Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finland University


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The result was delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 17:57, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Finland University

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The subject of this article is a company/brand owned by three Finnish universities, which is intended to help foreign students with their applications to these universities, and inform them about life in Finland. It was created by a user with the same user name as the company. The article was PROD tagged by me, but the tag was removed because this had been recently accepted in AFC.

The problem with the article as initially accepted was that it contained mostly content that had nothing to do with this company: information about Finland, and about education in Finland, which is already covered in the relevant articles (I've checked). None of the existing references mentioned the marketing brand Finland University. I have removed several sections from the article for this reason, and what remains makes no claim to notability. I have found no sources in English or Swedish (I don't speak Finnish, but it would be reasonable to expect at least a few Swedish-language sources for this subject) other than press releases and other primary sources.

Bottom line: does not meet WP:NCORP or WP:GNG. The participating universities are obviously very notable, but their combined marketing effort is not notable in itself. bonadea contributions talk 08:59, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Finland-related deletion discussions. bonadea contributions talk 09:55, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. bonadea contributions talk 09:55, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. bonadea contributions talk 09:55, 31 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - this is a business, altho probably a not for profit one. It fails CORP (or ORG, as they are two different shortcuts to the same target), per the nominator. As this organization is a joint venture of three seperate notable institutions, there isn't a good target for a redirect. Ultimately, it would seem this kind of organization should be somewhat transparent anyway. There are thousands of manufacturer's representatives in the US. None of them are notable and most likely wouldn't want to be. This outfit has far more similarities to a manufacturer's rep than to an educational institution. John from Idegon (talk) 10:16, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - this is some kind of advertorial masquerading as an article.Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:51, 6 January 2017 (UTC)


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