Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jargon Database

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The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 02:48, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Jargon Database

Alexa rank well into 7 figures, "what links here" shows only one entry, Creative Plumbing, already on VfD as spam. Strongly suspect this page is also vanity spam. Chris 00:12, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• delete only 1200 entries isn't enough for notability. DDerby 01:42, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep: I'll admit it doesn't seem to be too notable at the moment but I do feel that it is something worth keeping and encyclopaedic. --Fuzzball! (talk) 04:05, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable, advertising. RickK 05:05, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: advert. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:56, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, replace with redirect to Jargon file. Radiant_* 10:02, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

• It is located at http://www.jargondatabase.com and first appeared in December 2004. It is a for-profit endeavor, and seeks to generate revenue via advertising, although revenue has been fairly low as of 2005.

Delete Advertising. Mgm|^(talk) 10:09, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete not notable. Support a redirect to Jargon file as suggested above. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:23, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as advertising, subject not sufficiently notable. But I don't think this name should redirect to Jargon file; although that might be a better (and non-commercial and unencumbered) resource for what a user might probably be looking for, the two aren't equivalent. Plus there's a (miniscule) chance that jargondatabase-dot-com will eventually become sufficiently noteworthy in the future, just as we once would have deleted Google but wouldn't now. Barno 18:42, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - Essentially Different to Jargon file. Treat this as weak. --Irishpunktom\^talk 13:32, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable, promo. -- 8^D ^gab 15:48, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)

• Redirect, no merge, to Jargon file - this would be a reasonable name for that entry. Per Barno's suggestion, redirects can always be replaced later if by some weird chance this becomes a notable topic. CDC (talk) 15:59, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Jargon File. See above. --Carnildo 23:00, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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