Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blackcircles


 * 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__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Closing and not relisting, because I'd have called this a week ago. Courcelles (talk) 14:57, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Blackcircles

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Unsourced, numerous COI edits. No inherent notability, cannot determine if they have had any significant or demonstrable effects on culture or society. Article reads as mainly promotional and fails WP:NCORP. The only notable event perhaps is being purchased by Michelin, but notability is not inherited. Equine-man (talk) 13:43, 27 April 2023 (UTC) Keep per the company's claim to have over 2,500 garages in England. The promotional editing needs to be stopped, perhaps with page protection, and possible topic bans of the COI accounts. 76.119.253.82 (talk) 08:55, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Equine-man (talk) 13:43, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and United Kingdom. Shellwood (talk) 13:57, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete PROMO, nothing found for the company in RS. Oaktree b (talk) 14:45, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The Canadian website for them is owned by a company from Montreal and says they're a Canadian company, appears unrelated to this outfit. Oaktree b (talk) 14:48, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Blackcircles operates a Franchise model in international countries like Canada so while the company is operated by a franchisee in each country the business and brand are linked to the UK company. 2A02:C7C:D07D:D900:5C50:C099:2C6A:7C2F (talk) 08:36, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * So it's not helping with the notability factor. Selling tires could be notable, but we need discussions about it in acceptable sources. Oaktree b (talk) 15:51, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * The problem with that claim is the garages do not belong to blackcircles. As per their own website https://www.blackcircles.com/garages, the garages are “independently owned garages”. Equine-man (talk) 09:19, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Less Unless (talk) 04:05, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete I only found one independent source (Telegraph) that might support notability. The rest were advertisements or routine company announcements. Lamona (talk) 03:39, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * 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.