Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Opera south

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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 was delete.--Wizardman 20:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Opera south

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This article is written in the style of an advertisement. John254 23:39, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete; violates WP:SPAM --Mhking 00:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and rewrite. The solution for unacceptable writing is rewriting, not deleting. Fg2 01:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment -- Actually, per Wikipedia:Spam#Advertisements_masquerading_as_articles, articles written as advertisements should be deleted, since the rate at which spammers can add spam articles to Wikipedia exceeds our ability to rewrite them. Indeed, there is such a great interest in deleting spam articles that there is actually a criterion for speedy deletion, CSD G11, just to deal with them. John254 01:52, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep this article on a notable organization, which has been active for years, and source it properly. We can deal with the many true and indisputable G11s better if we don't wast time arguing over the ones that are potentially encyclopedic. DGG 06:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Comment. Active for years? The article itself says that that the group was founded in 2006, and its Web site specifies November 2006. Deor 14:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless re-written. Though it may be a notable organization, it reads like a promotional brochure. Probably meets G11 speedy criterion, which applies if an article "need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic." — ERcheck (talk) 07:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Spend less time bickering and more editing 5 or 6 words to make this article better conform to your standards. You should not delete this article unless you intrnd on deleting others such as the Atlanta Symphony, etc. Plus, this was not copied and pasted. That is hearsay, petty, and ridiculous. All of these are my original words. Get a life.

Smitheys1 03:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete it is an advertisement. The author, Smitheys1, has created numerous versions of this. OperaSouth was speedied three times, Atlanta Opera (which was created simply to promote OperaSouth) has also been speedied. This is just a different spelling. The latter two have been recreated numerous times and should be deleted as well if this article is. Smitheys1 is a single purpose account who simply adds advertisements for this organization to Wikipedia. IrishGuy talk 02:16, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per IrishGuy above. Deor 14:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Delete per deleted recreation. BlackBear 15:15, 30 March 2007 (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.