Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Megaupload

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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 and redirect into one-click hosting. Computerjoe's talk 20:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Megaupload

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Advertising for a file hosting service. Not quite blatant enough for a speedy deletion as spam and asserts notability through high traffic but Alexa is the only independent source so it still needs to be deleted until and unless independent, reliable sources can be found. Eluchil404 21:17, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment. I was considering the notability of this, Rapidshare and others. If nobody can find reliable third-party sources, then weak delete. I think the one-click hosting article should be expanded with a list of well-known one-click hosters, and this could possibly redirect here.-h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 21:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom.  Jonjonbt 21:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
    • Merge and redirect per Eliz81.  Jonjonbt 23:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect 1-2 sentences of NPOV content into one-click hosting per HisSpaceResearch. Notable enough to merit at least the redirect. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 22:20, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge per User:Eliz81. --mordicai. 22:24, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge and Redirect slight chance it will be worthy of its own article in future, but for now i think a merge and redirect is the best way to go. ----Rapidconfusion 23:23, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge per Eliz81 (and the content merged should probably only be of the order of "Megaupload is based in Hong Kong and owned by X company"). I'd go as far as to assume that most of us here have heard of and used it, but there's no real claim to notability here. Moreover, the "criticism" section is unsourced and would need to be if it were going to be kept. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 05:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete or merge, in that order of preference (but not both, for GFDL reasons). Thin recognition, but a few sources for what it says. -- nae'blis 00:15, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, this is the most popular one-click hosting website. As stated, it is in the top 20 of Alexa's ranking of the top 500 sites visited in the U.S. See here (currently #15). I agree that despite it's popularity, it is difficult to find independent reliable sources; there are some though. It is one of the major sites that has played a role in the increase of illegal music sharing, as is mentioned in this feature article in Spin (magazine). Also mentioned in The Independent [1], [2], etc. --musicpvm 06:58, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
    • I'm not entirely sold on those press mentions. The Spin article is about the general phenomenon of CDs getting leaked online, and mentions Megaupload in passing as one of at least half a dozen sites which can serve as "middle man" in the process. One of the Independent ones seems almost to be a press release, while the other one has the look of a response in an IT advice column, which I don't think qualifies either. Alexa-wise, placing in the top 20 is no mean feat, but I'm not sure it's enough to hang one's proverbial hat on by itself. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 11:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Dammit! I am not sure about this, but reluctantly I should say delete or merge as per all of the above. Greg Jones II 20:20, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge/Redirect with/to One-click hosting. utcursch | talk 15:10, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as NN. Maybe a sentence is or two is worthwhile in a broader article, but it seems very unencyclopedic. Defixio 01:46, 18 August 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.