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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that you could be sentenced to serve time in prison for stuffing cookies? Source: Edelman, Benjamin G.; Brandi, Wesley (2013). "Risk, Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2358110. ISSN 1556-5068.
  • ALT1: ... that if you don't stuff cookies with sweet treats, you could end up in prison? Source: Edelman, Benjamin G.; Brandi, Wesley (2013). "Risk, Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2358110. ISSN 1556-5068.
  • ALT2: ... that stuffing cookies is a harmful and deceptive practise? Source: Edelman, Benjamin G.; Brandi, Wesley (2013). "Risk, Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2358110. ISSN 1556-5068.
  • ALT3: ... that cookie stuffing is a deceptive practise that is used by affiliate marketers to gain commission for goods they did not sell? Source: Edelman, Benjamin G.; Brandi, Wesley (2013). "Risk, Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2358110. ISSN 1556-5068.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Flaco (owl)
  • Comment: Credits to Chaotic Enby for the idea for the hook and Mokadoshi for the GA review :)

Improved to Good Article status by Sohom Datta (talk). Self-nominated at 18:37, 17 March 2024 (UTC).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

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• New GA, well cited (AGF some paywalled) and written, no copyvio apparent. @Sohom Datta: Consider not naming the account manager per WP:LPNAME. QPQ present, all hooks work except ALT1 (not sure what "sweet" or "treat" refers to...). Hameltion (talk | contribs) 01:58, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Removed. "Sweet treats" was refering to the more traditional cookie stuffing (like oreo etc) :) Sohom (talk) 02:07, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Comments from TechnoSquirrel69

@Sohom Datta: As requested, I took a quick look at this article. Here are a couple of things I think need to be addressed before considering a trip to FAC. I tried to keep it to broad strokes, but there are a few times I couldn't resist a specific comment.

• "dubious techniques" seems like a neutrality issue.
• popups ads → pop-up ads
• "Legitimate affiliates might lose potential customers as a result of this practice." reads like a non sequitur and is borderline speculative in the context it's in.
• I see a few contractions like "didn't" in the lead.
• "draw in a more targeted audience and drive sales" seems like business management jargon. Is there a way to clarify this or be more specific about the goals of affiliate marketing? Same comment for the lead.
• The text in the image is illegible at normal sizes and serves next to no function on its own. Like we discussed on Cross-site leaks, try to keep the images as free of text as possible, which can instead go in the captions. The visual elements themselves, rather than a mockup view of the user's browser, should be a diagrammatic representation of the concept.
• "This can be done with an iframe or a pop-up ad." That doesn't really explain anything to a layperson.
• § Fraud could have a better title. The entire article refers to fraud or fraud-adjacent behavior, so that label isn't an accurate representation of what a reader could find there.
• The initialisms in parentheses CPS, FTC, and FBI can be removed as they're not used anywhere else.
• In a similar vein, HTTP is used without first being set up.
• "in the wild" ???
• I'm not comfortable enough in this topic area to judge whether the sources represent a comprehensive view of the literature, but double-check that you've included every reasonable source and given it due weight.
• Like I said earlier, I tried not to get in the weeds with a prose review, but the article definitely needs a good copyedit for clarity.

Let me know if you have any questions! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 06:33, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

I've listed the article for a GOCE, I'll address the rest when the copyedit is done :) Sohom (talk) 22:47, 7 June 2024 (UTC)