Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Life Alert

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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 01:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Life Alert

advertising pure and simple and doesn't appear notable Spartaz 14:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment It appaears that the product has been mentioned in papers for it's services for emergency situations[1]. Also, the president of the company, has appeared to have won an award from Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year[2], I'm not entirely sure of that award's notability, so I'll just place what I found here. Yanksox 15:13, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Advertisement. Fails WP:CORP. Not notable. Ismusee 15:16, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Clearly satisfies WP:CORP. (The last link for consumer complaints about the company suggests that advertisement is no longer correct, even if grounds for deletion.) — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 20:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment - why not have article on these devices in general, since there are many companes that make them. Mattisse 12:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I can write an article about this, but will Wikipedia allow me to just simply list top 5-10 companies that offer the product?

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Mailer Diablo 17:48, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to an article about these devices and the respective corporations like Mattisse said. Perhaps I've fallen and I can't get up can be merged with this new page. SliceNYC 01:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Comment to above: I would recommend leaving the 'I've fallen and I can't get up' article where it is. It was created years ago as an example of a catch phrase, and the fact that one of these sorts of companies popularized the phrase was completely secondary to who said it, when, and examples of its use. I could certainly see 'Emergency response bracelets' being a 'See also' on that page, though. Skybunny 17:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I've added this article to Category:Companies of the United States. There is strong precedent for the inclusion of articles about notable companies, and as this company is the most-well known manufacturer of these devices I believe the article is keepworthy. ONUnicorn 16:43, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as advertising. if this were a real attempt at being encyclopedic, it'd be a generalized article about the devices in general. The one mention of consumer complaints (as an external link) doesn't come nearly to any sort of level of fairness or openness about the topic. Being "best known" (though this is as yet an undocumented claim) doesn't matter in terms of the article being pure advertisement. It's all about one company and its services. Tychocat 10:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep but expand Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 13:34, 5 August 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.