Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flags of the World (website)

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 keep. We are in-between keep and redirect here. Closing as keep, meaning "not delete", discussion can continue on the talkpage. Tone 18:07, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Flags of the World (website)

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This article is tagged that the article may not meet the general notability guideline. I tried finding reliable sources that can prove that this article is notable, however, I found none. I recommend that this article be deleted. Interstellarity (talk) 12:53, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 12:56, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 12:56, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is a remnant of the old Wikipedia days where we just assumed most things are notable. It doesn't appear to have ever received any coverage to satisfy WP:NWEB despite supposedly being the largest database devoted to vexillology. Praxidicae (talk) 13:14, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No wonder. The article was created in 2004. Foxnpichu (talk) 16:43, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I've come across links to this website many times while looking up stuff about flags. It's a widely-used resource, including being cited by a number of wiki articles, and seems generally respected by the community of people interested in such things. I will look for references tomorrow. FLHerne (talk) 22:43, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to International Federation of Vexillological Associations: Barely found anything about the site. ASTIG😎 _{(ICE T • ICE CUBE)} 16:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 15:31, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per Superastig. Likewise, I was unable to find any significant coverage on this particular webpage, although there is a lot of search engine noise. Deletion seems a little drastic, given that this is a logical search term, but the keep !voter hasn't presented anything that would demonstrate notability. It looks like redirection is the best call here. I haven't found any WP:SIGCOV, and it doesn't look like anyone else has, either. Hog Farm _Bacon 15:36, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn’t seem to have much significant coverage, and therefore, doesn’t appear to be notable. Redirect to International Federation of Vexillological Associations. Foxnpichu (talk) 16:44, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to International Federation of Vexillological Associations --Whiteguru (talk) 09:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's hard to search about this website specifically because the name is so generic, but the German and Spanish versions of this article have sources that establish notability: ^[1]^[2] Tercer (talk) 15:06, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Robert Raeside (2004). "FOTW: The Ultimate Vexillological Encyclopedia or an Ephemeral Web Site?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ A. P. Burgers (2008). The South African flag book: the history of South African flags from Dias to Mandela. Protea Book House. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-86919-112-2. There are numerous websites on the Internet dealing with different aspects of flags. The most all-encompassing of these is without a doubt the website Flags of the World (FOTW).

Keep The sources mentioned above demonstrate notability; from personal experience, it is certainly the largest and most commonly used vexillogical database. Zoozaz1 (talk) 01:53, 5 September 2020 (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.

[1] Robert Raeside (2004). "FOTW: The Ultimate Vexillological Encyclopedia or an Ephemeral Web Site?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[2] A. P. Burgers (2008). The South African flag book: the history of South African flags from Dias to Mandela. Protea Book House. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-86919-112-2. There are numerous websites on the Internet dealing with different aspects of flags. The most all-encompassing of these is without a doubt the website Flags of the World (FOTW).

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