Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Domain authority

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Vanderwaalforces (talk) 06:46, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Domain authority

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Aazingly outdated article for something that seems at core to be based on one company's ("Moz") proprietary product.

The article ttself makes this clear:

"The software as a service company Moz.org has developed an algorithm and weighted level metric, branded as "Domain Authority", which gives predictions on a website's performance in search engine rankings with a discriminating range from 0 to 100".

Search doesn't work this way any more, and almost all the references cited are incredibly outdated; the thing described doesn't really exist any more, algorithms have moved on. There is probably an article to be written on site reputation, but this isn't it. — The Anome (talk) 00:53, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural close per WP:WRONGFORUM. I don’t think this is something we can handle at AFD because it requires expert opinion and original analysis based on expertise rather than an evaluation of sources based on WP:N or WP:Deletion policy. It is essentially a content decision more akin to a content dispute than to notability issue. I would suggest working with editors on the talk page and discussing how to handle this or contacting a relevant WikiProject to enlist editors on reworking or repurposing the article. A move discussion might be in order at that time to your suggestion of site reputation. I don’t think AFD is the right pathway to address these issues. Best.4meter4 (talk) 03:49, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:12, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:52, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Domain Authority is a thing, and (contrary to the above) it is still current, with multiple recent sources discussing it. The sources currently in the article range from not-too-old to definitely-dated, so the article needs updating, but AfD is not about editing, it's about notability, which isn't in doubt here. I might also remind editors that "once notable, always notable". Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:11, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Chiswick. WP:NOTFORUM, the AfD nomination does not keep in mind how sources can become dated, but they are still notable. Conyo14 (talk) 05:42, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.