Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Webrepublic


 * 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. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:09, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Webrepublic

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The Webrepublic page is the creation of user, a new single-purpose account which performed a handful of minor edits (wikilinking town, city, etc. on a few pages) on its first day. Five days later, Webrepublic launched fully formed, sprung as if from the brow of Zeus. (This is what User:Bri has called  "this gaming of autoconfirmed" and "a repeated tactic employed by UPEs*. Create account, 10 quick edits, sleep 4 days, drop a fully formed article." )  [UPEs* = undisclosed paid editors] 

That day, User:Cabayi tagged it for speedy deletion per G11 and A7; User:SoWhy declined about half an hour later. Bri tagged it the following day for proposed deletion; User:Kudpung tagged it for multiple issues including coi, notability (companies), and unreliable sources the day after that. Marstad removed all of these notices on the third day. I replaced the issues tags (but not the prod, because those are not supposed to be re-added) and, after more thought, blocked the account and posted a Uw-soablock notice on the user's talk page.

Whether or not it is a notable company, someone who clearly has an unencyclopedic stake in getting a company's polished image established on Wikipedia should not be the one to plant it here and Wikipedia should not reward that. – Athaenara ✉  07:35, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 07:58, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 07:58, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Switzerland-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 07:58, 23 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. Whether t'is notable in the mind of Marstad, we don't have to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous spam and paid editing. The en.Wiki is not that hard up for articles of this kind. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:54, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. UPE = G11. Cabayi (talk) 09:00, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. WP:NOTADVERTISING is a foundational policy of Wikipedia and overrides the notability guideline. System-gamers need to understand the gig is up. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:52, 23 January 2018 (UTC)


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