Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damn You Auto Correct

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The result was merge to Autocorrection#Humour. (non-admin closure) ~~ OxonAlex - talk 14:06, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Damn You Auto Correct[edit]

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Seeing very little independent coverage with little news coverage since 2013. Fails WP:WEB. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:04, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:04, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Autocorrection#Humour, where it is already mentioned. The NPR, CNN, and ABC sources in the article are pretty significant coverage for a website—it isn't that often that a website started by a single individual gets attention from national media. The Autocorrection article also cites The Daily Telegraph. However, in terms of long-term significance, it is interesting how the website faded into obscurity until it quietly shut down without fanfare. I suspect autocorrect mistakes were a short-lived novelty that was interesting to people only when autocorrect was still a new feature—nowadays smartphones and autocorrect are so commonplace that a whole website devoted to autocorrect mistakes doesn't have the attention needed for a permanent standalone encyclopedia article. I do think, however, that owing to the bit of national media coverage when the website was still around and alive, it should have a place in our Autocorrection article. Mz7 (talk) 09:56, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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