The result was Delete. Consensus was that there is insufficient coverage from Reliable Sources to meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. Blogs and forums are not Reliable Sources. --MelanieN (talk) 15:51, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
No evidence of notability for this website. Google returns 83 hits, none of them independent with substantial coverage. The ones I thought might have coverage all turned out to be social media discussions. I speedied this a week ago when it was created. It was deleted, but then restored with a reprieve based on representations that the article would be improved to show notability. It isn't been. Then I PRODded it. Someone removed the PROD tag, while assuring me on my talk page that the site is notable, and leaving an edit summary saying he was going to add info showing as much, but all that's been added so far is a claim to that effect. —Largo Plazo (talk) 19:30, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Here's what I wrote to Largo:
Looking at the Wikpiedpia guidelines for notability: "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list... Notability is a property of a subject and not of a Wikipedia article. If the subject has not been covered outside of Wikipedia, no amount of improvements to the Wikipedia content will suddenly make the subject notable. Conversely, if the source material exists, even very poor writing and referencing within a Wikipedia article will not decrease the subject's notability... The common theme in the notability guidelines is that there must be verifiable, objective evidence that the subject has received significant attention from independent sources to support a claim of notability... The evidence must show the topic has gained significant independent coverage or recognition...."
I believe Autoblopnik.com meets these requirements. It has received coverage in several independent sources, including major car sites such as Jalopik, GM Authority, Autobytel, and MichiganRadio.org; major automotive forums including Bimmerpost, Allpar, VW Vortex, Jeepforum, and Tesla Motors Club; and numerous (though less significant) blogs and forums. It has been cited by Jack Baruth, editor of TTAC and contributor to Motor Trend and references to the site show up in comments posted to Autoblog, Jalopnik, and The Truth About Cars. And all of this is in addition to the social media discussions you cite (assuming you're talking about Gawker Media's Oppositelock, where the site is promoted by the owner and talked about by other readers).
Therefore, I believe the site meets the Wikipedia requirements for notability: It has received significant independent coverage and recognition in reliable sources independent of itself, and there is verifiable, objective evidence to support that. Though the citations in the article may not properly reflect this, the guidelines are clear that "poor... referencing within a Wikipedia article will not decrease the subject's notability," therefore instant improvements to the article should not be necessary. Rather, the article should be given time to be found by other Wikipedia users with an interest in the subject so they may continue to improve and evolve it.
Based on all that, I respectfully submit that the proposal of deletion should be removed. I believe I am allowed to do this myself, I'll wait a little while for discussion (assuming no one beats me to it).
Thanks for taking the time to read. Gearhead4847 (talk) 05:58, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hey, sorry you thought it was a claim, Largo. I get what you're saying, though--Wiki needs more solid evidence than "I'm in this industry and we laugh at this guy's stuff." Here's some of the third-party sites that have covered/linked to/discuss Autoblopnik's stuff outside of forums that should satisfy what Wiki wants to see regarding outside coverage: http://insideevs.com/tesla-model-s-tire-blowout-causes-media-frenzy/ http://jalopnik.com/car-satire-site-autoblopnik-just-rehashed-a-press-relea-464854032 http://buildraceparty.com/found-on-the-web-autoblopnik/ http://gmauthority.com/blog/2014/09/autoblopnik-satirically-explains-slow-cadillac-sales/ Plus an Autoblopnik syndication on Autobytel: http://www.autobytel.com/car-buying-guides/features/autoblopnik-s-guide-to-green-cars-120061/ And here's the big incident where The Economist accidentally took them as truth: http://jalopnik.com/the-economist-accidentally-plagiarizes-from-parody-car-815742777 http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/07/diesels (see note at bottom where they admit to getting fooled)
There's no need to be rude to the other guy arguing that it's notable, IMHO. It looks like he is trying to wrap his head around Wikipedia's rules, and he's not only mentioning forums in his response. The non-forum sites he mentioned are fairly decent/reliable automotive-related sources that I'd feel okay about linking back to in any other work.
Admittedly, Autoblopnik writes about and to a smaller industry that non-car-people tend to shun, but within the industry, it gets decent press. I'm not as familiar with how to cite this for Wikipedia's rules, so I'll leave it be, I guess. I will say that the site is notable enough for a page, though. 66.90.154.65 (talk) 04:01, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Interesting: Sniff Petrol referred to Autoblopnik as "Sniff's American Cousin" (though it was on social media). Perhaps there is a connection. I added that tidbit to the article. https://twitter.com/sniffpetrol/status/608331694324764672 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gearhead4847 (talk • contribs) 01:19, 12 June 2015 (UTC)