron, who's the world expert on the Armenian genocide. All these articles they will publish in May and June. For a blog "not worthy of an entry" on Wikipedia, this is certainly impressive. (By the way, thanks for the support, Leithp.) NYspaceman 01:50, 2 May 2005

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