Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Main Event Entertainment

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The result was keep. Essentially, sources were supplied and none of them were rebuked. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:33, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Main Event Entertainment

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Completely unreferenced and semi-advertorialized article about a company with no credible claim to passing WP:CORP. As always, every company is not automatically entitled to have an article just because it exists -- it has to have a proper claim of notability, supported by enough reliable source coverage in media to clear WP:CORPDEPTH, and does not get to keep an unreferenced article that reads like it was written by the company's own marketing staff. We're an encyclopedia, not a free public relations platform. Bearcat (talk) 15:15, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unsourced advertorial article for an organisation which fails WP:CORPDEPTH. First few pages of hits are its own website, social media and a lot of local coverage of events at its various locations, but nothing substantial from WP:RS about the company itself. Neiltonks (talk) 16:01, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:11, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:11, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete There are no references that meet the criteria for establishing independent and there is no indications that this company is notable. Fails GNG and WP:NCORP. HighKing⁺⁺ 17:32, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Searching for sources reveals scores of newspaper articles regarding locations opening throughout the US. While the article reads as a promotional piece currently, the subject does appear to pass both WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:GNG. Ifnord (talk) 17:30, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Ifnord Daask (talk) 21:28, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: User:Ifnord suggests there are scores of newspaper articles, but doesn't cite any specifically. Please list a few, so people can evaluate them.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 16:53, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RoySmith, the obligation is on the nominator, per WP:BEFORE. However, one could look at: [1]; [2]; [3], [4]; [5]; [6]; [7]; [8]... I underestimated when I said scores, a Google search "Main Event Entertainment" -wikipedia shows well over a thousand hits. From flipping through the first half dozen pages, the bulk of them are mainstream news or media sites. Ifnord (talk) 17:10, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This article is poorly referenced (true mess there!), but the company has significant media coverage and at least 1 book mention (result of a lazy Google Books search). -- Gprscrippers (talk) 17:41, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - the sources are a bit poor in terms of both primary (much of the content is coming from related individuals/press releases etc) and failing CORPDEPTH, but I think there is enough there to demonstrate the basics required. Nosebagbear (talk) 11:50, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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