Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bloxers

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The result was delete. Sandstein 20:58, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bloxers

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The title of the article is a commercial protologism; there is insufficient evidence yet of notability. (The article was prodded shortly after creation, but the prod message was removed.) --Lambiam 21:58, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Boxers - Hmmm. I've been keeping an eye on this article out of curiosity. Not surprised it came to AFD. There was a lot of international media flurry in July 2015. At least two French articles - [1], [2]; Italian [3], Indonesian [4], and Dutch [5], alongside dozens of English language articles. So there was definitely a flurry of international interest in mid-July, but it is clearly too soon and pretty much equivalent to a single event. Enough for a mention in Boxers at this point, but let's see if they're still getting coverage a year or so later. For now, merge and if they continue the way they've started, then an article sounds like a good idea, but for now - TOO SOON. Mabalu (talk) 22:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The media attention echoed the info in their press kit and was clearly due to the curiosity value, but, as far as I can tell, the product is not in production. You can "preorder" one via their website for $29.99, but the Indiegogo campaign ended with 12% of its goal and only 81 backers, so there is room for doubt that this will ever enter production. --Lambiam 10:34, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK 04:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK 04:14, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Pure WP:ADVERT for a product never put into production with the usual Kickstarter-like buzzspeak to distract that a mainstream product like this is likely already on the market. Nate • (chatter) 15:52, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for now as I'm not seeing much better improvement here. SwisterTwister talk 20:30, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 20:31, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Too much of an advertisement. Although it has made headlines on Google News, they are mainly clickbait. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:38, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nom and above editors. At best WP:TOOSOON, and definitely too promotional. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:22, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.