Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SalvageSale, 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 debate was keep. Woohookitty^{(cat scratches)} 11:13, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] SalvageSale, Inc.

Appears to be nothing but an advert for a company - Akamad 22:07, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Im sorry, but this is not an advert. It does not try to sell anything. It does, however, chronicle information about the company, much as eBay, Baazee.com, Huuto.net, Mercado_Libre, Tradera, IBM, Walmart etc. If this article should be deleted, then all of the above should also be deleted. - Fasterfester 22:20, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

• Also is a copyright vio: [1], so I've nominated for speedy delete. Akamad
• Delete Consider keep if it's rewritten minus all of the marketing-speak. Is it notable/big enough to meet guidelines established in company inclusion guidelines? Jasmol 22:25, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

• Changing my vote to Keep. Copyright violations have been removed, and thus, no longer reads like an advert. Akamad 22:27, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

*Keeping my delete Quotes from the current version: '...is a one-of-a-kind marketplace.' Heading: 'Innovative Recovery, Incomparable Results'. I'm sorry, that still reads like an advert. I'm not 100% convinced it's big/notable enough to pass company inclusion guidelines. It's also woth noting that User:Fasterfester's only contributions have been to SalvageSale, suggesting a relationship with the company. Jasmol 22:31, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

• You guys are tough  :) market-speak is gone, as well as the company slogan, which is 'Innovative Recovery, Incomparable Results'. I say keep. - Fasterfester 22:49, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

*** Almost keep.....but the quote "has been a pioneer in changing the way the insurance industry treats salvage and end-of-life assets" still sounds a bit like an advert. Fasterfester mentions Tradera, Huuto.net, Baazee...none of those entries have any marketing-speak, they simply state facts and numbers. Why not mention the number of customers SalvageSale has? Jasmol 22:47, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

• Keep much as it pains me. There is sufficient evidence of notability per WP:WEB (informal) despite it probably failing WP:CORP (formal), not being publicly quoted (or at least not saying so on their website, which virtually every publicly quoted company does) it's hard to tell; it does look as if it a substantial and genuine company. But the text, even now as a stub, is still stated in excessively glowing terms. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] :: AfD? 23:02, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Last revision looks good. Regarding the last comment; I'm not sure if it fails WP:CORP; one of the criteria there is "has over a million customes," which the current revision states to be true. Jasmol 23:07, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
• Thanks, believe me, its just that it is a very large marketplace, and if there are other lesser known sites out that are on the WP, it seems that SS should be there too. Sorry for the market-speak, I completely understand now. - Fasterfester 23:19, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
• I will also annotate edits from now on also. Thanks!

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.