The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 02:09, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
The Webrepublic page is the creation of user Marstad ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), a new single-purpose account which performed a handful of minor edits (wikilinking town, city, etc. on a few pages) on its first day. Five days later, Webrepublic launched fully formed, sprung as if from the brow of Zeus. (This is what User:Bri has called "this gaming of autoconfirmed" and "a repeated tactic employed by UPEs*. Create account, 10 quick edits, sleep 4 days, drop a fully formed article." ) [UPEs* = undisclosed paid editors]
That day, User:Cabayi tagged it for speedy deletion per G11 and A7; User:SoWhy declined about half an hour later. Bri tagged it the following day for {{ proposed deletion}}; User:Kudpung tagged it for {{ multiple issues}} including {{ coi}}, {{ notability}} (companies), and {{ unreliable sources}} the day after that. Marstad removed all of these notices on the third day. I replaced the issues tags (but not the prod, because those are not supposed to be re-added) and, after more thought, blocked the account and posted a {{ Uw-soablock}} notice on the user's talk page.
Whether or not it is a notable company, someone who clearly has an unencyclopedic stake in getting a company's polished image established on Wikipedia should not be the one to plant it here and Wikipedia should not reward that. – Athaenara ✉ 07:35, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 02:09, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
The Webrepublic page is the creation of user Marstad ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), a new single-purpose account which performed a handful of minor edits (wikilinking town, city, etc. on a few pages) on its first day. Five days later, Webrepublic launched fully formed, sprung as if from the brow of Zeus. (This is what User:Bri has called "this gaming of autoconfirmed" and "a repeated tactic employed by UPEs*. Create account, 10 quick edits, sleep 4 days, drop a fully formed article." ) [UPEs* = undisclosed paid editors]
That day, User:Cabayi tagged it for speedy deletion per G11 and A7; User:SoWhy declined about half an hour later. Bri tagged it the following day for {{ proposed deletion}}; User:Kudpung tagged it for {{ multiple issues}} including {{ coi}}, {{ notability}} (companies), and {{ unreliable sources}} the day after that. Marstad removed all of these notices on the third day. I replaced the issues tags (but not the prod, because those are not supposed to be re-added) and, after more thought, blocked the account and posted a {{ Uw-soablock}} notice on the user's talk page.
Whether or not it is a notable company, someone who clearly has an unencyclopedic stake in getting a company's polished image established on Wikipedia should not be the one to plant it here and Wikipedia should not reward that. – Athaenara ✉ 07:35, 23 January 2018 (UTC)