Talk:Plastic.com

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The link for "When the Audience is the producer": is broken. http://journalism.utexas.edu/onlinejournalism/audienceproducer.pdf Iflipti 04:23, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Someone changed subQ to wubQ, google analysis implies subQ is the prefered abbreviation for the Submission Queueu, so I am going to change it back. (google search 'plastic subQ' -> 10,700 hits : 'plastic wubQ' -> 58 hits) 128.117.194.162 21:27, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

AFD result - keep[edit]

Robert 15:27, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gone?[edit]

Does Plastic.com still exist? There doesn't appear to be anything at that URL.

Apparently it's been shut down by a DDoS attack. Who knows when it will be back up.
I can confirm this. Users on the site's IRC network report that Plastic has been under attack for over a week now. Shred 17:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, somebody really didn't like having their comment modded down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.251.101.34 (talk • contribs)
Is this at all related to the DDOS against Blue Security? Plastic.com went down right about the same time that was going on. I was able to access it on the morning of 1 May 06, but by early afternoon it was gone and hasn't been back since. I notice that's the last Google cache of it, as well. Not a peep about this anywhere but here on Wiki. Curious.
I nominated this article for deletion a month ago since it's so small and completely not notable and the majority voted for keep. Now that the site has been down for days, we've got an article about what used to be a non-notable site and is now nothing. Dbchip 19:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It;s notable to whoever is doing the DDoS attack. --Artw 21:05, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
While I understand your objections to the article's continued existence, the consensus was that Plastic.com is notable for the reasons outlined in its AfD discussion. The fact that the site is currently down due to a DDoS attack is immaterial; as long as the outage is only temporary, the site's notability remains unchanged. The article should only be removed if the site is judged by community consensus or by the admission of the site's administrator to be permanently decommissioned. Even then, the article might be revised to reflect Plastic's legacy. Shred 06:54, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I understand that was the consensus. However, truly notable and significant web sites do not disappear for many days and an explanation of a DOS attack sounds unlikely and is pure speculation/rumor at this point. Dbchip 16:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As of this posting, the site appears to be back online. Shred 07:13, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Down again. Go carl! 18:28 CDT 23 May 2006

Plastic.com is is down again, but unless it stays down for an extended period we shouldn't remove this. After all, the discussion about the former glories of other deposed web pages are still here.--Thalia42 00:37, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a blog -- Waiting for Plastic -- devoted to the previous outage, which has now been updated to comment on the recent one as well.


Plastic.com is down, chat.plastic.com is also down this time, as of May 23, 2006.

chat.plastic.com is back up as of May 24, 2006.
The chat server is denying connections as of June 8, 2006.
Chat server is back up on June 25th. And a group of ex-Plasticians have established an alternative site at http://www.treesandthings.com/ --Thalia42 00:22, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why the article should be deleted even if plastic.com fails to come back up. Plastic had a large user base in its time, existing as a rather unique discussion forum for more than half a decade, for tens of thousands of users. Unless there is some high cost to maintaining this page, I see no reason for deletion. This page will also serve as a means for old plastic.com users to find it's replacement.--Josh vanderberg 21:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PLASTIC.COM IS BACK UP after three months of unexplained absence.--Thalia42 21:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notability is very questionable[edit]

Plastic.com hasn't mattered to any site besides itself since 2002 at the absolute latest. It was a flash in the pan and deserves no entry. 97.116.168.45 (talk) 07:49, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

agreed, agreed, agreed. It's essentially the Metafilter.com that no one likes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.82.101.16 (talk) 03:53, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It has been determined as notable for its time, and Notability is not temporary. 146.171.254.96 (talk) 11:48, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
NO U —Sean M. Burke (talk) 22:56, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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