Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DNS NXD advert overriding


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The result was delete. KaisaL (talk) 01:11, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

DNS NXD advert overriding

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I included the cat as T, although arguably it really belongs in O (does this template support cat1, cat2?).

Looks like this was originally an article on Barefruit Ltd, that didn't survive PROD. For some reason, the entire article, which still seems to be mostly about this apparently non-notable organization, was redirected to this article.

Looks like the article was unilaterally moved by Scientus, indeffed for socking, and was created by an SPI with some considerable copyright issues.

The content seems (?) to be a duplication of DNS hijacking, but someone who is more tech savvy will have to confirm that. Searches didn't come up with much other than duplicates of the WP article. Verbatim searches come up with a few hits, so there may be WP:COPYVIO problems, but I didn't find anything that I could say 100% didn't originate from WP.

Overall, it seems like a poor attempt at WP:PROMO, and should either go WP:TNT, delete per WP:NOTE, or maybe merge what little is cited and relevant into DNS hijacking. Timothy Joseph Wood 14:19, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete: I was editing the article but really felt that the topic was not notable, nor was the content of sufficient quality. Kbrose (talk) 15:13, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - This is not the same as DNS hijacking; it is spam served when a wrong URL is entered. I can't find reliable secondary sources so it is not notable. It should not be redirected to the hijack article, hence delete. DeVerm (talk) 05:52, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete. I was intrigued by the title, and was thinking this might actually be an interesting topic.  Then I took a look at the article and my WP:PROMO meter pegged when I read the first sentence.  -- RoySmith (talk) 23:52, 9 July 2016 (UTC)


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