Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anonymous phone number

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. No prejudice to someone WP:BOLDly creating a redirect but consensus on that recommendation is not clear. Carlossuarez46 22:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anonymous phone number

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As stated in the (declined) speedy, topic may be legit (and may be known by another name), but this is unsourced non-content that hasn't risen above its origins as an advertisement (see External links). edg ☺ ★ 23:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Advertising, drivel.--Rambutan (talk) 17:46, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Possibly redirect to call forwarding (although this term is more often used for a tip line, for which we have no article). --Dhartung | Talk 18:22, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I agree, it's an advertisement, complete with some comparison shopping of the other guys who charge by the minute. I like the slogan, "Strangers are STRANGE!" Brilliant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mandsford (talk • contribs) 18:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as WP:CSD#G11, blatant advertising. The article has been boldly tagged as such. --Darkwind (talk) 19:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • D'oh, I didn't see the part in the nomination about the declined speedy. Let's just make that delete. CSD tag removed. --Darkwind (talk) 19:05, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to Silent number Though this content is unnotable, this might be a possible search term for an unlisted or silent number within that context. Nate 23:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Looking at those two articles, anonymous phone number (where people can call you without knowing your number, perhaps simply an outside organization that just does call forwarding) doesn't seem to be the same thing as a silent number (an unlisted number, i.e. any number that is deliberately not listed in the phone book) at all, so this redirect might confuse the issue. I'm not saying there shouldn't be a redirect of some kind, but I think it should be something closer than this.

Virtual phone number, another rather spammy-looking page, might be a closer match. / edg ☺ ★ 19:18, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect to Silent number per nate ffm 13:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect or Merge to Virtual phone number, silent number, call forwarding, or tip line. This page attempts to desribe a topic that should equate to a page somewhere. Revolutionaryluddite 04:45, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

This topic may belong on Caller ID spoofing-- the process seems similar. Revolutionaryluddite 04:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Advertising. Keb25 05:18, 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.