Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thriftbooks

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The result of the debate was keep. Rossami (talk) 23:02, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thriftbooks

Tagged as speedy for linkspam, but not all bookstores have good webpresence. Alexa nearly 250,000. Abstain. - Mgm|^(talk) June 29, 2005 18:46 (UTC)

• keep Andycjp ３０th June 2005 AD
• Keep Thriftbooks is an innovatave company that will continue to make occasional national headlines as they grow larger. --Measure June 30, 2005 22:59 (UTC)
• I looked them up on Alexa.com and found that their traffic rank 3 month change is +1,884,325. I don't know enough about them to say one way or another. Wall Street Journal unsigned comment by Franky1007 (restored by .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish June 30, 2005 17:21 (UTC))
• Recent article written on Thrift Books by The Wall Street Journal

Start Up Journal unsigned comment by 216.254.11.144

• Delete unless more info on notability. .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish June 30, 2005 17:21 (UTC)
• Comment -- I just removed several paragraphs that were taken from thriftbooks' website: [1] - FreplySpang (talk) 30 June 2005 22:02 (UTC)
• Comment -- These paragraphs were added by permission of Thriftbooks. unsigned edit by LoneWriter (talk · contribs)
  • Then provide the contact point name and the date such was given. A comment from a Wikipedia editor is insufficient to clear copyright problems inherent in copying text from an external website to this one. --Durin 7 July 2005 21:15 (UTC)
    • Thriftbooks, LLC Headquarters (206) 903-1175 Owners can be found at this number. unsigned edit by 216.254.11.144 (talk · contribs)
      • Comment: This is still insufficient. WHO was spoken to? What date this occur? What did they state? I too can look up their headquarters number. It does not mean anything. Copyright violations are a serious matter; Wikipedia could get into some very hot water for violating copyrights. This could ultimately threaten the project. Unsigned edits, affirmations without source, etc., do not lend any comfort that the copyrighted text has been released into the public domain. --Durin 8 July 2005 13:56 (UTC)
    • Comment:I am Daryl Butcher, and I appove of this message. 7/8/2005. I can be reached at the number above. unsigned edit by 216.254.11.144 (talk · contribs)
      • Comment Please sign your edits. I've contacted Thriftbooks to confirm. Awaiting response. --Durin 8 July 2005 16:40 (UTC)
      • Followup: I've been in contact with Daryl Butcher from this company and he has indicated his acceptance of releasing the concerned text into the public domain. I was left with the impression that they intend to place a notice on the page in question [2] indicating the text on that page is in the public domain. --Durin 21:31, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep -- I have purchased several books from this company, and believe they will be around for a long time. --LoneWriter 1 July 2005 14:24 (UTC)

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