Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vote brigading

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ansh 666 02:47, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Vote brigading

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Non notable article. Koala15 (talk) 19:30, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:21, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:21, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have to say there isn't currently much of a deletion rationale, or why it's not notable, when a Google News search does show that the term is the subject of a good deal of attention. There's got to be something we can at least redirect or merge to? I l know we're not a dictionary of internet terms, but this kind of vote rigging online seems rather notable. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:25, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I feel like there must be some kind of general-purpose article on the practice of rating things on the internet, to which this could be merged. If there is not such an article, we need one. bd2412 T 20:33, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Significant and widespread Internet phenomenon affecting many websites and commonly reported in media. —Lowellian (reply) 23:31, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge. I've started this article thinking that it should probably be merged in the future with the as of yet non-existing article about crowdvoting. If anyone wants to start that one I've no objections to a merge, otherwise keep. François Robere (talk) 15:17, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- I would object to a merge. Crowdvoting and vote brigading are not the same thing. —Lowellian (reply) 03:16, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Widespread phenomenon that may have began online, but affects the real world in tangible ways like box office sales, public opinion, and so on. Jm3 (talk) 21:24, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per above, but try to expand--Kostas20142 (talk) 12:32, 23 April 2017 (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.