Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc.


 * 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 of the nomination was delete. (ESkog)(Talk) 02:58, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc.
Survived a prod. Article was created by repeat spammer whose sole contributions concern hotels linked to this group. Company is non notable per WP:CORP. Pascal.Tesson 15:01, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. 600 hotels built or under construction seems like a lot to me. No, it doesn't explicitly meet the standards at WP:CORP right now, but it's only a week old.  I'd be surprised if there wasn't third-party coverage of this company somewhere.  --Allen 15:05, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Note that the company's web page claims 400 hotels rather than 600. Note also that the company is not the owner of these hotels! They are just a franchising company and sign deals with hotel groups. Pascal.Tesson 15:15, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay; I'll remove my vote; I don't understand enough about how these deals work. But if I were a business traveller, and there were Microtel and Hawthorn Suites hotels in a lot of the big cities I visited, I would expect Wikipedia to show me something if I typed those names in.  Even if they're just a collection of hotels owned by independent groups, they would seem like a major hotel chain.  --Allen 15:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm afraid that simply using the adjective 'noted' in the text doesn't make the subject of the article notable. There may well be reasons why this is a notable company, but those reasons aren't stated and there has been plenty of time now for the initial poster to have added something.--MichaelMaggs 18:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. (Liberatore, 2006). 11:08, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per original nom. Fails WP:CORP, no actual notability, and the article's just sat here for a while instead of being cleaned up. --Coredesat talk. o.o;; 11:32, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. this is essentially a holding comapny for the two hotel chains listed in concurrent AfDs. The problem here is not the fact that no one has yet cleaned up the article, but rather the fact that the article itself is unneccesary.  young  american  (ahoy-hoy) 14:36, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, merge with Microtel] and Hawthorn Suites, with some fixes for POV problems. --AlexDW 17:23, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep This is part of one of the largest hotel operations in the world, as operated by the multi-billionaire Pritzker family. Choalbaton 04:13, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak delete or merge. If kept, needs to be cleaned-up and expanded.  68.50.203.109 08:31, 9 July 2006 (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.