Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TheSMSzone.com

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 of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 10:05, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TheSMSzone.com and Kunal Singh

No google links, looks like corporate spam Nearly Headless Nick 09:56, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

By no google links, I meant that there are no relevant google links, to assert the notability of this corporation. Does this make things clear? --Nearly Headless Nick 14:09, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

In response to Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's comment, over 48000 relevant backlinks to theSMSzone can be found with the terms "theSMSzone.com" [1]. Are you not familiar with Google NOT correctly indexing backlinks for several websites when the "link:" parameter is used? Doherty-382 04:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I disagree, seems like this website pioneered SMS spoofing hence is a valuable asset to the WIKI community. [[User: # KyleSandrs]] 20:10, 3 June 2006 (AEST)

• Delete nonsensical spam. KyleSandrs removes the afd tag from the page. --CharlotteWebb 10:17, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete maybe even speedy, per CharlotteWebb.--Andeh 11:26, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

theSMSzone.com was the first website in the world that allowed users to define a "From" number. I would argue that while the article as it stands should be fleshed out, it is, as KyleSandrs put it, a valuable asset to the Wikipedia community. Phanatical 18:26, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Advertisement that doesn't assert sufficient notability. -- Kicking222 22:05, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: advert. --die Baumfabrik 02:43, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I see no reason why this entry should be deleted. Please use the keywords "spoofed sms" in google for clear evidence on the impact this startup had on text messaging. The original comment sparking the deletion by Nearly Headless Nick is hence baseless. Eric Wikiguru 08:14, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Only 22 pages link to this website, according to Google. [2] - Tangotango 08:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Over 48000 relevant backlinks to theSMSzone can be found with the terms "theSMSzone.com" [3]. Are you not familiar with Google NOT correctly indexing backlinks for several websites when the "link:" parameter is used? Doherty-382 04:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

MSN[4] and Yahoo[5] print a totally different picture - thousands of results. Doesnt look like 'corporate' spam to me.RedMolla196 11:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

On purely the basis on which the deletion has been requested, this entry should not be deleted. Chefsmeaters 13:55, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

If one searches Google for sites that Contain the term "theSMSzone", we find almost 49000 mentions, including mentions in other entries in Wikipedia itself. Phanatical 09:41, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Simce when have we started removing articles purely on how it performs on Google? There are many reasons why Google will not index some sites properly. One such reason is the past history of the domain. A quick search on archive.org for 'smszone.com' displays countless pages of a German adult website. As you may already be familiar with, Google does not forget such things easiy.

SMS spoofing is also listed as having a criminal impact on society in the wiki entry for SMS with the 'sms zone' pinpointed as the cause.

There absolutely is no reason why this article should be removed.Ahmedsays 20:40, 6 June 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.