Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Competitive social networking

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:26, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Main Google hits for this term lead back to this Wikipedia article; apparent neologism. Ckatz^chat_spy 17:58, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 20:05, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Seems to be mostly a confection of original research with reference inflation; the "references" are to a handful of general texts about social networking, the rest to Facebook sites, dictionaries and encyclopedias, and Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Mentions "Web 2.0". - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 20:05, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:22, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: appears to be OR. Jezhotwells (talk) 04:13, 2 May 2011 (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.