Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Normanton Telecoms

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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 09:08, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Normanton Telecoms

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Does not appear to be a notable telecommunications company, as a search for coverage in reliable sources failed to find much of use. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:46, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Companies House Ofcom and a independent adjudication service aren't reliable?? Just a point but could you explain this reliability to me as I don't think I understand the same English language as you. Bobbywithtechies (talk) 01:49, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. What Wikipedia needs for a company article is evidence that it meets the notability standards described in WP:NCORP. Mere evidence of existence, which is all that Companies House and Ofcom appear to offer, is not sufficient. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:05, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The sources are reliable for existence; they are not reliable for purposes of showing the firm to be notable, because they are just directories that include all companies. DGG ( talk ) 05:54, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep. I've personally used this company - yes they're cheap and they're reliable. Notable perhaps but this is a encyclopedia - this is where everyone comes to for information. It is a actual company that trades globally and works - people need to know about it. Tedsocha20459 (talk) 12:37, 25 December 2016 (UTC) [reply]

Striking vote by Checkuser confirmed sockpuppet. SW3 5DL (talk) 16:01, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

New account just registered, only edit. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:53, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Bought a phone from here, was cheap and absolutely brilliant, excellent customer service Laurengeee (talk) 12:43, 25 December 2016 (UTC) (taken from Talk page) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbywithtechies (talk • contribs) [reply]
New account (User:Laurengeee) just registered, only edit. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:01, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No authoritative references show notability. The majority of references are to the subject's own website. Some stated facts that appear to contradict notability: "The company claims to have over 200 customers in October 2016" and "The company is still headquartered from <the CEO's> garage". Wikipedia is not a directory.--Rpclod (talk) 13:38, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Company has requested customers to attempt to keep the page. A company can be still headquatered from a garage with regional offices and still have a large staff directory and customer book. Bobbywithtechies (talk) 18:19, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "Company has requested customers to attempt to keep the page"?--Rpclod (talk) 18:23, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The company has sent a mass email to all customers via their mailing list to get them to put keep on this page. Bobbywithtechies (talk) 19:50, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete if my memory serves correctly, I nominated this for deletion ages ago and it was deleted because it was purely promotional in nature. I'll try find the old AfD, but delete because it's not notable in anyway (as shown on article). st170e^talk 00:47, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the older AfD: here. st170e^talk 00:55, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As such, it should be subject to deletion under criteria for speedy deletion G4. I recommend that whoever closes this AfD consider salting "Normanton Telecom" and variations.--Rpclod (talk) 01:30, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:RS. There are no articles in reliable sources that focus on this company, just listed in a directories. Wikipedia is not a free publicity site. SW3 5DL (talk) 15:58, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Checkuser note: Tedsocha20459 is a Confirmed sock puppet of Bobbywithtechies. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bobbywithtechies.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:08, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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