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 speedy delete. A7, no indication of significance, and G11, entirely promotional. I'm reprotecting. that an article has been accepted at AfC is not sufficient reason for protection to be removed without a discussion with the protecting admin. DGG ( talk ) 19:32, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ZippCast[edit]

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Seemingly NN web site, repeatedly created (and salted) as a marketing piece. Except for mentions on obscure websites like "Prepper Network," nothing to pass GNG.

The article includes references to sites that criticize youtube, but don't mention ZippCast and lots of facebook and forum references. Article heavily edited by COI WP:SPA editors, resulting in an article that seems like nothing more than advertising.

I recommend deleting as NN and salting again. Toddst1 (talk) 18:11, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and if anyone cares to put an A7 on it I wouldn't argue, since any assertion of notability is tenuous at most. Video-sharing is a high profile, well-covered field, and this has no coverage I can see; (the only sources in the at-first-glance-impressive reference section that aren't self-references appear to be about unrelated sites and not to mention this one at all as far as I can see). ‑ Iridescent 18:21, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Note that I've removed some of the more questionable material, since Wikipedia article space is not the place for YouTube and a YouTube wannabe startup to fling legal threats at each other, and certainly not without sourcing considerably better than their own user forums. The image will need to go as well, since I can't imagine the SPA who uploaded it really intended to put their own corporate logo into the public domain; Commons:Deletion requests/File:ZippCast Homepage April 2 2016.png duly created. ‑ Iridescent 18:35, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  - Further note that this is the thread where the SPAs are being recruited, so expect a few more newcomers to "stumble across" this article. ‑ Iridescent 18:38, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article could hold some value to readers. It does hold some pretty interesting information. It appears the statement made above "YouTube and a YouTube wannabe" by Iridescent is a bit biased. After roaming their forums the discussion started with a relatively new user discussed changing a draft page. Official staff of the website simply stopped by the thread and gave a simple "thank you". I didn't know that could be a reason to remove a topic here. Toddst1 claims that these accounts were created for a single purpose. In another words he's stating that users are not allowed to create an account to provide information unless they're planning to edit a thousand other topics. Makes one wonder how Wikipedia even started. GenManEdit 19:23, 13 April 2016 (UTC) — GenManEdit (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Until I cleared out the worst of the cruft, this spamvertorial explicitly said that this site was modelled on YouTube. What part of "YouTube wannabe" are you disputing? ‑ Iridescent 19:29, 13 April 2016 (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.