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notable (I'd wager for negative reasons), but currently it's just a random website. It may have the illusion of "notability" to random passers-by because links to it are spammed out ad nausem, but that's not WIKIPEDIA notability. That's not OUR standard. Any referral scheme will be spammed out constantly; that's the whole point of it. The fact that links to it pervade all messsageboards currently means absolutely nothing at all. For comparison, "MyBrute" was the craze a few months ago. That was spammed out in the same volume, and it didn't warrant a Knowledge (XXG) article as a result......which should be obvious. Until Wired reports on it or something (again, probably for negative reasons), there is nothing substantial here and no potential —
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This is unlikely to be true. I suspect that the "launching soon" and "Beta ends soon" is part of their marketing strategy. It appears that users are instructed to post "Beta ends ________" (where ___ is a couple days later) when they post their referral link, because we've been seeing messages of
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Knowledge (XXG) is not a website directory. We're not here to help you find out what this website is. It has not been reported on by any important or reputable media outlets. There is nothing encyclopedic to say about it at this point. In the future, maybe it will be seen as something that was
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of it's very widespread viral marketing. Since it has not yet been officially released, you will be unlikely to find a great number of references, however, as the site is officially launching very soon, I expect that to change.
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this nature for weeks. Without more proof outside their own word, this is an unverified statement and should NOT weigh on whether this article is kept. If anything, it should probably weigh against it —
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Does the fact that I am already infuriated by this company's viral marketing mean that I have a conflict of interest in voting to delete this?
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If you came here because someone asked you to, or you read a message on another website, please note that this is
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Kori Ellis, author of the Splendidcity post, is the Senior Editor at b5media. Doesn't that make it reliable?--
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gives a reasonable number of hits, but they are blogs, non-notable sources, trivial mentions, or invite spam.
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That isn't a reason to keep. The website simply does not meet our criteria for being notable.—
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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However, you are invited to participate and your opinion is welcome. Remember to
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Lockerz is simply another non-notable reward site that functions just like
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Page needs a TON of work though. However, Lockerz is notable precisely
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given or found to establish notability for a website/product/company.
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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Websites spamming the internet doesn't make them notable, see
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last month, in an attempt to get others to join Lockerz.
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among Knowledge (XXG) contributors. Knowledge (XXG) has
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it has been deleted six times previous to this version.
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Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion
deletion review
WP:SALTed
reliable sources
Beeblebrox
talk
17:41, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Lockerz
Not a vote
not a majority vote
policies and guidelines
consensus
assume good faith
sign your posts
single-purpose accounts
spa
canvassed
canvassed
sockpuppetry
csm
csp
Lockerz
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs

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