Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Internet affiliate marketing

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 merge/redirect. W.marsh 15:54, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Internet affiliate marketing

I honestly don't know what to do with this page. It looks spam-esk to me and I'm not sure it's really encyclopedic. It's certainly not NPOV at present. Thoughts? MidgleyDJ 11:13, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Neutral. I'm probably not supposed to vote neutral, but I have to add that I had the same reaction. It probably just needs an advertisement tag. -Patstuart 11:41, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

• Perhaps a merge with Affiliate marketing might be in order. While that article isn't exactly perfect either, getting them both in one place would make it easier to sort out. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 11:46, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

In what advertising is expressed? I tried to give strategy of internet affiliate marketing dealing. XPiero 12:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

• I wouldn't go so far as to call the article advertising, but it does have an unencyclopedic tone in places (such as "You'll want to watch for great products and services..." and "It's a win-win situation for everyone that way."). It's also the same essential topic as Affiliate marketing, which is better-referenced and more comprehensive. That's why I think a merge there makes sense, so the good parts aren't sacrificed. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:16, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Do that want XPiero 12:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I can remove unencyclopaedic parts from this article. But article will be removed probably. XPiero 12:47, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

• Merge anything from the very little here that is worth saving into affiliate marketing. I would commend the latter article as an unusually lucid and informative article on the sort of subject that is badly handled too often here. There seems to be very little worth merging, and anything merged will have to be rewritten for tone, but someone who knows the field should check. - Smerdis of Tlön 13:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - may be better to consider the Internet aspect in association with other internet advertising methods. Affiliate schemes are characterized mainly by a relatively large payment per completion, instead of small payments per click or even smaller ones per view. Ace of Risk 12:51, 30 September 2006 (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.