Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alien Workshop

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 Keep. --Ezeu 09:34, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alien Workshop

This is an advertisement for a skateboard company in Dayton, Ohio. No assertion of notability or evidence that it meets WP:CORP. The company's website has no Alexa ranking. Prod removed without comment by the page's creator. Based on the above I am recommending delete. --Hetar 05:30, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Google gives 844,000 hits for alien workshop skateboards [1]. That stands to reason that it is a notable company within that cultural sphere. IrishGuy 07:38, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Alien workshop appears on a short, independent list of skateboard manufacturers: [2]. There aren't that many skateboard manufacturers out there. Tag the article with {{cleanup-date}} and it will improve eventually. Mango juice^talk 12:19, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - 14,000 google hits actually. I have no opinion as to whether that justifies keeping or not. Metamagician3000 12:25, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:CORP has clear criteria for notability of a company, which this one fails. Kevin 12:26, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Except, it's not policy. I think there's a pretty good reason to have this article, as there aren't many skateboard producers on this level. Why should WP:CORP overrule that? Mango juice^talk 14:57, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, international, well known skateboard, clothing and accessory brand. Amazed they have such a crappy entry and unranked website, unless I'm missing something here? Deizio talk 14:27, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A bit more digging reveals they don't go in for too much self-promotion, corporate history or general showing-off on their site. Imo notable within this field, some of their t-shirts and wallets are approaching iconic, but they don't seem to care that we can't WP:V their wikipedia entry very well. Deizio talk 19:12, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Nothing in the article suggests that it's an especially notable skateboard company. Zaxem 18:28, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Mango. For great justice. 23:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
keep this is a notable skateboard company erasing it makes no sense at all Yuckfoo 19:08, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Well-known skateboard company which has sponsored some notable skateboarders. 20:03, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Keep One of the most important skateboard companies around, their art and films have inspired many in and outside of the skteboarding world. 20:03, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

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