Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark pattern

Dark pattern

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Neologism whose point-of-origin is the grad student author's website. As far as I can ascertain all in-context references to notion trace back to promotion of this term. There are as one might expect a large number of false hits for things like camouflage, but no legitimate book hits whatsoever. Mangoe (talk) 15:38, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Article's author hasn't responded to the suggestion that notability be supported by reliable sources, rather than sites with which he's connected [1], which underscores the impression that this was developed with promotional intent. 99.136.254.88 (talk) 15:46, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. 17:39, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 17:39, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The actual subject of the article appears to be deceptive user interfaces. Some of the links contain interesting musings, but none would appear to be a reliable source. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 17:39, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a promotion of the site because the site does not sell but inform about an important subject. Originally the site was a wiki with the same content: a library of patterns. The definition of "dark pattern" is important because they are among many commercial webpages. It is not published in any book but the term starts being known in many usability and design magazines. Please, reconsider the deletion, because we might have to create the page again. Best, --Marcmiquel (talk) 18:07, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]