Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hakia (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 keep. Consensus is for the article to be retained. North America1000 01:21, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Hakia
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Just another website with 1 reference being a listing where everyone can add their company. CSD was declined. This search engine is not anything special. &raquo; Shadowowl  &#124;  talk  12:49, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. SoWhy 12:51, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. SoWhy 12:51, 17 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. I'm not an expert or anything, but it seems Hakia was one of the pioneers of semantic search and natural-language searchat a time when Google and others cared more about keywords and less about context. Some coverage I found on a short GBooks/GNews/Highbeam search:
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards SoWhy 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of those are behind paywalls, so someone with access might have to check but it seems this search engine was a topic of scholarly discussion 10 years back. Regards <b style="color:#7A2F2F; font-variant:small-caps">So</b><b style="color:#474F84; font-variant:small-caps">Why</b> 13:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Note I've removed some puffery and copy-editted the article. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:28, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a site that generated significant press at the time. The fact that it's now lost to history doesn't make it unencyclopedic, we just have to avoid puffery. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:28, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep and close. Per sources listed by SoWhy, the subject seems to be notable. Lourdes  16:31, 24 July 2018 (UTC)


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