Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sales pitch

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 keep. There is wide agreement that the subject is an encyclopedic topic and that problems with the quality of the article may be dealt with through normal editing processes. A change of title can be discussed further on the article talk page. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:25, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sales pitch[edit]

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Badly sourced. Reads like an essay. GeorgeLouis (talk) 19:04, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete, may be notable, but I agree that the article needs references and a big copyedit for tone. If it can be sourced and changed in tone, I will change my vote to keep.^King Jakob _C2 22:35, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:29, 27 February 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) 16:05, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: It should be copyedited, not deleted. Lugia2453 (talk) 17:38, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is an article on an important topic which should be improved, not deleted.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 22:44, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per Lugia2453 and Gilderien --Penbat (talk) 09:26, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Encyclopedic topic. Retitling to Sales presentation might be desirable, versus the slangy "sales pitch." Deficiencies of the article are something to be corrected through the normal editing process. Carrite (talk) 18:12, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've started a Further Reading section, which should amply demonstrate that this is an encyclopedic concept covered substantially in multiple independently-published books and articles. Carrite (talk) 18:22, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm definitely sure that a retitling of this piece to Sales presentation is in order after this closes a keep, having reviewed the literature a bit. "Presentation" is the formal term, "Pitch" is slang. Carrite (talk) 18:33, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My only problem with the article was the lack of references. If the further reading can back up the info in the article, I'd say strong keep.^King Jakob _C2 19:12, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep; not unsalvagably bad, and it's definitely a notable topic. Nyttend (talk) 05:20, 7 March 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.