Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Institute of Cape Wine Masters

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 soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:46, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Institute of Cape Wine Masters[edit]

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Punchline is "unsalvageable promotional content". I see nothing other than self-promoting, probably paid, editing throughout the article history. There is very little that can be saved and I think it is better off deleted. MarcGarver (talk) 16:22, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Wine, Education, and South Africa. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:45, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I find references to this Masters thing in various obituaries, news pieces and the like, but always in regards to another person (Mr. XYZ who was a Cape Wine Master, did xyz thing). Regardless, there is no extensive coverage and this is PROMO with flowery language. Oaktree b (talk) 19:16, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The article has survived since 08:48, 17 July 2008‎. Gjs238 (talk) 12:00, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It should have been deleted then... I am astonished that something with no references, no apparent notability and so promotional has managed 15 years of life. MarcGarver (talk) 12:08, 19 July 2023 (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.