Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of carbon offset providers


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The result was  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 09:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

List of carbon offset providers

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This article is just a list of external links to organizations (both commercial and non-profit.) I think this is outside the scope of what Wikipedia is meant to be. There are other, better places for a web directory such as this. Apparently, this list has been prodded/deleted/restored. I think an AFD to gauge consensus on this article is warranted. Deli nk 18:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I wholeheartedly agree. Not only is this site a raw mass of links, but also several of the alleged not-for-profit sites are commercial ones (such as Climate Care) or rather dubious in nature. Malljaja 18:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom: WP:NOT. FiggyBee 19:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Per nom and above.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 19:17, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep It may look like a jumble, but it was actually requested, and it's growing a lot and may soon evolve into a fullworthy article. In fact, external websites have linked to it for the overview it gives of providers. Second, it keeps offset providers from adding endlessly to the external links in the Carbon offset article. Jens Nielsen 19:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * was Keep now Delete Although it may not be strictly in accordance with WP:NOT (Rather than WP:NOT suggested above), whilst the subject carbon offset is particularly topical, this page may well provide a useful service in keeping these links from the main article. It would however benefit from more a detailed classification system. Lynbarn 20:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC) - Having looked at this again, I can see the problems in maintaining such a list in any meaningful way, and the spam magnet argument. Let it go. Regards, Lynbarn 12:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:BHTT: as far as I'm concerned, if they don't belong in the main article, they don't belong in a spin-off either. If any of these companies are actually notable, perhaps a category might be more appropriate than a list; the list is not and cannot be complete, and is just a spam-magnet. FiggyBee 21:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Wikipedia is not a directory Croxley 01:17, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no question that this article violates guidelines, as noted above, about what Wikipedia is not. If an article like this is going to be kept, the encyclopedia's mission will have to be changed.  PCock 11:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is also very volatile list and thus next to impossible to maintain. Pavel Vozenilek 15:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The list is a sundry assembly of different providers many of which are simply companies trying to sell a product (an "offset")--in its present form it's bound to grow uncontrollably and become an advertising platform as more and more business-savvy people will enter this fast-growing rogue market. Non-profit companies, as they are far and between, can easily be accommodated on the relevant sites, such as carbon offset. Malljaja 11:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.