Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blue Water Sports
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- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was delete' SmartSE (talk) 16:05, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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No assertion or explanation of notability. Refs are either to advertisements, the company's own website or to similar unreliable sources. Google search reveals little in the way of reliable sources, especially given the international prevalence of this choice of business name. Also possibly paid for. ClaretAsh 14:30, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - what a collection of refs that actually say nothing! Self referrals, blogs but not a thing of any consequence or reliability. Good (bad?) example of WP:ARTSPAM. No merits at all. Velella Velella Talk 14:55, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per nom. No indication of notability per WP:CORP, no coverage to satisfy the GNG. Drmies (talk) 22:35, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Notability was paid for and creatively invented, meaning it most likely wasn't notable to begin with. Hopefully contractor and clients will understand that paid COI editing can come at a heavy price when detected. Doc talk 06:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per WP:NCORP. Appears to fail WP:GNG:
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- (Creator User:WizardlyWho (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) now blocked - and my AGF welcome didn't help.) -- Trevj (talk) 10:21, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 17:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 17:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete spammy advertisement.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 05:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.