- 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The result was Nomination withdrawn. Some improvements were made. Tijfo098 (talk) 08:15, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Article beset by so many problems (see giant template) that it's probably best deleted. Tijfo098 (talk) 07:41, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Notable, with millions of unique visitors. I've used it myself. So the article is crap, that isn't a reason to delete, it needs fixing. Szzuk (talk) 17:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep AfD is not for cleanup. --Tothwolf (talk) 19:46, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, it is. Especially for NPOV/SPAM issues. Take the unsourced lead sentence for instance "AnandTech is one of the largest online computer hardware journals in the English-speaking world." What does that even mean? Largest number of articles, readers, or what? The only sourced statement in this entire article is that it has a large number of users and forum posts. (And it's not large compared to Facebook in that respect.) Presumably forum posts don't count as articles, and users don't count as authors. Tijfo098 (talk) 21:34, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- No it's not. You didn't bother to check whether this is a notably website yourself and you're wasting our time. Szzuk (talk) 21:45, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Not according to WP:BEFORE and the deletion policy. Perhaps we need to look into making WP:BEFORE a guideline or maybe even part of the deletion policy itself?
- Yes, it is. Especially for NPOV/SPAM issues. Take the unsourced lead sentence for instance "AnandTech is one of the largest online computer hardware journals in the English-speaking world." What does that even mean? Largest number of articles, readers, or what? The only sourced statement in this entire article is that it has a large number of users and forum posts. (And it's not large compared to Facebook in that respect.) Presumably forum posts don't count as articles, and users don't count as authors. Tijfo098 (talk) 21:34, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep I have added a paragraph with quotes from independent experts such as Leo Laporte and Paul McFedries describing AnandTech, and have backed up those quotes with four references from independent, reliable sources demonstrating this website's notability. Cullen328 (talk) 22:20, 13 May 2011 (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.