Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Midual

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. WP:SOFTDELETE. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 12:58, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Midual

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Per WP:CRYSTAL, "Wikipedia is not a collection of product announcements and rumors." The most recent news, from July 2011, about Midual is at VisorDown, which says the Midual is "a machine that got a fair bit of publicity when it was shown as a prototype back in 1999, but then disappeared without trace." Nothing since. So it fails Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). There needs to be significant, sustained coverage in multiple sources that cover this company/product in depth. The designer and mockup builder, Glynn Kerr, speaks of it in the past tense [1]. If the bike is ever produced, then there will be sources, and then there will be a reason to have an article. Dennis Bratland (talk) 06:06, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I restored this based on the argument "Company still exists, based in the city of Angers (France),official name is RDMO, bike is still in development" made by 88.74.141.162. See whether this IP can improve the article with some current sources. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:11, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:58, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 09:49, 7 October 2013 (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.