Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whitesides

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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. Enochlau 05:10, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Whitesides

This was created by Tom Morton as part of a vanity crapflood. It was NPOV'd to (more or less) "whitesides is the premier taxi service in Lancashire, established 1880". I couldn't verify "premier" so I removed it. I now find that I can't verify the date either, and the small number of google hits for "whitesides taxi service" are mostly not even about this firm. So I'd say it fails WP:CORP Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 12:15, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Reading the original this looks more like {{db-attack}} than promotion. A taxi service with a driver who keeps forgetting his pickups? A taxi firm with the motto "There's never one when you want one"? (I'm beginning to think this Tom Morton is hoax or attack rather than promotion, as well). Either way, delete. Tonywalton  | Talk 12:59, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete - I could not verify anything in that article. HackJandy 16:05, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Comment the only thing that seems verifiable is the existence of a taxi firm called "Whiteside" in Lancashire: http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction.do?keywords=taxis&companyName=whitesides&location=LANCASHIRE&Submit.x=13&Submit.y=6&searchType=classic Tonywalton  | Talk 10:16, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
  • delete as above Pete.Hurd 21:26, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete as per JZG  RasputinAXP  talk contribs 22:11, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Ifnord 15:36, 2 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.