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says it all: "There are 169 total pages in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about The LA Wiki, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages. Excluding those, there are 6 pages that are probably legitimate content pages." If that's "one of the 27 largest City Wikis in the world" (as the author claims on the talk page), I shudder to think what the others look like.
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Tried CSD, was declined, but I think the decline was in error. This meets A7, as the article makes no effort to assert notability. It's likely because there isn't any. I ran several Google searches trying to find anything about it and came up with zilch. I think this paragraph from the site itself
383:- page was created by user with COI, and does not cite neutral sources for assertions of notability. Basically, this deletion is the assertion of a double standard. However, since logic does not trump ignorant voting, it will likely be deleted. 336:- if it went from 13 articles to the current 169 in one year, it will have had a 1200% annual growth rate, which might well be the fastest-growing city wiki in the U.S., or even the world. That does not necessarily mean it's notable. 259:
I am not advocating a lawsuit against the owner of LA Wiki, but certainly it should be made known to the relevant parties that most of LA Wiki's substantive content (three of the five articles) violates GFDL.
202:. The LA Wiki is not ready to promote itself anywhere given its extreme lack of content. Furthermore, someone knowledgeable about GFDL should bring to the attention of the powers that be at Knowledge that 281:...LA Wiki is the fastest-growing city wiki in the United States...also runs on the MediaWiki framework, one of the first City Wiki's to employ the scaleable technology behind Knowledge 328: 115: 283:) but lacks any secondary sources to confirm this. The first point, if well sourced, would establish notability in my mind, but now it's just an empty promise. Level it! 435:- these articles were kept b/c they make assertions of notability that reference themselves. Comparison is to reasons for keeping them, not that they exist. All 319: 483:
assert a claim to notability so it is safe from speedy deletion. However, if the article claims that the web content is notable but the claim cannot be
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of notability. If an article about web content does not even assert a claim to notability, the article can be speedily deleted under
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licensing - I think the content is safe. By the time of any sort of suit, the article will likely already fall into the domain of
492: 17: 414:; other articles are completely irrelevant to the deletion of this one. Feel free to nominate those articles for deletion. 444: 301: 88: 83: 92: 523: 36: 182:. No evidence that there has been non-trivial coverage of subject by reliable, third-party published sources. — 522:
Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
207: 458: 395: 247: 391: 375:- COI or no, substantiated or no, I find it hard to justify the inclusion of articles about any other 243: 450: 387: 239: 184: 496: 359: 261: 211: 502: 462: 423: 365: 347: 292: 267: 217: 190: 170: 152: 132: 79: 57: 343: 148: 128: 143:. The article lists the owner of LA Wiki as "Andrew Tutt", the same as the author's username. 29:
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Its mainspace consists of those, two redirects, its Main Page, and an empty portal. --
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has to do is assert notability for itself and it will survive this process Re: other
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If only ... the LA Wiki actually has only five content pages now.
