Talk:GetJar

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This article was created as a copy of content now deleted on Wikipedia on several pages. The content was dually licensed under CC-By-SA and the GFDL, which permit reuse and modification but do require attribution. For license compliance, the history of the content is supplied here. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:30, 20 July 2015 (UTC) [reply]

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18:39, 12 January 2010‎ Appsolutely everything . . (1,482 bytes) (+41)‎ .
22:16, 15 December 2009‎ Appsolutely everything . . (1,441 bytes) (+182)‎ .
22:05, 15 December 2009‎ Appsolutely everything . . (1,259 bytes) (+1,259)‎ . . (←Created page with '{{Userspace draft}} GetJar: Appsolutely Everything is a leading independent [[Mobi...') (thank)
00:42, 6 November 2009 . . Kevin (2,850 bytes) (declining speedy - I am reluctant to speedy a page created by another admin, who presumably feels the subject is notable)
23:31, 5 November 2009 . . Reubzz (2,861 bytes)
23:30, 5 November 2009 . . Reubzz (2,802 bytes)
23:22, 5 November 2009 . . Reubzz (3,286 bytes) (Nomination for Page Deletion - Page is Not Notable and is a giant ad)
23:17, 5 November 2009 . . Appsolutely everything (2,974 bytes) (Tag: excessive whitespace)
23:14, 5 November 2009 . . Reubzz (1,309 bytes) (page appears as an ad for company)
23:10, 5 November 2009 . . Reubzz m (1,297 bytes)
23:09, 5 November 2009 . . Reubzz (1,309 bytes) (deletion of irrelevant information 4 an encyclopedia - this page appears to be an advertisement)
23:06, 5 November 2009 . . Appsolutely everything (2,818 bytes)
22:39, 5 November 2009 . . Appsolutely everything (2,871 bytes) (Tag: excessive whitespace)
10:24, 31 October 2009 . . Egil (1,651 bytes) (Loose abbreviation, add date)
10:20, 31 October 2009 . . Egil (1,614 bytes) (Add software infobox and Logo)
10:10, 31 October 2009 . . Egil (749 bytes) (Use the "Digital distribution platforms" infobox instead)
16:07, 30 October 2009 . . 96.225.129.16 (talk | block) (776 bytes)
16:07, 30 October 2009 . . 96.225.129.16 (talk | block) (774 bytes)
16:05, 30 October 2009 . . 96.225.129.16 (talk | block) (776 bytes)
16:05, 30 October 2009 . . 96.225.129.16 (talk | block) (786 bytes)
16:04, 30 October 2009 . . 96.225.129.16 (talk | block) (785 bytes)
10:01, 30 October 2009 . . Egil (712 bytes) (The 55 million is per MONTH, the 10+ milllion is per WEEK)
20:55, 29 October 2009 . . Rzv~enwiki m (711 bytes)
16:54, 29 October 2009 . . Egil (711 bytes) (GetJar claims 10 million themselves)
18:03, 28 October 2009 . . Rzv~enwiki m (711 bytes)
17:39, 28 October 2009 . . 96.225.129.16 (talk | block) (799 bytes)
12:37, 26 October 2009 . . Egil (799 bytes) (Category: Mobile software)
12:31, 26 October 2009 . . Egil (768 bytes) (Initial article, this is certainly sufficiently notable)
19:32, 14 October 2009 . . CorenSearchBot (995 bytes) (Tagging possible copyvio of http://www.webcatchup.com/getjar)
19:31, 14 October 2009 . . Rzv~enwiki (938 bytes) (←Created page with 'Founded by Ilja Laurs in 2004, GetJar (www.getjar.com/wap.getjar.com) is the world’s most popular mobile application distribution and developer community, with ov...')

Note

It seems very odd to me that this page does not exist. I believe a company representative previously tried to create a page, and that resulted in it being locked?

I can prove GetJar is sufficiently notable, is there anything else I need to do to get it unprotected so I can create the page? Mathiastck (talk) 23:06, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here is my work in progress towards a current stub for GetJar, User:Mathiastck/GetJar. However right now it should simply redirect to List_of_digital_distribution_platforms_for_mobile_devices. I just redirect application store there too. Mathiastck (talk) 01:38, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your disbelief that this page does not exist. Several versions of this page has existed before, but they have all been deleted by wikipedia administrators who misuse their powers and use the speedy delete for things it was never intended for. -- Egil (talk) 13:38, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I went to this page expecting to find out what GetJar is, but this reads just like an ad for GetJar. it looks to me like it was written by the developers and is completely biased. I assume this is why it keeps getting deleted. JonnyT (talk) 05:02, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

I'm not sure the best way to prove notability. My plan is to continue editing the article, adding sources and references.

But dang! That got flagged for not being notable fast. I'm curious what criteria or rule of thumb is being used before people flag something for speedy deletion.

I am off to lunch, please do not delete the page until I get back. Hangon. Mathiastck (talk) 19:40, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually wikipedia itself is a good enough reference to prove the notability of GetJar. Just search GetJar, a great many pages refer to it, but could not reference it because this page had been salted. This page MIDlet#See_also claimed GetJar is "the largest site for distribution of MIDlets." and this matches my anecdotal evidence. Also the see also section for GetJar leads to a list of similar companies, that a page that needs some wiki love, they all need more statistics, and the whole Application Store, AppStore, Mobile Phone Application Distributor, set of articles need improving. Mathiastck (talk)

IMGLA link

I had hoped that link would help prove notability, but all it says is GetJar sponsored something. That's like the opposite of the sort of notability proving references I was hoping for. Mathiastck (talk) 20:56, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is a self reported metric from GetJar, but it's the sort of thing I'm looking for.

http://blog.getjar.com/developer/uncategorized/taking-the-hassle-out-of-mobile-games-distribution-case-study/ "Since uploading both games onto GetJar, the number of downloads has soared. Assault Team 3D has achieved in excess of 1.6million downloads and its sequel, Assault Team 3D NAJAF has generated 160,000 downloads only several weeks after launch. " Figures like that, especially if they are being repeated by another source, especially a good news source, would be great. Mathiastck (talk) 21:09, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More sources that could be integrated into the article:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100109/ttc-us-it-internet-software-telecom-getj-0de2eff.html http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/getjar-exceeds-half-billion-app-downloads/2009-07-15 Mathiastck (talk) 22:53, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]