Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abad Hotels

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. Consensus that this is a mere directory advertising entry DGG ( talk ) 05:33, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Abad Hotels[edit]

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Article about a dime-a-dozen hotel company in India. The draft was declined at AfC multiple times (see creator's talk page, the latest one on 19 May 2015), but the creator then bypassed the process by creating the article directly in article space (on 20 May 2015, the day after it was last declined at AfC). After removing unsourced peacockery and promotion, a gallery, a list of hotels they operate and a totally irrelevant piece about the owner having been named "Businessman of the year" in Kerala, there's nothing left, including not a single reliable source discussing the subject, only the company's own website, the company's own pages on social media and a link that shows that they're members of a tourist association, and thus exist. But merely existing is not reason enough to have an article on Wikipedia.

(The creator of the article has also started spamming links to the company's website all over en-WP, which is how I noticed this article.) Thomas.W ^talk 11:38, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:13, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:13, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as my searches found nothing better to suggest improvement. SwisterTwister talk 23:46, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —☮JAaron95 ^Talk 19:20, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Promotional spam, should have been taggde db-g11 for a speedy delete. Richard Harvey (talk) 17:53, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Having it deleted via AfD makes it easier to get it speedied (as G4) the next time if it is recreated, as many promotional articles are. Thomas.W ^talk 18:18, 15 September 2015 (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.