Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/888.com

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 merge and redirect to Cassava Enterprises. howcheng {chat} 17:02, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 888.com

Same as Casino on net, seemingly non notable ad. Also, has three things linking to it: A userpage of articels about websites, and Casino on net and Pacific Poker, both directly related to these people and ad-like. Casino on net is up for deletion (by me) as an ad, the other one was kept as somewhat notable. I don't exactly if these people are notable by relation. AfDing it to see. 68.39.174.238

• Keep, to quote the Financial Times "888.com, the world's largest internet casino operator in terms of numbers of visitors, aims to launch an initial public offering in London next Thursday that is expected to value the group at more than £700m ($1.3bn)." [1]. Also sub-200 Alexa rank [2] Kappa 04:18, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
  • If this is notable I would think it'd not be so orphaned around here. If I get a flood of keep votes and see them before anyone wants to delete I suspect I'll withdraw it. 68.39.174.238 04:55, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per WP:CORP. Kappa has cited a Financial Times article. This Ireland Online article indicates that the company has recently been added to the FTSE 250 on the London stock exchange see [3]. Capitalistroadster 05:37, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
  • That sounded like a 3rd party observer, but if it's legit, OK. Keep and/or redirect to online gambling. 68.39.174.238 06:00, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• As per Capitalistroadster and Kappa, the company satisfies the WP:CORP criteria (and is a datum supporting the assertion that companies that are used to calculate stock market indexes will satisfy the primary criterion by their very nature). Keep. Uncle G 07:47, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep for reason given. Calsicol 11:05, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep easily meets WP:CORP. Agnte 13:54, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, notable online casino. Rhobite 22:17, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Notable online casino, although Notability is not official Wikipedia policy, merely a guideline by which some but by no means all Wikipedians operate. The site exists and is verifiable. Jcuk 22:18, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, satisfies the criteria set by WP:CORP. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:25, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with Casino on net into 888 Holdings PLC Cassava Enterprises. The specific websites that 888 Holdings PLC Cassava runs aren't as notable as the company itself, which is notable for its prolonged and expansive pop-up advertisement campaign. --Stephen Deken 19:28, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment 888.com is the shirt sponsor of Middlesbrough F.C. howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 23:24, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
• I have boldly redirected this article to Cassava Enterprises, which I just created. --Stephen Deken 17:38, 20 December 2005 (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.