Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark data (2nd nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. S warm  ♠  22:33, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Dark data
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WP:NEO sourced only to a self-promotional piece written by the chair of Madura Microfinance. Using "dark data" to mean "data about non-internet users" seems idiosyncratic, and most usage of the term online refers instead to data which has been gathered but uninspected, as defined at Dark data (business). (The previous AfD is unrelated, and seems to be about this other meaning.) McGeddon (talk) 16:43, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Neutral I am not sure what the best solution is for this particular problem, but the term "dark data" seems to mostly be about data that has been collected but never used— and not about people who do not use the Internet. This article looks like it is a notable topic, but not under the definition provided for it.  I am not sure I agree that there really are two different meanings in public circulation, and therefore that we need two different articles (if we need one, which I think we probably do).  KDS 4444  Talk  16:56, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Likely delete as my searches found several links here but maybe nothing for better improvement. SwisterTwister   talk  04:59, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  05:00, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  05:00, 18 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete and start from scratch. Bearian (talk) 19:05, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note The deleted article is about "A word denoting raw data which does not support a clear and specific hypothesis", to quote the first sentence. Nyttend (talk) 23:46, 19 September 2015 (UTC)


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