Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crystal Ball (fashion brand)

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The result was delete. j⚛e decker^talk 02:52, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Crystal Ball (fashion brand)

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Article fails both WP:CORP and WP:N. Four of the refs in the article are press releases, one is a retail link, and the last one provides trivial coverage (and may be another press release). Note also that this article was created shortly after the most recent AfC was declined at Draft:Crystal Ball(fashion brand). - Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:16, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

The Google translations of the refs:

• http://www.fashion-press.net/brands/1812 - Press release
• http://www.value-press.com/pressrelease/57292 - Press release
• http://news.walkerplus.com/article/9862/image29891.html - Retail or advert link
• http://www.sanrio.co.jp/corporate/release/y2014/d0109/ - Press release
• http://www.usj.co.jp/company/news/pdf/20080523_1.pdf (this translation is from the copy/paste of the text on the pdf) - Press release
• http://www.famima.com/corporate/news/2009/20091228_176.html - Trivial mention re: collaboration (possibly also a press release).

All of the sources are self-published and/or trivial mentions. No indication of significant coverage by third party reliable sources, and no claim of notability in the article. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:27, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

• Delete :per points raised by nominator. I suspect this must have just passed through Speedy Deletion. Almost seems like an advert. Nathan121212 (talk) 20:33, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

In the page history, I saw a speedy was submitted on June 26, so I bypassed the prod and went straight to AfD. My guess is that it could start snowing on this page and get an early close, as it does appear to be an advert to me as well. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:48, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

• Comment - I warned the IP editor and the creator of the article. Bearian (talk) 22:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC) By the way, I tagged it for notability and lacking references for one section. Bearian (talk) 22:13, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:53, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:54, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:54, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete for being entirely promotional. Bensci54 (talk) 06:51, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
• Delete. Apart from the overly promotional nature of the article, basic notability does not appear to have been established given the absence of in-depth third-party coverage. --DAJF (talk) 08:28, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

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.