Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Internet Marketing Association

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 Speedy Deleted (G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban) by User:Someguy1221 (non-admin closure) | Uncle Milty | talk | 02:05, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Internet Marketing Association[edit]

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It appears that the citations used in this article are either self-referential (i.e., they link to the home page of the business organization mentioned in the article's title-- "imanetwork.org") or consist of press releases or publications of dubious neutrality. The chairman and founder of the organization has made no less than four failed attempts on his own or through his Morning277 minions to create a Wikipedia article about him specifically (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sinan Kanatsiz (businessman) for the latest failed attempt and to links to the three which preceded it) and I am concerned that this article is simply another effort to elevate the company's Google ranking by making something out of what is, at its core, a non-notable organization with an Internet-savvy set of independent contractors making a buck by trying to present the company as notable, and that it is using Wikipedia as a tool to try to accomplish this. Someone look objectively at the evidence and the history and tell me I am wrong. Me, I think I smell something amiss here, and for now am moving to see it Deleted. KDS4444^Talk 09:04, 1 September 2013 (UTC) KDS4444^Talk 09:04, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:06, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:06, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:06, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:07, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I confirm your observations. The links at the article are not from Independent Reliable Sources, and I could find nothing but press releases at Google News Archive. And guess what: as with Sinan Kanatsiz, there was a previous deletion under another name. An article titled "Internet Marketing Association" was speedied in 2011. We may want to salt both names. --MelanieN (talk) 21:11, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A ha! I knew it! KDS4444^Talk 17:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And I also just checked the page creator's contribution history... Classic Morning277 stuff. Have flagged the account and nominated everything else he's created for deletion as well. View my own contribution history for details. KDS4444^Talk 18:56, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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