Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Online car shopping


 * 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 --Allen3 talk 01:12, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Online car shopping

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This is essentially a how-to guide (something that WP is not) on using the Internet in car-buying research; it is unsourced and largely orphaned; and it is not clear that the topic is notable. A sourced article about e-commerce for automobile selling would be worthwhile, but it would be better to start from scratch than to try to convert this article. Orlady (talk) 17:11, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.   —Orlady (talk) 17:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, for violation of WP:NOTHOWTO. This article reads as a HOWTO purchase a car online. It is not written in an encyclopedic manner, violates large portions of the Manual of Style, and even addresses the reader in first person. The structure of article builds up around a guide, offering advantages and disadvantages for a purchaser, and simply assumes the reader will take such a position. So while this articles topic may be suitable for Wikipedia, this prose fails to be encyclopedic. If the entire article is completely rewritten, then I might consider revising my vote. I however believe it would be easier to start at scratch. Arsenikk (talk)  18:03, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete, per Orlady. Carl.bunderson (talk) 19:09, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete this dead link farm Libertycents (talk) 16:23, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - The topic of online automobile retailing is notable. There is certainly economic studies about it.  But this article's content is in now way suitable as a starting point for such an article.  As such it's better to delete and allow it to be built from scratch. -- Whpq (talk) 19:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and Arsenikk. Qaddosh| contribstalk 16:19, 25 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete, seems to be copied from some Chinese web site. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 04:44, 28 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Nice find. I thought I might share that the article was created by a single purpose spam account, Brady01. A quick google search reveals profiles elsewhere with the same name promoting the same site. Libertycents (talk) 13:25, 28 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete unnecessary as it is part of a bigger, already covered topic on online shopping.  Marlith  (Talk)   04:46, 28 June 2008 (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.