Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Click-to-call

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The result was keep‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:42, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Click-to-call

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It doesn't appear to meet WP:ORG / WP:GNG, or have a suitable WP:ATD. Has been in CAT:NN for 14 years, so hopefully we can now resolve it. Boleyn (talk) 16:38, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:10, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:10, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:47, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Individual entities comprising this article may be notable:

Web callback has its own article and was widely discussed in in the late 90s-early 2000s (1, 2, 3).

Tel URI scheme doesn't have an article but is likely to be notable (i.e. 1, 2, 3). Again, early 2000s printed sources would probably be stronger with regards to the tel scheme and I'm not sure what WP:BEFORE search was performed before nominating.

Modern use is probably mostly confined to digital marketing, where the term has a slightly different meaning, closer to the broader nature of the article; it isn't clear if it's notable independently but some WP:SIGCOV sources clearly exist, such as this article. PaulT2022 (talk) 20:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - but needs work. It seems to be covering an important concept in web programming but needs more sources - I believe this article should be updated to include information about the tel URI scheme which is widely used Mr Vili talk 23:10, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, RL0919 (talk) 23:40, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The concept is notable and in wide use. Some reorganization, renaming and/or merging may be merited to address nom's concerns but these improvements can be handled outside AfD - WP:NOTCLEANUP, WP:NODEADLINES. ~Kvng (talk) 15:25, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 00:55, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The sources we now have appear to cover WP:GNG. popodameron ⁠talk 03:36, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Softphone, which is a more proper use and term for the concept. Nate • (chatter) 22:09, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Some click-to-call implementations used web callback historically and newer often rely on tel URIs. Neither are related to Softphone. PaulT2022 (talk) 04:12, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Click-to-call is clearly notable, as seen in many sources ([1], [2], [3], and [4]) showing that the feature was removed from Google Chrome as recently as six months ago. GTrang (talk) 23:28, 3 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.