Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slimband


 * 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. Courcelles (talk) 02:55, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Slimband

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unreferenced promotional article; I deleted via speedy but the contributor has asked for a review. The nearest thing I can find to a usable reference is, in a newspaper but appears a reprint of their press release. Perhaps someone can find better.  DGG ( talk ) 17:00, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt- non-notable (no coverage outside self-published sources) and promotional. Reposted and speedily deleted multiple times. Claritas (talk) 17:08, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt - same reason as above. Article started as promotional article and has not improved much. Netalarm   poke  17:56, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Adjustable gastric band and full-protect the redirect. The page is nothing more than an advert for a specific brand of gastric band. --Orlady (talk) 18:35, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that would be an inappropriate redirect per WP:REDIRECT - A redirect may be deleted] "if the redirect constitutes self-promotion or spam." I don't see "slimband" being a plausible search term, seeing the company's lack of notability, so I'm still strongly in favour of deletion. Claritas (talk) 19:43, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * My suggestion was inspired by the fact that I didn't know what the generic term for this kind of band is, but found the appropriate article largely because "Lap Band" and "Lap-band" both redirect to adjustable gastric band. "Lap-Band", is a registered trademark for a particular brand of gastric band, and is identified in that article as an alternative term for the topic. If one brand name for this product redirects to that article, shouldn't competing brand names also direct there? --Orlady (talk) 20:05, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: Not necessarily, it appears that lap-band, despite being an actual brand, is also a common name for the procedure: 1, 2, 3 and others confirm this assessment and can be found with a google search of "adjustable gastric band" (without quotes). None of these sites appear to be affiliated with the brand lap-band either. So the redirect for lap-band makes sense because the procedure could easily be confused with this term, and doesn't serve as promotion for the brand. Maintaining this article, based on lack of notoriety, seems like it would serve primarily to promote the product. Further, the argument to redirect seems to be a WP:WAX argument. As was stated previously by Claritas, people aren't likely to search for something that is not well known to begin with. Lap-band is well known (if not for being a product, than for being a common nickname for the procedure), slimband doesn't share this justification for being a redirect. ialsoagree (talk) 01:57, 28 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:46, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:47, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Looks like promotional material to me... I can find nothing to support notability for this specific brand.  I note that Adjustable gastric band has a section for specific trade names, all of which are well referenced, so if citations can be found perhaps an appropriate sentence could be added to that article.  Accounting4Taste: talk 20:21, 31 May 2010 (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.