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The result was delete. clear consensus DGG ( talk ) 04:43, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Scad (fraud) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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I think this article should be deleted.

In the first ten pages of google search results for the term 'scad', I have found nothing about scam ads. As far as I can see, the only source for the term is the website of the Alliance Against Bait and Click, a defunct body whose website is also defunct, and now only exists in internet archives. It looks as if they've invented the term to promote their campaign. AABC itself is apparently not notable, and probably never has been. There are no citations in the existing article that show the term being used by anyone, other than AABC. I seriously doubt that anyone searches for the term 'scad' expecting to be delivered to an article like this one.

There are scores (well, 'scads') or articles about various kinds of spam and internet abuse. If this subject-matter doesn't already replicate content in one of those articles, there may be something in this article that could be merged elsewhere.

I don't want to delete it myself, because it's been around since 2009, and no-one has tried to delete it or nominated it in those nine years; I think it should be discussed, at least a bit. MrDemeanour (talk) 16:41, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2018 September 8. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 17:43, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. – Joe (talk) 17:46, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. – Joe (talk) 17:46, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. – Joe (talk) 17:46, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, topic is covered at Ad fraud and this is a non-notable neologism per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 18:15, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete not a notable portmanteau. Ad fraud is a bit different (and an awful article), but Malvertising is basically the same thing. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:39, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - per above.BabbaQ (talk) 15:38, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete already covered on other article. Sdmarathe (talk) 02:57, 15 September 2018 (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.