Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Not pron

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Tony Sidaway|Talk 20:51, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Not pron

Obvious ad for a porn site Terrace4 03:52, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Background: Notpron was inspired by an earlier site, [http:/thisisnotporn.com/ thisisnotporn]. I have (tried to) play both and I can attest that they are not pornographic. They are multimedia puzzles. It's also my understanding that MIT has similar, but larger-scale games each year. Gazpacho 04:34, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

• Actually, I created the page, and it's not an ad for a porn site - click on the link, it's a really neat riddle game that's quite popular right now. Google "not pron" and you'll see it. Also, check out memepool - it's on the top of their list right now. --Tommertron 04:06, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Well, it's not pornography. But it's not really an encyclopedia article either. I don't see any way to verifiably expand past the current sub-stub. The parent site, deathball.net, has an erratic Alexa ranking and I can't find anything independent on the puzzle itself. Delete but without prejudice against re-creation if/when this truly becomes a verifiable web-phenomenon. Rossami (talk) 04:29, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Sorry, Tommertron, for mistaking it for a porn site. However, I tend to agree with Rossami, that it remains not notable. Please convince me that I'm wrong about that, too. :) Terrace4 04:33, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete this advert, but if there are more URL-guessing games besides notpr0n and the earlier thisisnotporn.com, then that could be a subject for an article, although not just a list of exlinks. Gazpacho 05:09, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

  And indeed there are others: hack.net and plime.net, and a site somewhere at Google that they use to find smart job candidates. Gazpacho

• Also The Python Challenge. Sorry I created a stub with this - I thought that it was in interesting game and it looked like it was gaining popularity - I was hoping that some others in the know would expand a bit on the background of the game, as it seemed pretty novel. I still vote to not delete it, or possibly create a category for this type of game. --70.25.23.59 12:27, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Hmm... do you suppose an article containing all of these riddle sites is a good idea? Then perhaps we could merge and redirect. Nestea 15:37, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• I agree it deserves to be merged somewhere. There was also that google ad with a puzzle which lead to a website. --cesarb 23:09, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
  • I like the merge and redirect idea, and am changing my vote. Terrace4 23:46, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Merge per above, good idea. Radiant_* 08:18, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

I think the Merge is a good idea, but I've been racking my brain to figure out a common name for these types of games, that people might actually look up. What do you think, "URL Guessing Games"? "Web Based Puzzles."? --Tommertron 22:33, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

• How about "URL Puzzles"? Nestea 14:10, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
• I say "Web based puzzles" or "Online puzzles" or the like. We could include stuff like Crimson Room and puzzles like it... - fiveless 04:48, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

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