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Non-notable blog. Whole article is filled with outside linking. Not to mention the creator of this article is same who created this blog (as can be verified from his user page). Hindust@ni^{क्या करें? बातें!} 14:51, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, it might be seen as a case of COI, I agree. I never really thought that I was doing any illegal thing by creating a page about a website I created (I could have used a different user id if that were not true, and back in 2006 I don't think these were seen in the same way as we do it today, in this era of fake news). The page has no false claims though, mentions only facts. I didn't make a penny out of the effort, in fact I incurred money to keep the website running. It was a great community effort where the awards came from the blogger fraternity, no money, only goodies. BTW, Indibloggies was not a blog, it was a community blog award website. It enjoyed its spate of popularity for 6-7 years and many of the winners went on to become notable authors. The site is now defunct, so you cannot find any newspaper resources anymore. However, it was such popular at a time that it was quoted in scholarly journals https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Indibloggies%22 and in news papers alike https://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=%22Indibloggies%22. IHMO, the page should be retained for historical reasons (many pages cross link to it), but I wont mind either if its deleted. I am not in blogging scene anymore like most of the other folks who quit as well. Old things are forgotten and probably Indibloggies should also be. But it was an important milestone in Indian blogging scene, there has been no blog award before it or like it. (BTW, just noticed that the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weblog_Awards_(Bloggies), on which Indibloggies was parodied, is also nominated for deletion :), these are the new times) Debashish (talk) 15:42, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:39, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:39, 24 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Debashish (talk • contribs) [reply]

• Comment - I removed the inline external links. -Lopifalko (talk) 17:21, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as non-notable. No denigration to the content of the blog, simply that it doesn't merit an encyclopedic article. Ifnord (talk) 17:36, 15 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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