242:'not a directory' argument can be used against every List in WP, but WP accepts Lists as part of its structure so this argument has no valid basis. This article contains historical information on the various Yellow Pages which the Web sites do not and which would not readily find in this WP 'encyclopedia plus' 'Yellow Pages' is not 'just a brand'; it is a generic term applying to all manner of commercial advertising books. Does the article need improvement? Of course. And a first tenet of WP is to work to improve articles that need help, not to wipe them out by the easy answer of deletion.
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without a specific research goal in mind, they would likely use the See also lists. If the user has a specific research goal in mind, and there is only one or two words that are used to describe the research topic, and they know exactly how to spell the word, they would probably use the search engine box. If the user has some general idea of what they are looking for but does not know the specific terminology, they would tend to use the lists of related topics (also called list of links to related articles).
48:. This list contains content that elevates it beyond a mere directory or a collection of external links and is written in an encyclopedic and academic tone (rather than as an advertisement of some sort). Care should be given to maintaining only appropriate links and notable content in the future; as it stands, this fits well into what is described at
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I did not "confound the issue" - this page is mostly a directory of external links to sites that happen to be yellow page directories. This article is, as someone noted above, a directory of directories. While the latter noun doesn't matter, the former does. We don't need pages that are simply fodder
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393:- I am just starting a business and I was looking for the easiest way to find a drop-shipper in another country. I have not had time to complete my research. I hope you will consider this when deleting.
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