Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GoAbroad.com

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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 per discussion below. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:22, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GoAbroad.com

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Contested prod. The stack of references and the "most visited directory of its kind" seem to be a legitimate assertion of notability. However, I'm not convinced it's important enough to warrant its own article, so bringing it over for a consensus. The 20 references are misleading, as many are to the site itself. — iridescent (talk to me!) 15:10, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete, pretty much spam. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 15:17, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Delete Although the article could be much better. The foundation that this article attempts to expand on is quite large and notable. A google query on "go abroad foundation" brought back 1.9m hits. --BlindEagletalk~contribs 15:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Try it with the quotes (your search is bringing up anything that includes the words anywhere) and you get a slightly less impressive 2 ghits on "go abroad foundation" and 21 ghits on "goabroad foundation", all but 3 of which are from their own website or blogs. While normally the google test is unreliable, for an article about a website I think it's a valid criteria. — iridescent (talk to me!) 15:48, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
I had originally used GoAbroad.org as the criteria for my response. I accidentally misread the title. This article is about a company that coordinates travel for students. Although its reach is broad, it is still just a sup'ed-up travel agency to me. --BlindEagletalk~contribs 16:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. No clear demonstration that this site is a category-leader. Besides, "most visited directory of its kind" does not impart absolute popularity, just within self-defined terms. Feels spammy to me. -- P L E A T H E R talk 19:21, 24 September 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.