Talk:Smashboards

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no consensus, 8 August 2015, see discussion.
endorsed, 2007 May 4, see review.
delete, January 1 2006, see discussion.

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2006

Notable. It may not seem so, but Super Smash Brothers has a large cult following. It is one of the view video games scheduled to be televised in prime time tv. The heart of the Smash Bros community is smashboards. This is a game that has had a phenonemanally active fan base, especially in comparision to number of titles sold. (Although it did sell very well) Mathiastck 17:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What Discussion to Delete?

I'm not seeing any discussion in favor of deleting this :) I'm going to remove the deletion notice from the article, eventually, if no one disagrees? Mathiastck 18:21, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems agreed the smashboard are notable... but perhaps this article isn't good enough for inclusion? Nevermind, I'm an inclusionist, that can't be true :) Mathiastck 20:09, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2007

I have created a Deletion Review for this article. Deletion Quality 22:09, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The deletion review failed. Bleh. Deletion Quality 18:12, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2011

This page is not yet complete, but we plan on adding more resources relating to all three games that this community is focused around. Additionally, we are still doing research to find more articles/notable sources concerning Smashboards.com.

In terms of structure, we plan on outlining the different sub-pages of the website and talking about different aspects of the community and it's members. We plan on being completely objective; our goal is simply to provide more information about the most popular Super Smash Bros. series gaming forum: smashboards. Amonina (talk) 04:22, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To any other prospective editors, this is a project for a class at Cornell University, please do not delete this page - it will be updated gradually over the next few weeks until it reaches the point where it will hopefully be a polished article meeting all of Wikipedia's criteria. Thank you. Input and suggestions are welcome. BreakfastPancakes. (talk) 04:41, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Observer Comments

One potential section (or subsection) you could add is tournament rules and regulations and/or major infractions that have occurred (http://www.gytnews.com/articles/news-and-info/smashboards-committee-punishes-three-for-splitting-prize-money.html). The link mentions a Smashboards Brawl Backroom Committee, which you could also elaborate on. Good luck adding more content and citations! --Anaccountforclass (talk) 23:57, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the above post, the Brawl Back Room should definitely be mentioned. It's a huge part of the community. Also, a short history of the tournament scene and Smashboards' place in its changes. --T-Ravenous (talk) 00:24, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another consideration, and something my team has been doing with our own wiki, is to really delve into the community and talk about the culture within it. This could include looking at some of the top ranking players in the tournament or those who consistently garner respect in the SmashBoards community. You could maybe mention their favorite characters or their testimonies on the site or how they rose in the ranks. This could provide supporting evidence for gaging the competitive spirit of the forum. --ejs296 (talk) 04:20, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edits

Will write a bit more on the history of the site such as the creator taking references from this article from MLG: http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/why-smash-rocks-part-2 Erina89 (talk) 01:14, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be adding some more info to the tournament subsection. BreakfastPancakes. (talk) 19:47, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added community section with information regarding community mechanics and common discussion topics Amonina (talk) 16:33, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Info

There also was a deletion review to be found at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 May 4. Result was endorsed.

The live topic talk c an now be found at Talk:SmashBoards.

The history merge was requested by User:Valoem. But I am leaving the talk in place. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:10, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]