Deeplinks ?

Why do Craiglist.Org has a lot of Deeplinks.

The same reason as for all deeplinks.
One or more editors thought is was usefull for our customors to deeplink a site.

Nice answer. You ready to vouch for that ? I'll give you first a dead site.
San Francisco Bay Area: Business and Economy: Real Estate
craigslist - office space - Free listings of commercial real estate available in the San Francisco bay area.

Thanks for the tip. Please report any other dead URLs you find. The easiest way, both for you and for the editor, would be to use the "Update Listing" link on that category page.

hutcheson said:

Thanks for the tip. Please report any other dead URLs you find. The easiest way, both for you and for the editor, would be to use the "Update Listing" link on that category page.

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No problem Hutch. I know where to report Lost and Found Puppies.

Back to the issue.
Is deeplinks for Craigslist for sites like those necessary ? There are hundreds in Regional. Are they what you call "Original Content" ? That is if we go by the book.

We're not going to get into a discussion here in this forum regarding the appropriateness of any particular group of deeplinks. Report any dead links you find in the thread Hutcheson mentioned.

[Edited to add, for clarity: We're happy for people to report listings that are no longer appropriate, in the appropriate thread in the appropriate forum. But a discussion of the overall appropriateness of deeplinking to a specific site really has to be done internally, in the editor forums. As hutcheson notes, reporting multiple related deeplinks can prompt editors to take a closer look at the deeplinking policy for a particular site but, while we appreciate non-editors taking the time to let us know of their concerns here, ODP policies are not -- and should not be -- made in this forum.]

Yes, that's best. Finding multiple instances of problematic listings is the way of letting volunteers know about a pattern of problems.