Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/City-Link Express

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. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:09, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

City-Link Express[edit]

Sham article which serves to promote the Malaysian company. Details are given at Talk:City-Link Express since nobody will bother to review the article's history. Spammer has successfully deleted {{prod}} and {{db-spam}} templates with no consequences. DanielPenfield (talk) 23:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malaysia-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:34, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - . Your arguments are well researched, Daniel. It's impossible to save any of this, since the text is too tainted to use it as a basis for a neutral, unbiased article. - Richard Cavell (talk) 00:02, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete ,WP:VSCA deluxe. Thanks for the helpful links. Yours, Czar Brodie (talk) 03:59, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep and Rewrite appears to have some notability [1], [2], and [3]. Also note that removing a PROD tag is perfectly acceptable (and the tag even says it is okay) the Speedy tag was removed by a user other than the author as was one occurance of the PROD. The article needs a significant rewrite to be less "spammy" and improvements tags shouldn't be removed before the issues are addressed. Jasynnash2 (talk) 09:25, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notability is is not an "automatic save". CSD#11 states "Pages which exclusively promote some entity and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic." Let some good faith editor come along and re-create it. User:Supplychainavid has had more than enough time to remove the promotional text, but has instead merely restated why you should really go out now and buy services from City-Link Express ("cost-effective", "systematically reduces operating costs", "Its logo has been recognized by many in Malaysia") -- DanielPenfield (talk) 12:00, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but, I bothered to look at the history of the page and the talkpage. I don't deny a possible COI but, that in and of itself isn't a deletion criteria. If you wish I will remove some of the "spamminess" myself (or you could undertake it as a WP:BOLD move yourself. I totally agree with you on the possible behaviour infractions btw in regard to the removal of improvement tags but, that isn't an issue for AfD. Jasynnash2 (talk) 12:21, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete per Daniel Penfield, and salt for at least 6 months. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 02:48, 12 July 2008 (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.