Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guingon Group of Companies


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The result was delete. North America1000 21:15, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Guingon Group of Companies

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I can't find any proof of this company's existence -- I looked over the links in the past revisions and there is no archived page except for 404-type pages. There is a chance that the article is a blatant hoax, but I can't identify it as that myself. If this is not a hoax, then this could be deleted for lack of notability. TheGGoose (talk) 02:26, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:21, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete: almost certainly a hoax. The "Key people" started off as initials; later revealed by the only other substantive editor (named "Guingon") than the original (IP single-purpose) as various people called "Guingon"; with offices around the world, income of 100,000,000,000 yen, and no trace of a mention on the web other than copies of the WP article. I tried searching in Japanese (hampered by not knowing the standard American(?) pronunciation) but found nothing on: Guingon グインゴン　ガンゴン　ギンゴン　ホルディング etc. I also see that the history is mostly one of evading deletion... if the company is this elusive, they are not notable. Imaginatorium (talk) 04:33, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as a likely hoax. I should note that the user who originally created the article (the one with the same name as the company), twice tried to have it speedily deleted under WP:G7, only to have other editors refuse that: and . Michitaro (talk) 03:53, 10 April 2016 (UTC)


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