Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sod Solutions


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The result was keep. czar ⨹   22:54, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Sod Solutions

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This promotional article was evidently written by an undisclosed paid contributor. The vast majority of the article's claims are unreferenced. The references which do exist do not provide significant coverage of the company (and many of them don't mention it at all, or look to be reprinted press releases). Psychonaut (talk) 19:42, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom - Clearly promotional. – Davey 2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 21:36, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cunards sources, The promo gone so no reason to delete. – Davey 2010 Talk 21:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete - No coverage in reliable sources to establish notability. — Joaquin008  ( talk ) 21:00, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The article notes: "Elmer Kirkland, a tobacco-chewing 68-year-old, who had an elementary school education, has developed and patented new sods selling in America, Argentina, Brazil, Australia and South Africa. So around the world, the grass truly is greener because of Elmer and Stella Kirkland, and their children, who have run a sod farm in New Smyna Beach since 1956. The family's roots in the grass business reach back as far as the 1930s. But the mom-and-pop team, now stockholders in two companies -- Kirkland Sod, owned and run by their children, and Sod Solutions, a distribution company based in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. -- has accomplished much more than just letting the grass grow under their feet. ...  After a year of DNA testing and written and photographic reports on field tests of the new product, the two men began Sod Solutions, which Wagner describes as 'the largest patented controlled grass producer that has been.'  Recently Sod Solutions has applied for two new patents for Zoysia grasses, named Empire and Empress."  The article notes: "Tobey A. Wagner says the grass is greener - and healthier - on his side of the fence. Wagner is president of Sod Solutions Inc., a Mount Pleasant-based firm that has developed and patented a new variety of St. Augustine grass, one that tolerates shade, drought and cold. ... After getting the patent in 1994 and starting Sod Solutions, Wagner began promoting the product."  The article notes: "Sod Solutions, a South Carolina-based company, was recently issued a patent on their new turfgrass, Palmetto St. Augustine. The first commercial crop of Palmetto will be harvested this spring in Florida, Texas, and South Carolina."  The article notes: "A new sod is taking root in Florida. Sod Solutions of West Columbia, S.C., has developed Palmetto St. Augustine, a natural hybrid that keeps its color and appearance in conditions too cold or too dry for other St. Augustine grasses. 'It has a deeper root system that makes it more tolerant to drought,' says Tobey Wagner, the patent holder. 'The grass holds up between waterings, has a deep green color and is a finer bladed St. Augustine.' Discovered in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., the native grass was originally intended for the upper Southern states and Southeast coast because of its cold tolerance. But Wagner says when its shade tolerance was discovered, it took off here. Out of the 36 companies licensed to grow Palmetto, 18 are in Florida.  'Florida has it all - heat, drought and excessive rain,' Wagner says. 'It did real well, especially in southwest Florida where they had over 100 inches of rain.'  Sod Solutions has tested the grass for six years, including demonstration sites at Universal Studios, Disney Studios and Mounts Botanical Gardens in West Palm Beach." There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Sod Solutions to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 04:59, 2 January 2015 (UTC) </ul> <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   10:57, 2 January 2015 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  02:37, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:GNG. VMS Mosaic (talk) 03:51, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep I beleive that the sources pointed out by along with the ones already included in the article are enough to establish notability. I agree with  that the article was promotional, so I have done a significant trimming of the promotional and unsourced content, so in my opinion it now meets WP:V and is no longer promotional.--Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 08:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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