Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unilever Axe/Dove controversy


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 08:42, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Unilever Axe/Dove controversy
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Basically, this article takes a complaint a few newspapers (and blogs) ran with about the Axe body spray ad campaign, and turns it into an article. It's not a totally non-notable concept, but it's hardly some raging controversy. It's a consumer complaint, a media critique... it's not a movement, and the complaints have largely come and gone, as far as I can tell. It's notable enough to mention in Axe (Lynx) and maybe Unilever (and it is mentioned in both), but to have a standalone article is basically to claim a few newspaper articles here and there make a mere product complaint notable. Rividian (talk) 21:42, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment — should this article be kept, this must be renamed to exclude the / mark, as it gives the impression that there exists a subpage somewhere. MuZemike  ( talk ) 00:08, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The "controversy" could be mentioned in the articles on both Axe and Dove. It is not notable enough to stand on its own, being one event. Also the opening two sentences say that the criticism are policially motivated because Unilever is a multinationional company.  This is uncited original research and could also be a BLP violation against the critics. Steve Dufour (talk) 02:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete About as notable as your average outraged parents campaign, which are a dime a dozen. Many average people usually don't make the connection between Dove and Axe being distributed by the same company unless someone rabble rouses their attention. The Axe criticisms are addressed in the parent article anyways.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 04:39, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete WP is not a place to air dirty laundry. Place referenced criticism of Axe ads in Axe body spray. Don't act like you're confused when a cosmetics conglomerate makes hypocritical advertising! Potatoswatter (talk) 08:32, 26 October 2008 (UTC)


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