Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fukitol

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 DELETE. — JIP | Talk 08:19, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fukitol

Self-confessed viral marketing. Delete. --Scott Davis ^Talk 07:26, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Advertising.--Alhutch 07:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete self-promotion. -GTBacchus^(talk) 09:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete acknowledged advertising. Dpbsmith (talk) 17:44, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete --Pc13 22:10, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to List of chemical compounds with unusual names, where fucitol is listed as an entry. Denni ☯ 01:32, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • If it's to be redirected, I'd suggest direct to Fucitol, rather than to a list containing it, but I still think this is better deleted, as it does not seem to be a misspelling of fucitol. --Scott Davis ^Talk 10:19, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Fucitol. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:07, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• If Fukitol is deleted for "self-promotional" purposes because it is a commercial entity, then entries like Microsoft should also be deleted. What is the purpose of this Public Encyclopedia? Fukitol has been a spoof that has been around since 1974; and it's here to stay.

Entry: "Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) (HKSE: 4338) is the world's largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and more than 55,000 employees in 85 countries and regions." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.232.219.163 (talk • contribs)

• • One way to get the article to be accepted is to improve it. Reading the article at the moment, I can't tell if Fukitol is a drug (like Viagra), a website, a venture capital company (like Virgin Group), a long-running comedy skit, or a brandname looking for a product. The reason this article is presently proposed for deletion is summarised in the What Wikipedia is not policy. The fact that the article is unclear what Fukitol is, combined with a policy of guerilla marketing raises it as suspicious. --Scott Davis ^Talk 10:26, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, apparent advert or company/site vanity. Incoherent article. MCB 23:38, 23 November 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.