Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AOHell

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 Keep. NawlinWiki 06:26, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AOHell

non-notable AOL add-on, hacking program, etc. hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 09:30, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

• KEEP I recall copious press coverage of the software back when it was released in 1994. References online are few, but Salon mentions it in passing as a landmark of security problems on AOL. The article may indeed need work to improve its tone, but the subject is notable Booklegger 17:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Past notoriety does not imply current notability. Many events and fads were once popular, but only those with a lasting impact are notable enough for an encyclopedia. At most, this deserves a blurb in the history section on the AOL page. I don't think anything would be lost if it was outright deleted however. -bobby 20:51, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - 132k Google hits, 12 years later? Good enough for me. Set precedent as ISP backdoor software. --Vossanova ^o< 21:03, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep for posterity, very notable hacking program of its time. RFerreira 00:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable program per Booklegger, et. al. Once notable, always notable. hateless 04:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - very notable and still remembered by many. Laid foundation for the AOL hacking scene, which is still active 12 years later. --Czj 07:45, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, significant point in public awareness of security issues. --Dhartung | Talk 08:55, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep first program to use the term "phishing"... significant to the history of the phishing article.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 16:59, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep it got significant press coverage when it first came out. Whispering 01:01, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
• "'Keep"' people remember it to this day, and the contraction 'AOHell' is still used to this day.--AWB1986 22:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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