[6] Articles preserved by Deletionpedia were deleted from Wikipedia for a variety of reasons, from "being not notable" to "manipulation by political and business interests".

[11] The Wall Street Journal cited it as a response to the culture clash that exists on Wikipedia between deletionists and inclusionists.

[12] The Industry Standard calls it "a [would-be] fine research project for sociology students to study what groupthink does when applied to a community-built compendium of knowledge".

[13] Shortly thereafter, the Industry Standard again turned its attention to Deletionpedia, reporting that deletion of the article in Wikipedia about Deletionpedia was itself under discussion, suggesting that the article was not being considered for deletion based on "insignificance of the site" but rather "due to perceived criticism of Wikipedia itself".

[20] There are similar projects for other Wikipedia languages, for example PlusPedia in German,[21] PrePedia in Polish,[22] and Wikisage in Dutch.