Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geek Housecalls


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The result was   delete. —  Aitias  // discussion 22:27, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Geek Housecalls

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This is a question of the WP:ONEVENT minnow and the whale. To the extent that the lawsuit is notable, it belongs under Best Buy or Geek Squad. Fine to userify the refs or the text so it can be added where appropriate. Bongo matic  10:32, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I believe that the minnow is notable for having fought back and succeeded in spite of the whale's overwhelming resources. Particularly in light of how many other small players with 'geek' in their names simply caved when imperial Geek Squad threatened them.--Atrask (talk) 16:24, 4 February 2009 (UTC) 
 * Merge and delete Should go under Geek Squad. §FreeRangeFrog 19:58, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:50, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical  Cyclone  00:22, 9 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep It says "no affiliation to Best Buy Company or Best Buy's Geek Squad". Its a different company.  Seeing how many major news sources did articles about them, makes them notable. Dream Focus (talk) 01:27, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - against what might be an obvious case for inclusion, due to the media coverage criterion, I would argue that common sense says that a local company that happened to find themselves in a lawsuit that was covered by local media does not belong for any reason in an encyclopedia. What encyclopedic value is there to including such an article? If people want their services, they can consult a directory. If they want to learn about the lawsuit, they can find the coverage easily. J L G 4 1 0 4  02:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:ONEVENT seems applicable. A Lawsuit would tend to be a Primary source as it is only a legal record of events that was instigated by the the parties involved, and should not be considered. Without these "references", I cannot see what makes them notable?  Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  05:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep by this reasoning, IBM's loss of the rights to PC-DOS to the fledgeling Microsoft would have been suitable as a footnote in IBM's wiki, but wouldn't be adequately notable for Microsoft to have their own wiki? Is size all that matters here folks? When I open an encyclopedia, I do so in search of things I don't know. If the encyclopedia only contains things I do know (e.g. 'Geek squad is the biggest and most successful business of their kind'), then what value does it have? What is the value of singling out Best Buy/Geek Squad, and knighting them king of their industry, when the stories of the rest of the players in that industry aren't told, particularly stories like the Geek Housecalls story which sheds some light on the methods Geek Squad employed to achieve their position?--Atrask (talk) 13:06, 11 February 2009 (UTC) — Atrask (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.  Bongo  matic  02:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)  —Atrask (talk • contribs) has a conflict of interest with respect to this topic.  Bongo  matic  02:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


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