Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bashas'

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 NO CONSENSUS. I realise this decision swims against the tide but Firsfron offers a (unsubstantiated) claim that would probably mean this was kept if it had been made about 3 or 4 days earlier, references problems notwithstanding. I fully appreciate the importance of WP:V, but the photos do at least attest that they are not some corner shop somewhere. A new AfD would be needed to cause deletion, I think. -Splash^talk 01:23, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bashas'

Non-notable grocery store which clearly fails our guidelines for inclusion of companies. First version was clearly an advert, and attempts to de-POV it were initially met with vandalism (see the AN). Some of the more blatant advertising language has since been taken out, but most of it is still unverifiable (the only source is the company's own website etc), and this is still not a good encyclopaedia article, just a bad advert. Delete. --Malthusian (talk) 12:06, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as unverifiable. --Terence Ong 14:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Seems to fail guidelines. Elf-friend 14:22, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 01:23, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. Someone may also want to look at the vandal's other contributions through User:Pjh1810, User:Frys104, User:Ryanlong. I think I've gone through and cleaned up or tagged most advertising language, including that found in this article, but I may have missed some others, given rampant page duplication, moves, and redirects. — Rebelguys2 ^talk 02:16, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I agree with the above. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire) Fair use policy} 02:44, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• I vote Keep if it can somehow be cleaned up, now that it appears the vandalism and endless reverts from one user have ended. Bashas' are a big chain in this state, and I think a grocery chain with over a hundred locations is notable. --Firsfron 07:11, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

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