Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goddess Rinoa

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 03:02, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Goddess Rinoa

Vanity article about an administrator of a message board that does not (and should not) have its own article. -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:59, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Seeing as this is an anniversary present for the said person, (whom know's nothing of this as of yet) and that it would probably be temporary, I do not see a reason for it to be taken down (at least not just yet). And just what says and/or qualifies our message board ineligable for an article? The fact that its not the biggest and the best of them all? Please enlighten us on your decision. - Trent Nomagi 2:45 PM 19 Feb 2005

Please read What Wikipedia is not. -- Antaeus Feldspar 21:42, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Delete. I appreciate what you're trying to do, but as Antaeus points out, Wikipedia is not a web hosting service. Note the fundraising banner at the top of the page—there are real dollar costs associated with maintaining Wikipedia, and maintaining fan pages isn't where those dollars are meant to be going. If a sound argument can be made that the message board is encyclopedic, then some of its admins might be mentioned in the message board's article. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 22:09, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Apparently the Zelda Infinite Message Board is not considered worthy of an encyclopedia article by (there is none at the moment), so why should an administrator be more important? Also, the "information" given in the article is just chitchat, and does not belong in an encyclopedia. -- If it is indeed an anniversary present for the said person, that is exactly a reason for the article to be deleted. Aleph4 21:18, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Vanity, and article is nonencyclopedic. Trent, it's not that your message board isn't the largest and best; I'm sure it's a great board. But we try to limit articles to truly encyclopedic material here. Granted, we are able to include far more information than traditional paper encyclopedias, but Wikipedia is not a web directory. A few message boards do have articles here, but it does not appear that Zelda Infinite has so far had the kind of reach or impact that those few have had. Please don't let this discourage you from contributing in other areas. — Knowledge Seeker দ (talk) 23:55, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Non-notable. Carrp | Talk 23:57, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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