Talk:Squidoo

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This is obviously an advert/spam. Marked for deletion.

THIS IS SPAMOLA CRAP and a FAILED attempt at trying to be the millionth article. Should be removed immediately!


I've undeleted this since it doesn't seem like a candidate for speedy deletion to me. It's not written like an advert, it was created by a genuine user with many other edits, and it's a notable website (Alexa rank over 4000). Angela. 23:23, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Angela. Yes, I was going for one million; however, I wasn't trying to cause controversy. Alex Krupp 00:34, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

It WAS written like an ad, but I deleted that part. Mocheeze 23:30, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FAILED ATTEMPT AT ONE MILLIONTH ARTICLE!

Since number 999,999 was deleted, this was the millionth article!

Actually, there more were deleted afterwards and probably more will be deleted in the future, too. But it's the first article that became 1,000,000th that counts. bogdan 00:03, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
This honour actually belongs to Jordanhill railway station. --Slgrandson 00:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
  • I have a feeling that, if this had been #1000000, the WikiGods would have changed the timetables so that something less commercial won.--M@rēino 00:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Pretty transparent attempt at free advertising. Ziggur 00:36, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

To clarify, I created the article. While Squidoo is a company, I am not an employee and do not stand to profit. Alex Krupp 00:48, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Don't stand to profit... oh really? Isn't that their business model? Share half of their revenue (after expenses and 5% to charity) with their users... ;) Not that it really matters, it is a notable article and should be in wikipedia anyway. Do you have a lense? PaulC/T+ 02:13, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I am a Squidoo user. However, all of the money generated during the beta test is donated to charity. Alex Krupp 02:30, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 2 March 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] WTH??

How come this is known as the 1,000,001st article it was created on October 10th? I don't understand, and I looked at it in March, and didn't see that prior history before. How was this accomplished? --Shultz IV 05:22, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

It was deleted and then recreated. Alex Krupp 13:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)