Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Islamic marketing

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.

The result was delete. Tone 10:36, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Islamic marketing

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This article has multiple problems, firstly the topic does not probably meet WP:N, there are only ~7000 google hits for "islamic marketing". Secondly the article seems to be promoting a new journal that is not launching for another 6 months and the article seems to have been created by the founder of this journal. There are obvious conflict of interest and spamming problems because of this as well as possible original research. Smartse (talk) 21:31, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This is just spam. By admission of what can be presumed to be the article creator/promoter under an IP, there simply are no references available which if nothing else makes this article fail WP:V. -- Atama頭 22:58, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Nidrosia (talk) 00:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nothing useful in article apart from a WP:PROMOTION. Johnuniq (talk) 01:33, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I PRODded the first version of this article as OR, but three books were then added as references, which suggested to me that "Islamic marketing" might be a valid article subject. I raised the matter here at the COI Notice board, and explained my concerns to the author, who has replied on my talk page:

I am actually working on developing a comprehensive article on the subject and the small article that has been contributed is only the start of a much larger project. I understand your concerns about promoting self and I already removed my name from the begining of the article. I am adding Islamic Marketing to Wiki for knowldge purposes only. I will remove or rewrite the contents to make sure that there is no conflict of Interest.

This is inceasingly becoming a hot topic and it seems natural that Wiki has something to say about it. Just give me sometime and I think I add something of value to your online encyclopedia.

Clicking the "findsources" links above confirms that this is not a non-notable new OR subject, and I think there could be a valid article here which should attract contributions from others. We should give it a chance to develop, while making sure that COI and promotion issues are monitored. JohnCD (talk) 09:57, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I'd have to see evidence that such an article would be more than a "how to" based on those references. From what I can tell from book summaries those are essentially guides on how to market to Islamic areas. -- Atama頭 18:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this page. Not only is it a promo for a forthcoming magazine, it doesn't address the main issues associated with Islamic marketing, e.g., Halal and shariah compliance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aspennow (talk • contribs) 10:00, 8 September 2009 (UTC) — Aspennow (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [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.