Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cram.com

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The result was keep. Black Kite (talk) 19:30, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cram.com[edit]

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Does not meet WP:WEBCRIT or WP:GNG, as per source searches. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:40, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:41, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:41, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. 68 million flash card sets sounds significant. Google scholar search on "Flashcard Exchange" yields studies about it. --do ncr am 04:43, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Ingvarsson, Ásgeir (2008-08-17). "Ómissandi rafræn glósuspjöld" [Essential electronic notebooks]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  The article notes:
  
  Þess vegna kemur Flashcard Exchange sem algjör himnasending inn í líf námsmanna á öllum stigum. Strákguttinn Culley Harrelson fann upp á þessu árið 2001, og segir sagan að hann hafi hannað forritið sem vefurinn byggist á til að hjálpa sjálfum sér í náminu.
  Vefurinn er sumsé eins konar rafræn spjaldskrársmiðja. Notendur geta búið til eigin spjaldskrá eftir sínum einstaklingsbundnu námsþörfum og síðan flett í gegnum spjöldin í tölvunni. Það sem meira er, þú getur notað spjaldskrárlista sem aðrir hafa sett saman og sparar þér því alla vinnuna.
  From Google Translate:
  That's why Flashcard Exchange comes as a complete blending to students' lives at all levels. Culley Harrelson discovered this in 2001, telling the story that he designed the web-based program to help himself in the study.
  The web is some kind of electronic card template. Users can create their own calendar according to their individual learning needs and then browse through the cards on the computer. What's more, you can use a list of lists that others have put together, saving you all the work.
  This is a review of Cram.com (then called Flashcard Exchange) in an Icelandic newspaper.
2. Doe, Charles (March–April 2014). "Electronic Resources for Schools". Internet@Schools. Information Today, Inc. ISSN 2156-843X. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  The article notes:
  
  Cram.com has developed a modified version of the Leitner system, a method of using flashcards, called "Cram mode." When studying flashcards in a given level, you go through the set normally and choose if it's right or wrong. When all of the flash cards have been answered, you are presented witha summary of the results.
  Cram.com has flashcards available for many subjects, at many levels, in multiple languages. They can be used for assessment as well as study. As of January, Cram.com has 1,092,646 members with almost 75 million sets of flashcards.
  ...
  Recommendation: Cram is an excellent means of memorizing information and reviewing memorized information for test and other situations. I highly recommend it for third grade through college students and maybe even for younger ones. Highly Recommended
  Here is more information about the reviewer from the bottom of the article:
  Reviewer: Charles Doe([email protected]) is a 39-year teacher, including 10 years as elementary media specialist in Hastings Area Schools in Hastings, Mich. For the past15years, he has written articles and reviews for Internet@Schools.
3. "What's Working". Curriculum Review. Vol. 51, no. 5. January 2012. p. 6. ISSN 0147-2453. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  The article notes:
  
  Users can keep their flashcards private if they prefer not to share, or team up with classmates to share the burden of flashcard creation. If they've chosen to make their flashcards public, they are automatically added to the database for other users to search and use. Teachers can also create flashcards for their students to study online.
  Flashcard Exchange has also made it easy for users to print out flashcards. There are a variety of templates, layouts and fonts to choose from and users can even synchronize their flashcards directly to their iPhone, iPod Touch, Android or other mobile device!
  Find out why more than 400,000 people are using this unique website today.
4. Battaglia, Danielle (2014-09-28). "Website for students gives learning tools a new twist". News & Record. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  The article notes:
  
  That’s because teacher Will Murphy uses a website called Cram.com to teach students their vocabulary words using online flashcards.
  The website, which also offers games, testing options and mobile apps, was developed in Los Angeles in 2001, originally under the name FlashcardExchange.com.
  Rebranded last year, Cram.com has 1.3 million users, including elementary students and doctoral candidates. North Carolina has the sixth-highest number of users, according to the website.
  “Flashcards are a proven learning tool, but the idea of carrying around a stack of dead trees with you seemed antiquated,” said Todd Clemens, co-founder of Cram.com.
5. Allen, Jules (2005-06-06). "Flipping out". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  The article notes:
  
  FlashCardExchange.com/
  Flash cards have never really resonated with me, but others I trust swear by them. The concept is simple: Write material on cards, flip through the cards and memorize the information. The computer version on this site is similar and favors keystrokes. There are oodles of prepopulated cards, and subjects include child development, real estate, computers and lots of goodies for educators (prekindergarten though high school). Power users can even upload their own to share with the world.
6. Allardice, Linda C (November–December 2001). "Homeschooling made easy". Link-Up. Vol. 18, no. 6. Information Today, Inc. ISSN 0739-988X. Retrieved 2017-08-10. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  The article notes:
  
  At the elementary level, flashcards are always a delightful way to learn the alphabet, numbers, colors, and simple words. At Flashcard Exchange [www.flashcardexchange. com] parents can download a wide variety of flashcards, make flashcards, print flashcards, and even download them to a PDA. Kids can use the flashcards on the computer-which teaches them computer skills at the same time-or the cards can be printed out and laminated to be used over and over again. Culley Harrelson, a computer programmer, started Flashcard Exchange in December 2000.
  "I was studying for a technical exam and I had created about 900 flashcards to help," Harrelson said. He bought some other flashcards, but found these cards weren't much better than the ones he created. Harrelson never finished the exam and instead went on to learn a new computer language-Java. "As an exercise to learn this new language I built flashcardexchange.com," he said.
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Cram.com to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 07:16, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging the only active participants other than myself of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flashcard Exchange: Onebravemonkey (talk · contribs) and S Marshall (talk · contribs). Cunard (talk) 07:16, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cunard: Those sources come across as passing mentions, rather than significant coverage, though. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:22, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The first source (368 words about Flashcard Exchange), second source (at least 500 words about Cram.com), and third source (410 words about Flashcard Exchange) are substantial reviews of the subject. They are not passing mentions. Cunard (talk) 07:42, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J 947^{^{^{(c) (m)}}} 05:00, 17 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J 947^{^{^{(c) (m)}}} 06:03, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Enough mentions, including a NYT. L3X1 (distænt write) 19:28, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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