Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terrible one

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; keep. Johnleemk | Talk 01:47, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Terrible one

500 results for company name paired with one founder There's not much info on this company, so it probably doesn't have much of a market presence. That alone may not be enough to delete but PAIRED with the advertising tone, this article should be deleted.

Lotsofissues 01:30, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep — Other then the words "well-liked" (which I have removed) I didn't see too much evidence of POV. If you disagree, please specify what aspects of the article seem to be so. — Seven Days » talk 04:50, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Read the first paragraph: "Now one of the most respected companies in BMX, Terrible One continues to supply riders worldwide with quality bike parts and inspiration." How is it worthy of the superlative, "most respected", if no one discusses the brand? And then there's the sentimentality, "worldwide with quality bike parts and inspiration"...read on--It's a long advertisement. Lotsofissues 06:54, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Have tried to neutralise the tone a bit, but know nothing about the subject, so no vote Jcuk 08:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete reads like an ad, no claim to meeting WP:CORP. Werdna648^T/_C\^@ 09:01, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per Werdna648 doesn't meet notability criteria under WP:CORP. Atrian 12:07, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Rewrite casual tone 1st paragraph, rest of article is far too technical Mushin^talk 19:33, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. See [1] for some indication of market presence. Niche product, but appears prominent in that niche. If any BMXer here gives me an authoritative statement that this is not so I will change to delete. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 22:13, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable. --Terence Ong ^Talk 13:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The owners seem to be notable riders in the BMX scene, particularly Taj Mihelich, with outlets such as ESPN noting that "Taj Mihelich isn't a name many people outside of the BMX world know. But if you ask most serious riders who has most influenced them (and BMX in general) the past few years, Taj's name would be near the top of every list". If they are designing (and riding) their own frames, that's got to be notable too. A recent Terrible One video apparently featured some of "BMX's most influential and legendary riders". The company, and their key product, the Barcode, seem to have a good reputation. I think we need to be careful when looking at notability within niche markets, and I don't think we should be discounting niche products solely on the basis of the amount of web hits they get. The content of some of those hits suggests to me that this subject is notable within that field, and I think it would be a shame to lose one of the few articles we have in this area. The article should, incidentally, be moved to Terrible One if it survives this AfD. - N (talk) 23:21, 15 January 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.