279:- as current version, it makes several assertions of notability ( 516:
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
229: 436: 491:, the article may be deleted pursuant to a discussion at 105: 101: 97: 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 468:Actually, the criteria require more than just an 526:). No further edits should be made to this page. 495:, which is what we are doing now for LA Wiki. -- 8: 379:that meet the criteria outlined above. Take 210:without proper attribution under GFDL. -- 443:which do just that. (See paragraph 1 of 206:was apparently copied from Knowledge's 7: 24: 204:LA Wiki's article on Los Angeles 493:Knowledge:Articles for deletion 161:per nom. It's just an advert. 18:Knowledge:Articles for deletion 178:as insufficiently notable per 1: 58:15:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC) 503:03:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC) 474:criteria for speedy deletion 463:18:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC) 424:11:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC) 366:03:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC) 348:01:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC) 329:20:14, 6 February 2008 (UTC) 293:15:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC) 268:14:36, 7 February 2008 (UTC) 218:15:12, 6 February 2008 (UTC) 191:14:54, 6 February 2008 (UTC) 171:14:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC) 153:14:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC) 133:14:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC) 543: 519:Please do not modify it. 32:Please do not modify it. 208:Los Angeles, California 445:WP:Other Stuff Exists 300:as above and nom. - 141:conflict of interest 228:has never enforced 465: 453:comment added by 404: 390:comment added by 256: 242:comment added by 534: 521: 489:reliable sources 476:, criterion A7. 448: 403: 384: 346: 324: 315: 306: 255: 236: 189: 113: 95: 34: 542: 541: 537: 536: 535: 533: 532: 531: 530: 524:deletion review 517: 385: 337: 322: 313: 304: 237: 183: 86: 70: 67: 44:The result was 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 540: 538: 529: 528: 512: 511: 510: 509: 508: 507: 506: 505: 497:Metropolitan90 431:- This is not 370: 369: 368: 360:Metropolitan90 331: 295: 274: 273: 272: 271: 270: 262:Metropolitan90 212:Metropolitan90 193: 173: 135: 120: 119: 66: 61: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 539: 527: 525: 520: 514: 513: 504: 501: 498: 494: 490: 486: 482: 479: 475: 471: 467: 466: 464: 460: 456: 452: 446: 442: 438: 434: 430: 427: 426: 425: 421: 417: 413: 409: 406: 405: 401: 397: 393: 389: 382: 378: 374: 371: 367: 364: 361: 357: 354: 351: 350: 349: 345: 342: 341: 335: 332: 330: 327: 326: 325: 318: 317: 316: 309: 308: 307: 299: 296: 294: 290: 286: 282: 278: 275: 269: 266: 263: 258: 257: 253: 249: 245: 241: 235: 231: 227: 224: 221: 220: 219: 216: 213: 209: 205: 201: 197: 194: 192: 188: 187: 181: 177: 174: 172: 168: 164: 160: 157: 156: 155: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 130: 126: 117: 111: 107: 103: 99: 94: 90: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 68: 65: 62: 60: 59: 55: 51: 47: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 518: 515: 480: 469: 428: 407: 386:— Preceding 372: 352: 338: 333: 321: 320: 312: 311: 303: 302: 297: 280: 276: 238:— Preceding 222: 198:per nom and 195: 185: 175: 158: 136: 121: 45: 43: 31: 28: 455:152.3.78.87 449:—Preceding 392:152.3.78.87 244:152.3.78.87 441:city wikis 186:Satori Son 470:assertion 381:DavisWiki 377:city wiki 226:Knowledge 487:through 485:verified 451:unsigned 400:contribs 388:unsigned 353:Comment. 340:Argyriou 314:Favorite 252:contribs 240:unsigned 234:fair use 145:Gromlakh 125:Gromlakh 116:View log 478:LA Wiki 437:LA Wiki 429:Comment 408:Comment 334:comment 223:Comment 89:protect 84:history 72:LA Wiki 64:LA Wiki 500:(talk) 433:WP:WAX 412:WP:WAX 363:(talk) 344:(talk) 323:Cookie 305:Milk's 298:Delete 277:Delete 265:(talk) 215:(talk) 200:WP:WEB 196:Delete 180:WP:WEB 176:Delete 163:Srpnor 159:Delete 137:UPDATE 93:delete 46:Delete 110:views 102:watch 98:links 16:< 481:does 459:talk 420:talk 396:talk 373:Keep 289:talk 248:talk 230:GFDL 167:talk 149:talk 129:talk 106:logs 80:talk 76:edit 54:talk 50:Fram 447:) 416:WLU 285:WLU 114:– ( 461:) 422:) 410:- 402:) 398:• 291:) 260:-- 254:) 250:• 169:) 151:) 131:) 108:| 104:| 100:| 96:| 91:| 87:| 82:| 78:| 56:) 48:. 457:( 418:( 394:( 287:( 246:( 165:( 147:( 127:( 118:) 112:) 74:( 52:(

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Knowledge:Articles for deletion
deletion review
Fram
talk
15:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
LA Wiki
LA Wiki
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
View log
Gromlakh
talk
14:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
conflict of interest
Gromlakh
talk
14:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Srpnor
talk
14:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
WP:WEB
Satori Son
14:54, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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