Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Accounts Payable Association


 * 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   Merge to American Payroll Association. This decision took into account the comments made at the other 4 deletion discussions, and not just the comments made below (three of the five were kept, two were merged). Such "bundled" nominations are usually fine, as long as they are on the same page and not on separate pages. The spread-out nature of the discussion did make closing difficult, almost to the point of relisting. This decision does not prejudice further merging if that is deemed necessary by further discussion. Carcharoth (talk) 17:14, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

The five AfDs reviewed to reach this decision were:
 * Articles for deletion/American Payroll Association (keep)
 * Articles for deletion/National Payroll Week (keep)
 * Articles for deletion/Certified Payroll Professional (keep)
 * Articles for deletion/Fundamental Payroll Certification (merge)
 * Articles for deletion/American Accounts Payable Association (merge)

American Accounts Payable Association

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These five articles: were all created in a short period of time by a single user who has contributed to no other article except for a mention to American Payroll Association in the Accounts payable article.
 * American Payroll Association
 * American Accounts Payable Association
 * Fundamental Payroll Certification
 * Certified Payroll Professional and
 * National Payroll Week

These articles do not cite any outside references (other than one advertisement / press release) or claim any notability of the topic, and appear serve no purpose other than to promote the umbrella organization and its activities, including its fee-based certification programs. Bongomatic (talk) 12:05, 7 October 2008 (UTC) Exit2DOS2000  •T•C•  01:21, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This AFD is for the named article only. Each of the five articles above has its own separate AFD. Stifle (talk) 11:37, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete all per WP:SPAM.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 17:10, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Google News just shows two press releases from 6 months ago announcing the creation of this entity. Seems to fail WP:ORG to me. Jclemens (talk) 20:20, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep the Certified Payroll Professional as professional (certified) titles are notable & has enough (admittedly low quality) Refs to pass WP:N. Cleanup is recommended. Neutral to all others. This shows why AFD Bundling is a bad idea. If this is not a "bundled" AFD, please clearly state such on ALL the Related AFD's. Its tiresome applying an answer to all the AFD's that each seem to be a bundle of the Same Articles. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  01:12, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment to closing Admin please be aware of All Related AFD's that seem to be bundles of the Same Articles. as with Schmidt's vote there seems to be a Multiple bites at the Apple happening in the process. see
 * Articles for deletion/American Payroll Association (a seemingly bundled nom)
 * Articles for deletion/American Accounts Payable Association (a seemingly bundled nom)
 * Articles for deletion/Fundamental Payroll Certification (a seemingly bundled nom)
 * Articles for deletion/Certified Payroll Professional (a seemingly bundled nom)
 * Articles for deletion/National Payroll Week (a seemingly bundled nom)
 * Merge to the main organization. DGG (talk) 02:18, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to the main organisation when that article is sufficiently rebuilt in userspace using reliable 3rd party sources which cover the subject in a non-trivial manner. Jasynnash2 (talk) 12:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


 * 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.