Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trading competition


 * 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. Spartaz Humbug! 05:27, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Trading competition

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Appears to be a thinly-veiled promotional attempt in violation of WP:SOAP, consisting wholly of assertions not supported (and largely unsupportable to V and RS standards. Author appears to be creating a number of very similar articles (such as Financial gaming, also a present candidate for deletion) for the apparent purpose of promoting related websites. Scheinwerfermann (talk) 21:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge with Financial gaming, although the to and from of such a merge is unclear. Wikify and chop out the filler and external links to commercial sites. The subject is a common enough occurance that it should be possible to find sources in the process of merging. Usrnme h8er (talk · contribs) 09:46, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Game-related deletion discussions.  -- the wub  "?!"  18:32, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete or speedy. Essentially the same content as, , . &mdash;Korath (Talk) 20:25, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Financial betting seems to be the currently-least-objectionable article in this walled garden (though I've been fooled before), so maybe redirect there. &mdash;Korath (Talk)
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