Talk:Airbnb/Archives/2014

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedy deleted because it has it has been mentioned in several newspapers such as the Washington Post and Daily Telegraph. Therefore it is clearly notable. Secondly it is not an advertisement because the article includes links to several neutral third party external references who have obviously not been paid by Airbnb. Thirdly the company has been valued at a billion dollars and has several notable investors as noted by the Wall Street Journal... --117.199.55.42 (talk) 13:07, 12 June 2011 (UTC)


 * With some minor cleanup I think this article would fit WP. 67.142.161.18 (talk) 13:09, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

I would like to point out that Airbnb is no different from CouchSurfing. And if CouchSurfing can have an article on Wikipedia then why can't Airbnb. Besides Airbnb is more popular than CouchSurfing as per Alexa Rankings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.59.36 (talk) 13:15, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Removed Statement
I removed the following, as it is not possible and doesn't match the source. Maybe someone can figure out what was supposed to be going on with this.

From January 2010 to December 2011, it was recorded that the site grew 800 percent with a monthly average growth month-over-month of 40 percent. http://blogs.forbes.com/bruceupbin/2011/06/29/airbnb-could-have-more-rooms-than-hilton-by-2012/ --Xyzzyplugh (talk) 20:07, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Major work
I've heavily edited this article. In addition to reorganizing the content and making it flow better, I've also improved the references, removed the all the puffery and NPOV text, and balanced the article.

As a side note, I'd like to point out that the article has been edited by a conflict of interest user, namely someone who works for Airbnb. There was also a lot of text added that I believe was a copyright violation. If you want to edit the article that's fine, but you have to follow the rules, and that includes keeping the article neutral and not using it as an advertisement for promotion. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:40, 28 July 2011 (UTC)