Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Independent business alliance

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 ambiguous. The straight vote count is 2-1 for keeping. However, when reviewing the article myself, I agree that this is more essay than encyclopedia article. Furthermore, I believe that the current text is a violation of Wikipedia:No original research. While there are groups that call themselves various names including variants of "independent business alliance", I am unconvinced that this is a significant social phenomenon about which there has been any significant independent press. Moreover, I do not believe that the many organizations using this name would all agree with the set of goals and/or aspirations which the article attributes to them.

However, even with my own opinion, that merely reaches 2-2. I am closing this as a "no consensus" decision. As an ordinary editor, I am also tagging it as a possible WP:NOR violation and a possible WP:V violation. If the article is not cleaned up in a reasonable period of time, it may be appropriate to renominate it for deletion. Rossami (talk) 06:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Independent business alliance

Some sort of advert? Or essay? Anyway I think it shouldn't be here -Doc ^ask? 22:39, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Google shows[1] these groups exist in many cities. They are "member-supported, non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the locally-owned independent business community"[2]. The article needs cleanup but this is notable. Monkeyman^(talk) 23:12, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Monkeyman. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 10:46, 22 February 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.