Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greynet

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect‎ to Malware#Grayware. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:07, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This article had 3 references which were not inline citations; the references it did have were all dead links. I've searched for 'greynet' but can only find a link to a literature service and a link to the article itself. The article has 82 pageviews in the last 30 days and before my edits, the last edit was from July 2020. The original author '63.192.141.33' has not posted on WP since June 2007. WP:GNG and possibly WP:ARTN. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:04, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Advertising and Internet. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 11:42, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Found this: [1]; I don't know about the reliability of the source. Also there's this academic piece: [2], but I think it might be using the term "greynet" in a slightly more specific sense than the article is. Lots of blog entries and useless content-farm-style hits as well. Based on these sources I would say weak keep. I might be persuaded to change my mind if nothing else is found. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 14:20, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  The second reference is referring to something completely different from this article - it's referring to a set of IP addresses as a "greynet", not a type of unauthorized software. If anything, it goes to show that the term didn't have a well established meaning. Omphalographer (talk) 01:27, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Thankyou for finding those two sources. Any interest in Greynet seemed to be in the period 2005 - 2007, but the article, to me, seems out-of-date at the least. The sentence: "An emerging category is "podcasting", in which users generate content for widespread download on portable MP3 players" is as if from another time. This article and its content seem past its sell by date (or perhaps I'm suffering 'bad tech article syndrome'). As for it being advertising, I couldn't say. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:35, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 02:34, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Malware#Grayware, I suggest.—S Marshall T/C 08:54, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This appears to be a failed neologism. System administrators typically call this sort of thing "unauthorized software" nowadays. Omphalographer (talk) 01:22, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 03:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Final relist
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:54, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Malware#Grayware: The articles linked above either use a different definition, or are a synonym for Grayware (as the current Greynet article is). The sources on the Greynet page are either not longer accessible, or are weak, hence the suggestion of redirecting rather than merging. The synonym should be marked at the target (e.g. "(sometimes, Greynet)"). Klbrain (talk) 17:39, 7 March 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.