Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global Standard Bank


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 23:26, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Global Standard Bank

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The website is brand new, not quoted by any media, is unknown to all but a handful of people, and has no significance whatsoever. Imperi (talk) 23:11, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, with no prejudice against recreating it if more reliable sources can be found. Right now it seems to be too soon, and doesn't pass WP:COMPANIES yet. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:06, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It has a small claim to notability, but no third party references. Delete unless refs turn up. Hairhorn (talk) 00:35, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - The first draft was highly WP:PROMO, and I tagged it for speedy deletion db-g11. The creator then removed the worst of the marketing, leaving the sole claim to notability that it was "the first Bitcoin bank". But it's not a bank, and it's non-notable per WP:COMPANY, with no significant coverage online from WP:Reliable sources. Gurt Posh (talk) 02:53, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - The domain itself was only registered 10 days ago. I fail to see how WP:N could possibly be met at this time. Of course, this doesn't stop the article from being recreated one Global Standard Bank has received broader coverage from reliable sources. Sailing to Byzantium (talk) 03:46, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails WP:CORP. They are starting to get some notability, but on sites like Scam Fraud Alert.. --John Nagle (talk) 17:21, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * (It gets worse. The picture they show of their offices, with their logo on the front, is a Photoshopped version of a picture of a building in Seattle, which does not have their logo. Wikipedia is being used to make a scam look legitimate.) --John Nagle (talk) 00:28, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Global Standard Bank has been heard from. See Talk:Global_Standard_Bank. They admit using faked pictures but deny criminal intent.--John Nagle (talk) 16:07, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 11 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per lack of notability even if it was 10 days ago, a newspaper or TV station would mentioned them if they were so important. I didn't get any media coverage mentions on both Google and Yahoo, except for a investment and accounting firm with the partial of the name being Global. The article can come back when coverage is found. SwisterTwister   talk  05:28, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:ORG. There may be an article in  the making  if it  is exposed as a scam that  attracts reliable and extensive media attention, but  that's not  for now. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:11, 12 July 2011 (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.