Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Car supermarket (2nd nomination)


 * 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 redirect to Car dealership. It's a stretch to say there's an actual consensus for the redirect, but WP:ATD argues for it. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:24, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Car supermarket
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Blatant advertising and promotion. This is a fork of car dealership using made-up term "car supermakret" for purposes of product differentiation and positioning. A dealership with a lot more cars is still a dealership, but by pretending it's qualitatively different, it provides the justification to give prominent mention to specific brands over others in a special separate Wikipedia article. This article was originally created by a promotional single-purpose account to highlight Carcraft, and later other brands have hopped on the bandwagon with more non-encyclopedic marketing and promotion. Independent sources don't justify the existence of any of this content or the terminology. Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:05, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * RE: The rationale for keeping article in 2009 was that a car supermarket disrupted the local UK car market and led to changes in law. If there are any sources that verify this series of assertions and historical judgements, then a few sentences saying so can be added to car dealership. Sources saying this special category is notable are copiously lacking. Sadly, zero sources were cited in the first AfD discussion. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:20, 17 October 2017 (UTC)


 * All sections are heavily promotional. If all of them are removed, nothing worth keeping would be left. Delete for being a coatrack. Alexius08 (talk) 23:36, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge with car dealership. While the concept of the huge car dealership is a real concept, and apparently has made competition with standard car dealerships, I did a quick search and doesn't seem to be much valid RS talking about to any degree, so it doesn't seem to warrant its own page. Deathlibrarian (talk) 10:17, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:53, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:53, 18 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete no content worth keeping; the article is part a definition, and part promotional content such as "Top 50 Independent Car Dealers in 2013". power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 20:42, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Once removing all the promo content (which is most of the article) there is very little content of any notable value. None of which is properly sourced. Ajf773 (talk) 08:06, 19 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete with a redirect to Car dealership. Nothing significant here. Night  fury  08:21, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge what little can be salvaged (mostly just the lede) and redirect to Car dealership. Seems to be the same general thing. TimTempleton (talk)  (cont)  17:33, 24 October 2017 (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.