Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fatbike (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 delete.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 17:01, 25 May 2010 (UTC) AfDs for this article: 

Fatbike

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One sentence orphaned article about a commercial bicycle manufacturer. Nominated for deletion once before, no consensus was reached. Sources have gone dead since, with the exception of the company's own blog and homepage. The product they sell (a bicycle that can ride over snow) is not particularly notable as it is already covered in-depth at Winter biking MidnightDesert (talk) 01:24, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sources are never "gone." Sometimes hyperlinks to them expire, but that doesn't mean the sources magically disappeared and never existed.  They're just harder to access now.--Oakshade (talk) 03:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I didn't say they were "gone," I said they had "gone dead." I was attempting to indicate that they turned up 404 or non-existent pages. Nor did I imply that they "magically" disappeared. I don't know if the publications moved the pages to new URLs or if they took them offline after a period of time. It is my belief that this page is non-notable even with the sources, however. Please see the previous AfD discussion for this article. The sources were all passing references to the operation of this company in Alaska. That does not pass WP:CORP and it does not make the company any more encyclopedia-notable than any other small-business in the U.S. that might be mentioned in a periodical. Part of the reason why no consensus was reached last time was because an expansion of the page was proposed. Said expansion never materialized, in fact, other than bots there have been practically no edits to this article since that AfD closed. At the moment the page is one-sentence long. It states that a company exists in Alaska and makes no claims for notability. -MidnightDesert (talk) 03:25, 19 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - The Anchorage Daily News does appear to have given this topic significant coverage, not just a "passing mention" as the nom claimed. --Oakshade (talk) 03:37, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: According to WP:CORP "A single independent source is almost never sufficient for demonstrating the notability of an organization" so some additional sources would be helpful. The real question, however, is not whether this company has ever been mentioned in media. The question is how that article (or any other) establishes notability for the subject. The mere fact that this company exists and manufactures snow bikes is, by itself, not inherently notable. If that is all we have then at most it probably warrants a mention in the Winter biking article as a notable manufacturer of snow bicycles (assuming it is one). It would be extremely helpful if you could use the Anchorage Daily News article to expand the article and establish notability for the company or its product. I would but I don't have access to that particular website (nl.newsbank). -MidnightDesert (talk) 03:57, 19 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. Article does not establish notability of the topic. A single news article in the Anchorage Daily News is not sufficient.  Gobonobo  T C 19:23, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I can't find any significant coverage. -- Nuujinn (talk) 00:20, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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