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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:06, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article was entirely OR, been stripped down after a previous AfD, down to a DICDEF but remains completely unsourced. -- D'n'B-t -- 11:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Business and Advertising. -- D'n'B-t -- 11:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: You can find mentions of the term in many articles, but that's all it is, just the phrase being used. I don't see analysis of this in any sort of retail journal or business journal. Oaktree b (talk) 15:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Uses of the phrase abound, but I can't find anything discussing it as a concept. No sources, no article. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 13:45, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Formerly notable when mail order via television and catalog was common and items were shipped direct from the warehouse, but as that fine line has been erased with the age of e-commerce, this is an out-of-date term that is an artifact of the 80s and 90s. Nate • (chatter) 15:46, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: WP:NTEMP states that "Notability is not temporary", so a "formerly notable" topic would still meet notability guidelines. —Ost (talk) 17:09, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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