Talk:Etsy/Archive 1

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Proposed Relocation: To Etsy's About Page

I only came here because I couldn't figure out what the heck Etsy was from their Web site. Their About page has a gallery of employees. Their press page has a gallery of miniature newspapers front pages. There is no description of what the site is on the site itself. The level of detail here is ridiculous for a Wikipedia entry. Just ID it as an internet company doing such and such, and then external link to their site, where they have the responsibility to explain the things explained here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.216.99.100 (talk) 12:47, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion (proposal withdrawn)

I've proposed this article for deletion because it's written from a POV perspective, is non-notable, and is likely spam. If you can address these concerns, please do so. Thanks! --Viridian {Talk} 17:18, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

  • The article in its re-written form now seems less POV, and google reveals that Etsy does indeed have some level of notability; as such I've removed the deletion tag. My bad for not doing the google search earlier... -_-; --Viridian {Talk} 17:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


Re: employee names

1. At what point should this article draw the line at listing the names of Etsy employees? -Euonym 23:47, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
2. Where is the source for employee's full names, anyway? Etsy's "Jobs" page lists only first names. Their "About" page does not seem to include all employees mentioned here in Wikipedia. -Euonym 23:47, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


Privacy

accidental deletion (27 June 2007)

Apologies; did not intentionally delete all of Vanbertozzi's edits to this section. I have too many windows and tabs open and it will take me a while to sort them out. -Euonym 00:15, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

please clarify section deletion (by 151.197.12.194 on 28 June 2007)

Edit summary: "Removed the privacy section, which is innacurate and immaterial to the article"
1. What was inaccurate? -Euonym 10:57, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
2. How is it immaterial? -Euonym 10:57, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/24.5.196.172
This person has erased the privacy section 5 times, without any explanation or justification. They were blocked on August 10, but they have apparently been unblocked and are continuing to vandalize the article. Twice on September 5.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Etsy&action=history

  1. (cur) (last) 03:27, 5 September 2007 24.5.196.172 (Talk) (13,761 bytes) (→External links) (undo)

removing a link to etsynews.

  1. (cur) (last) 03:27, 5 September 2007 24.5.196.172 (Talk) (13,806 bytes) (→Privacy) (undo)

completly erasing the privacy section, again

Can anyone justify the extreme quantity of off-wikipedia team links? This is an encyclopedia, not a street teams directory. As to the vandalism of the privacy section, while I don't agree with wikipedia vandalism, I'm having a hard time seeing how the privacy information belongs here. It is important to the users of the site, but not to wikipedia readers in general. It seems more whistle blowing than encyclopedic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.114.139 (talk) 13:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: the Privacy section
I feel that Etsy's privacy stance is a salient feature of that site. I think they have an unusual level of transaction transparency and I think it's different enough to warrant mention. I also think it's important enough to mention as it affects a large number of purchases (all the ones involving feedback) -- and, after all, purchases are the point of the site.
The feedback giant, eBay, has long since had a write-up of its feedback policy in its Wikipedia entry (or it did when I added the section here to Etsy). Euonym 22:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)


Re: team links
I'll start a new section to discuss this (and external links in general). Euonym 22:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)


External Links

General Organization

I've been thinking about restructuring the external links into "official" vs. "unofficial" groups. If there are no objections, I'll probably get around to it within the next day, or someone else can go ahead and do so. -Euonym 22:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Done. I've put the EtsyWiki in the "official site" subgroup, but I'm not sure if that's correct. Sorry; I couldn't find it either way on the site itself. -Euonym 06:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Street Teams

The question was raised above by 71.246.114.139 13:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC): "Can anyone justify the extreme quantity of off-wikipedia team links? This is an encyclopedia, not a street teams directory."

My opinion:
I don't think there needs to be a full directory of Etsy's Street Teams. A single link to a central Street Teams page would be more appropriate. -Euonym 22:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Question: official street team page?

I was planning to remove the itemized Street Team list and replace it with an official site link. Where is that? If no one says otherwise, I'm going to point the link at http://team.etsy.com/?page_id=4 -Euonym 06:21, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Etsicon (Popular Terminology)

I don't know if this section should be deleted altogether, but I do think it should be reduced.
While I understand the importance of defining official-type site-specific terms (such as "hearting"), I don't think every chat room in-joke needs to be included ("NORM!" - which isn't even an Etsy-specific term). As with the Street Teams, I think this level of detail belongs off-Wikipedia, but can be linked to from here. -Euonym 23:10, 16 September 2007 (UTC)