Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Joyce Pub Award

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 21:42, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

James Joyce Pub Award

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Obvious WP:PROD material, but it had a prod contested back in 2011 which technically makes it ineligible. Promotional nonsense for a meaningless "award", needless to say with no references whatsoever. A WP:BEFORE search just brings up assorted places selling these plaques, and were it not for WP:AGF the cynic in me would say the only reason this non-article exists at all is to give credibility to the firms selling these things. ‑ Iridescent 18:23, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. ‑ Iridescent 18:23, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Non-notable advertising guff. Fails WP:NPRODUCT, WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV. A WP:BEFORE search returns no independent coverage of the subject in its own right. A search on one of the main newspapers of record in Ireland (Irish Times), for example, returns just two results. Both are just trivial passing mentions. And one of the two results only mentions it to call it out as a form of "crass" "advertisement". A search on the website of the main broadcaster in Ireland (RTÉ), also returns just one trivial passing mention. And this, again, only mentions the subject to decry it as rubbish: "You can buy a plaque with Joyce's head and some guff about an authentic Dublin pub award on the internet for €395.00". The PROD was seeming denied back in 2011 on the basis of a technicality. That the PROD tag used was for companies. And that the subject (essentially a product) couldn't be PROD'ed as a company. That may have been the right approach at the time. But there is no way that should have a bearing on a fullsome AfD review. PROMO, VER, COI, SPA and other concerns also abound. Mine is a very firm "delete" recommendation. Guliolopez (talk) 21:37, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom as not notable. ww2censor (talk) 11:08, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, not a notable award. Spleodrach (talk) 09:47, 15 November 2020 (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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.