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Robotshop

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No evidence of WP:CORP notability. Provided references are a Better Business Bureau entry and a press release. Prod was disputed by creator, probably a conflict of interest issue as well given single-purpose nature of account. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:37, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

• Delete as insufficiently notable. No evidence this company has been the subject of non-trivial coverage by multiple, reliable, published sources. — Satori Son 16:49, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable. The only new hit I could find that seemed to apply was a press release, which are always suspect anyway since they come from the subject. (Note: COI and SPA are not automatic reasons for deleting an article.)  Frank  |  talk  16:58, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
• Delete Non notable, reads like an advertisement. -- Elassint ^{Hi! ^_^} 17:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
• Do not delete: RobotShop is Highly Notable. Perhaps the page can be modified to look less like an advertisement.
  

Firstly, the Wikipedia definition of Notability:"

Notable means "worthy of being noted" or "attracting notice." It is not synonymous with "fame" or "importance." Please consider notable and demonstrable effects on culture, society, entertainment, athletics, economies, history, literature, science, or education. Large organizations are likely to have more readily available verifiable information from reliable sources that provide evidence of notability; however, smaller organizations can be notable, just as individuals can be notable, and arbitrary standards should not be used to create a bias favoring larger organizations.

· RobotShop Distribution inc. is registered since 2003 under the Canada Business Federation Act : Corporation #6142567 BN #875730509RC0001
· RobotShop has between 10-100 employees.
· RobotShop is a partner of iRobot for distributing the Roomba in Canada since 2003 and is a leader in the industry. See the link on the Official iRobot Web Site to RobotShop under Americas, Canada. RobotShop is also the first company worldwide to repair the popular Roomba from iRobot.
· RobotShop also partners with more than 150 manufacturers (all major leaders in the robotics industry, some of which have a page on WikiPedia).
· RobotShop is member of the Better Business Bureau
· RobotShop has appeared multiple times on TV, in magazines, newspapers, blogs and forums. Here some examples:
- Banc d'essai du Peuple (French interview about the Lawnbott Robot Mower)
- Servo Magazine (RobotShop advertises in Servo Magazine since many years and are often reffered to because of their notable products)
- Toronto Star Article.
- Interview with the president on the blog of Abry.biz
· Google Notoriety:
- 18700 indexed pages, page rank of 5
- More than 60 000 results for the term "RobotShop" and the first spot is for RobotShop Web site.
- More than 492 000 results for the term "Robot Shop" and the first spot is for RobotShop Web Site.
· Recent Press Releases:
- RobotShop is Upgrading (from RobotShop)
- RobotShop is Duplicating (from RobotShop)
- CoroWare Announces Distributorship Agreement with RobotShop (from Coroware on the Robotic Trends Web site) --Jbrunet (talk) 19:13, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Comment You haven't really addressed any of the notability criteria in WP:CORP. Press releases, advertising, etc. do not cut it. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

• Delete No evidence of WP:CORP notability whatsoever. BFG1701 (talk) 20:04, 15 July 2008 (UTC)