Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GccTLD

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The result was redirect to Country code top-level domain#Generic ccTLDs. Despite the diversity of bolded votes, everyone seems fine with the merge/redirect. Content is already in the target article, so closing as redirect. (non-admin closure) power~enwiki (π, ν) 01:37, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GccTLD

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The term: gccTLD does not exist anymore. All the information provided in this article is obsolete now. Here is the list of some articles on the internet that define gccTLD but the base article of Google on which their information relies, does not contain any information regarding gccTLD, so these articles are themselves obsolete:

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 17:33, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 17:33, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak keep~~: Notability is not temporary. If this was ever a notable thing then it ceasing to exist is not a reason to delete the article, merely to update the article to use the past tense and to say what happened to it. The real question is whether it was ever notable in the first place. Without looking in great detail I'd suggest that it was notable to a small degree and that this might be enough to justify the article but not definitely. Maybe it could be covered in another article instead? --DanielRigal (talk) 18:26, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm switching my !vote to redirect to Country_code_top-level_domain#Generic_ccTLDs. The content has already been merged there and improved to provide a better explanation of what the subject actually is. The title remains a plausible search term so having a redirect here might be helpful to some (probably very few) readers. --DanielRigal (talk) 17:38, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Seemed like an attempt to coin a phrase rather than being a recognised term.Dynadot.com and Name.com are domain name registrars.The term "repurposed ccTLD" has been used to describe these open ccTLDs but they technically are still ccTLDs. Jmccormac (talk) 18:36, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep per DanielRigal's argument LeBron4 (talk) 19:42, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It was never notable or even widely used. Even the Google reference does not mention it. This was simply marketing to associate repurposed ccTLDs like .co (ccTLDs that had been opened up to registrations from outside the original country which they were intended to serve) with gTLDs. The .co was being marketed, at the time, as an alternative to the .com gTLD. It was simply an attempt to coin a phrase for marketing purposes. Jmccormac (talk) 20:13, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Updated and merged all the info of gccTLD in ccTLD. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 12:40, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Country code top-level domain#Generic ccTLDs: Info is already in the target article. ASTIG😎 _{(ICE T • ICE CUBE)} 14:20, 6 January 2021 (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.