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Non notable locally-distributed product with almost entirely local references (except for ref 6, which is Bloomberg) .
The paid contributor notice on the article talk page said that the company making the whisky paid for the article to be written, so at least the intent was promotional. DGG (
talk ) 03:45, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep - "The official spirit of the 2012 grammy awards" is a sufficient notability claim for me. I do see that there were possible advertising concerns at first, but it appears that other editors have stepped in and corrected the matter.
Fieari (
talk) 03:53, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete as apparently a somewhat newly started alcoholic item, the information and sources are only expected and nothing else outstanding. Delete at best for now until better is available.
SwisterTwistertalk 03:55, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Note that additional sources have been presented below in this discussion. North America1000 22:35, 3 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep - The company was written about in April Time Magazine
[1], NBC
[2], as well as other publications in relation to a marketing event where a bottle of liquor was to be launched into space via a weather balloon. Previously, in 2012, there was a full length article in the New York Times
[3] about the company. This reference was previously included in the article. I wrote the original article and was a paid contributor
Fbell74 (
talk) 06:45, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete.
DGG makes an important point with "the intent was promotional": this was created by a paid editor in order to publicise the company and/or product. It is thus an advertisement, and Wikipedia does not allow advertisements, of any kind, anywhere. That I've subsequently hacked at it to make it look a little more like an encyclopaedic article doesn't change that. Paid editing of articles is very strongly discouraged; in practice, about the only form of discouragement we have is to undo or delete those unwelcome edits.
Delete this, without prejudice to re-creation of a real Wikipedia article by a non-involved editor if the stuff turns out to be notable (which, personally, I doubt it will).
Justlettersandnumbers (
talk) 08:53, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Of note is that the article is presently written in an entirely neutral point of view, with no promotionalism present. North America1000 22:34, 3 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep. The intent may have initially been promotional (and, formatting wise, not very well done, no offense to
Fbell74), but the revision as of this message seems acceptable enough and serves to adequately describe a somewhat popular (and therefore notable) beverage in a neutral manner. There are articles with a far more obscure nature than a bottle of booze used by the Grammys.
TangoFett (
talk) 09:03, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:12, 24 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete. Passing mentions of promotional activities, and a minor write-up in the NYT--no, that's not notability by our standards.
Drmies (
talk) 01:18, 24 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Check out
WP:NEXIST; notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article. North America1000 22:31, 3 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep striking my former delete !vote in light of the recent changes and additional sources located. I now see the article as meeting
WP:GNG.
Geoff | Who, me? 16:27, 6 June 2016 (UTC)reply
comment - I might vote weak keep, but I can't access the CT Public Radio site, I'm not sure how much depth the content provides.
78.26(
spin me /
revolutions) 16:19, 25 May 2016 (UTC)reply
It looks like the link was broken or incorrect. I've amended this now (
[4])
Fbell74 (
talk) 06:23, 26 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Music1201talk 23:17, 1 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep – The topic passes
WP:GNG. The article does not have a promotional tone at this time. Also of note is that
brand topics do not need to have received coverage in regional, statewide or national news sources, although this topic has indeed received such coverage (e.g. Time,
Connecticut Public Radio), because
WP:AUD only pertains to companies, per being on the Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) page. Information on the page about products is located at
WP:PRODUCT. Source examples include, but are not limited to those listed below. North America1000 21:49, 3 June 2016 (UTC)reply
States News Service(subscription required). Quote: " ...hearing in February by the Onyx Spirits Company of Oakland Avenue in East Hartford...tasting of our moonshine in the Onyx Spirits Company facility. Currently, if a...or liquor store owner visits Onyx Spirits Company, they are not allowed to taste..."
Keep - this Carrie Nation disciple thinks the topic meets GNG, per times (not a trivial mention) and the CPR.
78.26(
spin me /
revolutions) 23:48, 3 June 2016 (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
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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.
Non notable locally-distributed product with almost entirely local references (except for ref 6, which is Bloomberg) .
The paid contributor notice on the article talk page said that the company making the whisky paid for the article to be written, so at least the intent was promotional. DGG (
talk ) 03:45, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep - "The official spirit of the 2012 grammy awards" is a sufficient notability claim for me. I do see that there were possible advertising concerns at first, but it appears that other editors have stepped in and corrected the matter.
Fieari (
talk) 03:53, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete as apparently a somewhat newly started alcoholic item, the information and sources are only expected and nothing else outstanding. Delete at best for now until better is available.
SwisterTwistertalk 03:55, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Note that additional sources have been presented below in this discussion. North America1000 22:35, 3 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep - The company was written about in April Time Magazine
[1], NBC
[2], as well as other publications in relation to a marketing event where a bottle of liquor was to be launched into space via a weather balloon. Previously, in 2012, there was a full length article in the New York Times
[3] about the company. This reference was previously included in the article. I wrote the original article and was a paid contributor
Fbell74 (
talk) 06:45, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete.
DGG makes an important point with "the intent was promotional": this was created by a paid editor in order to publicise the company and/or product. It is thus an advertisement, and Wikipedia does not allow advertisements, of any kind, anywhere. That I've subsequently hacked at it to make it look a little more like an encyclopaedic article doesn't change that. Paid editing of articles is very strongly discouraged; in practice, about the only form of discouragement we have is to undo or delete those unwelcome edits.
Delete this, without prejudice to re-creation of a real Wikipedia article by a non-involved editor if the stuff turns out to be notable (which, personally, I doubt it will).
Justlettersandnumbers (
talk) 08:53, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Of note is that the article is presently written in an entirely neutral point of view, with no promotionalism present. North America1000 22:34, 3 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep. The intent may have initially been promotional (and, formatting wise, not very well done, no offense to
Fbell74), but the revision as of this message seems acceptable enough and serves to adequately describe a somewhat popular (and therefore notable) beverage in a neutral manner. There are articles with a far more obscure nature than a bottle of booze used by the Grammys.
TangoFett (
talk) 09:03, 17 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:12, 24 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete. Passing mentions of promotional activities, and a minor write-up in the NYT--no, that's not notability by our standards.
Drmies (
talk) 01:18, 24 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Check out
WP:NEXIST; notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article. North America1000 22:31, 3 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep striking my former delete !vote in light of the recent changes and additional sources located. I now see the article as meeting
WP:GNG.
Geoff | Who, me? 16:27, 6 June 2016 (UTC)reply
comment - I might vote weak keep, but I can't access the CT Public Radio site, I'm not sure how much depth the content provides.
78.26(
spin me /
revolutions) 16:19, 25 May 2016 (UTC)reply
It looks like the link was broken or incorrect. I've amended this now (
[4])
Fbell74 (
talk) 06:23, 26 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Music1201talk 23:17, 1 June 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep – The topic passes
WP:GNG. The article does not have a promotional tone at this time. Also of note is that
brand topics do not need to have received coverage in regional, statewide or national news sources, although this topic has indeed received such coverage (e.g. Time,
Connecticut Public Radio), because
WP:AUD only pertains to companies, per being on the Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) page. Information on the page about products is located at
WP:PRODUCT. Source examples include, but are not limited to those listed below. North America1000 21:49, 3 June 2016 (UTC)reply
States News Service(subscription required). Quote: " ...hearing in February by the Onyx Spirits Company of Oakland Avenue in East Hartford...tasting of our moonshine in the Onyx Spirits Company facility. Currently, if a...or liquor store owner visits Onyx Spirits Company, they are not allowed to taste..."
Keep - this Carrie Nation disciple thinks the topic meets GNG, per times (not a trivial mention) and the CPR.
78.26(
spin me /
revolutions) 23:48, 3 June 2016 (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
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