Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Communities.com

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The result was delete. Sandstein 13:21, 16 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Communities.com

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Completely uncited article. Numerous factual errors, especially paragraphs 5-6 of the "History" section. Paragraph 4 of the same section is completely uncited; as a long-time user of The Palace, I can confirm I've never heard those quoted valuations. Additionally, I have absolutely no idea who "Patrick" and "Ingemar" are. Perhaps most problematic is the "Website outages" section and the Lede. The domain name "communities.com" was bought when it was released by the .com domain name registrar; thus, the current website, to the extent it exists, bears absolutely no relation to "Communities.com" as a company. Rarely would or should WP:TNT be invoked at AfD, but this is one of them.

In short, a total dumpster fire of an article that reflects extremely poorly on Wikipedia, particularly since some of these errors have been outstanding since Wikipedia was, notionally, a "toddler."

Full Disclosure: As a past side hobby, I own and maintain the unofficial project, The Palace Legacy Project, whose "Palace History" page provides a factual account of the Communities.com history (though, it, on its own, is, crucially, not a reliable source regardless of how accurate it is). Doug Mehus (talk) 23:08, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Doug Mehus (talk) 23:08, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Doug Mehus (talk) 23:08, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:04, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I cannot find any reliable source which would establish notability; the two sources in the article are to the communities.com website itself and website which doesn't appear to be reliable. WJ94 (talk) 18:31, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
WJ94, Yes, the current Communities.com has no relation whatsoever to the former Communities.com, Inc. Doug Mehus T·C 18:49, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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