Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Advocacy Investing

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The result of the debate was delete Proto///type 09:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advocacy Investing

I am bringing this article up for an AfD vote because I am unsure if it meets several of the qualities for inclusion at Wikipedia. First, the subject only has 1000 Google hits, which to me is a rather low number to be considered notable. Second, the article is definately self-promotional, with people connected with Advocacy Investing having created the article. That said, the subject has had some significant press coverage (such as http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f6ddcfca-ecc2-11da-a307-0000779e2340.html, along with articles (which I can not verify) in CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, The Street.com, First Business, The Wall Street Transcript, Crain’s Chicago Business, Green Money Journal, among others. I have speedy deleted this article twice now and have restored it at the request of the article's creator. I will not be voting b/c I said I'd simply present the facts on the article and allow others to decide if it meets the criteria for inclusion here. Alabamaboy 00:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Merge to Socially responsible investing. There are enough hits on the phrase, including this which is a independent, semi-reliable source, to establish that it is real. I haven't found a high quality reliable source to establish that it is noteworthy on its own. However, it is definately a form of socially responsible investing, so can be handled in that article, possibly in the "Different approaches" section. GRBerry 01:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Looks, smells, and quacks like an ad to me. Dipics 20:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per Dipics --FrankCostanza 01:03, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

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