Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AboutUs.org
Lacks notability (and also lacks information value) orlady 04:59, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
NOTE: This discussion began, in a way, at User_talk:WikiPersonality. When the article was tagged for speedy deletion (and after the speedy deletion tag was removed), discussion continued at Talk:AboutUs.org. --orlady 05:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Delete - It does indeed lack notability. Also seems to be website promotion and possibly spam. -WarthogDemon 05:08, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Delete or possibly merge some of its content into WHOIS. Topic fails Wikipedia:Notability (web) -- the news articles offered as evidence of notability are essentially press releases. I agree with WarthogDemon that article seems to be website promotion, although the article's advocate vehemently denies self-interest. --orlady 05:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Promo Nashville Monkey 11:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Week Keep It might be considered by some to be a promo, but it is backed by credible external sources. TSO1D 15:12, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Keep See example of how AboutUs.org is in use at an advanced and top rated Domain WhoIs Site Link goes to an Example pre-done of WhoIs for Wikipedia at DomainTools, (Name Intelligence). External link to show how AboutUs.org is now refernced as an additional info source on foremost domain WhoIs site. You can not only see the advanced searching info on Domain Tools which returns server info, domain info, cached image, and now includes AboutUs.org which allows another detailed information source. Don't be to quick to minimize a fun new controversial site. DomainTools is one of if not THE most respected whois sites on the net and webbuilders ALL know this!!! Don't let wikipedia be wikiignorant.. PLEASE visit before crying "Spam" it's just silly. Or go work for Encylcopedia Brittanica only printing old stale stuff.. Don't bring down Wiki with a snobbish attitude that only regognizes DMOZ and not the first true open direcory. Enough said.. I hope.. lol--162.83.180.170 17:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- What was that link supposed to demonstrate? Wikipedia doesn't include or exlude on how "useful" a website is. By the way "one of if not THE most respected whois sites on the net"? Both the blog posts linked were fairly critical... --Lijnema 19:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Relevance..
That's what. 80M page views on the Alexa ranking tool indicate that it is now a popular site alternative to DMOZ. If something is relevant to a large group although not mainstream (such as webmasters) it should be given more thought. If you are not familiar with the topics of WhoIs, Alexa rankings, and the importance of a DMOZ listing, please read the articles on them right here on Wiki. The first popular alternative deserves a mention under the catagory web directories, and based on the welcome by some webmasters, and controversy of automated publishing by others, deserves an article.