Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of URL shorteners


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The result was   redirect to URL shorteners. Mark Arsten (talk) 13:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

List of URL shorteners

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This article aims to list all URL shorteners. However, it's financially and technically trivial for anyone to set up their own URL shortening service using freely available software. This list isn't comprehensive but already contains nearly 400 entries, only two of which have been shown to be notable. The Manual of Style's list selection criteria makes it clear that "if a complete list would include hundreds of entries, then you should use the notability standard to provide focus to the list." We already have a list of notable URL shorteners at URL shortening; I suggest that List of URL shorteners be deleted and redirected to the existing list. (See also WP:NOTDIR and WP:LINKFARM.) Psychonaut (talk) 15:22, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:09, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to URL shorteners for anyone who wants a list. Long lists of non-notable products/websites without any reliable independent coverage don't belong on Wikipedia.  There is some coverage comparing URL shorteners but not much in reliable sources: if people were regularly reviewing URL shortening services, there might be case for a shorter list, but I can't see much in the way of reviews. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:03, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete, allowing a redirect as above. This is original research and a WP:LINKFARM to boot. Guy (Help!) 15:16, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
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