Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian Toilet Cartel

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 was delete. fishhead64 01:01, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian Toilet Cartel[edit]

Should have been speedied; the author removed the speedy tag multiple times; no empirical sources; appears to be a non-notable news incident, violating WP:N and arguably WP:NONSENSE; Delete --Mhking 14:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete People buying six-litre flush toilets I do understand. It's something that happens. A cartel of criminals trafficking in such toilets? I'm not seeing this one. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 15:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - It may sound like an implausible idea, but the author has provided multiple sources, some of which qualify as reliable under WP:RS. As such, it just about passes the "multiple non-trivial coverage" criterion in WP:N. I'm not sure all the information in the article is verifiable, and it does need a cleanup, but that's not necessarily a reason for deletion. Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 17:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete (but not speedy) - the Time article is real but none of the cited sources describe a cartel or even use the word. So delete as original research which distorts sources into presenting a point of view they do not explicitly state (aka novel synthesis). Resurgent insurgent 17:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Resurgent insurgent above. Most of the sources cited don't even mention any kind of "Canadian Toilet Cartel", and the only Google hit for that phrase is [1], which doesn't count as a reliable source. The author seems to have augmented this with original research. Hut 8.5 20:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge the verified information to toilet. The title is problematic, but the "toilet" article could use something besides a list of slang anyway. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 20:17, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete given that the sources appear not to stand up. Capitalistroadster 02:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep well-documented phenomenon and well-referenced article. -Leastdays 01:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There is the possibility of a merge with Toilet as an incidental paragraph in a new section entitled Low flush toilets. The "Cartel" in question is purely a humorous phrase used by Dave Barry in relation to Canadian regulation on low flush toilets. The "references" in the article are mainly to the introduction of low flush toilets in Canada. Other than a link to Barry's book, the only reference to the Cartel is in reference 3 - the other references are about low flush toilets. The article - intentional or not - as it stands is more of a support for Dave Berry's book than an article of merit in an encyclopedia. SilkTork 18:41, 21 April 2007 (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.