Talk:Human search engine

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on November 21, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep without consensus.

Bearian (talk) 22:45, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Strong objection to the deletion of this article

Sources have been cited below that prove without a doubt that Human Search Engine is indeed commonly used. If Wikipedia wants to delete everything THEY refer to as a neologism, then there are A LOT of articles that need to be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.97.74 (talk)

[edit] Specific/distinct meaning?

How is this different from Social search? -- DMacks (talk) 19:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Search Amigo

Search Amigo is relevant and should have an article no matter where it is listed.

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[edit] Human Search Engine

The term Human Search Engine has been used since the year 2000. So the real question is, how is Social Search any different from a Human Search Engine? Not the other way around.

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-63611892.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.97.74 (talk) 21:14, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Irony

Some journalists are saying Wikipedia itself is going to launch a "human search engine", yet Wikipedia wants to delete the entry. Wow. Is there more to all this?

http://www.editorsweblog.org/news/2007/09/wikipedia_to_launch_human_search_engine.php

There's nothing hidden here: all that matters is whether the wikipedia article actually mentions and cites these things. If nobody bothers to add cites to the article, it's not much better than if no cites actually exist at all. If two things are described indistinguishably from each other, then there's no evidence that they aren't the same thing. So if they are different, we need some writing the article explaining the special characteristics. If they're essentially synonymous, then they don't need separate articles: one article can mention both terms as being used to identify this thing. DMacks (talk) 02:32, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Non-notable Websites?

ChaCha, Mahalo, and Wikia Search are all notable, and all have their own Wikipedia page.

MyShopPal and Search Amigo are new (but legitimate), and are only non-notable because Wikipedia keeps failing to give them a Wikipedia page.

I don't see where the "so many non-notable web sites in one article" comes from. There are only 2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.97.74 (talk) 20:23, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

The phrase 'human search engine' is not found in any of ChaCha (search engine), Mahalo.com, or Wikia. EdJohnston (talk) 20:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

The phrase 'human search engine' is found in ChaCha (search engine) and Mahalo .

The phrase also appears under Search Engine and List of search engines—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.97.74 (talk)

That's because you just added it to them, though, isn't it? --Maxamegalon2000 21:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

The term has been added and deleted 100's of times in the past few months as Wikia becomes closer to being finished. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.97.74 (talk) 21:17, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Delete this page if you want, but it is becoming clear why

I feel it is a conflict of interest issue. Wikipedia and Wikia Search are related, but Wikia Search is "for profit". I believe Wikipedia wants to delete the human search engine page, because they do not want any of the Wikia Search's competition listed on their site. It is all becoming clear to me.

The above is my opinion, but is the only reasonable conclusion I can come to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.97.74 (talk) 20:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wider debate about deleting this page

Since this is a discussion about the deletion of the article, I've started a formal Articles for Deletion discussion about it. Please consider commenting there, remembering to assume good faith about editors' motives, etc. DMacks (talk) 21:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)