Talk:RealNames
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Article fails to establish notability. Referenced web page yields a 403 error, making verification difficult. Company ceased to exist two and a half years ago. Uncle G 03:45, 2005 Jan 9 (UTC)
- Keep and fix. Realnames was a real company that tried to fix a real problem with trying to find information on the internet. It wasn't the biggest dot-com failure, but also wasn't the smallest. For a small bit of the background on the company, see [1]. Verifiability is just a quick Google search away. gK ¿? 06:53, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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- If you think that you can change the article so that it establishes notability, then go for it. It doesn't as it stands, however. And I note that your "quick Google search" turned up exactly the same single article about RealNames ceasing to exist two and a half years ago as my quick Google search did. Is the criterion for notability here the fact that the company ceased to exist? There have been an awful lot of companies that fulfil that criterion. Come on! Why was the company notable when it did exist? What did it do that makes it more notable than, say, InterGOV (which we decided wasn't notable)? Uncle G 17:49, 2005 Jan 9 (UTC)
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- There have been lots of real companies in the history of this planet. They aren't all notable, by a long chalk. Can you expand RealNames so that it demonstrates why from amongst all of them this particular real company is worthy of mention, even though it no longer exists, in an encyclopaedia? It doesn't as it stands. Uncle G 17:49, 2005 Jan 9 (UTC)
- Keep. I remember these people - this was supposedly a big big thing during the dotcom era. --JuntungWu 10:34, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Keep. It was a good idea, that nearly came off. -Thryduulf 13:00, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Keep, even I remember this dotcom. Bryan 18:19, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Keep, quite notable. See [2] Gazpacho 23:20, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Keep, historical notable. Megan1967 00:34, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Keep, a notable, very high profile dot com failure based on a superficial understanding of the Internet. Wyss 01:22, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Keep, for reasons recently given. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:53, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
- Keep and expand... why did they fail? What famous RealNames were registered, etc... Pedant
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