Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Encyclopaedia Metallum (2nd nomination)
Even though I was the nominator for the last AFD, I was actually going to sit this one out for reasons that are irrelevant to this AFD. Since this AFD is already degenerating into irrelevant topics, I've decided to throw my two cents into the fray. While I respect Keeper76 as an admin, I believe he or she came to a wrong conclusion at the previous AFD. However, I did not felt strongly enough about the matter to pursue it any further. The only reason why the article was kept is because of the Alexa ranking that Evenfiel kept bringing up but the popularity or lack thereof for a website has no relevance in determining whether a site is notable according to wikipedia's otability (web)|very own guidelines on the subject. Notability is not about reliability, so the entire discussion above between Evenfiel and Michig is completely irrelevant. Notability is not about popularity. There is nothing in wikipedia's policies that state a website is notable because it is popular. There are many, many sites that attract more internet traffic than the metal-archives but they do not have an article on wikipedia because none of them, like the metal archives, fulfil the notability requirements of wikipedia. I was not going to bring this up either but since Evenfiel has decided to disparage the reliability of another editor's opinions above, I would like to draw attention to the fact that Evenfiel is actually one of the http://metal-archives.com/userprofile.php?user=Evenfiel biggest contributors to the Metal Archives and shares the same http://metal-archives.com/userrankings.php highest rank with only four other individuals, including the two owners of the site. I think there is a blatant conflict of interest when someone promotes as reliable a site that houses their own original contributions while questioning the value of books from such notable publishers as Rough Guides, McFarland & Company and Feral House
— User:Bardin, 11:05, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)