Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Castles Society

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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 of the debate was delete. W.marsh 00:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Castles Society

From time to time, I have come across articles with links to this page, which is written in a vainglorious fashion. Checking the "What links here", I went through the pages where it was listed and investigated whether it would be appropriate to link to a badly written article. The link was something copied and pasted in as it fell out of format with all other links in the "See also" sections of the various pages. Ignoring that aspect, it fell totally out of place when considering the content of the various articles (palaces, new construction, etc) and I thought it appropriate to remove the link case by case. Each case proved to necessitate the removal of the link. The article itself really should be deleted. It is unencyclopedic and even if expanded, it isn't a notable topic. The vague term "castle preservation" redirects to it, created by the creator of the Castles Society page himself. I consider the page to be an advertisement and Wikipedia is not an advertising agency. Some of the pages that formerly linked are below:

  • Delete -- yes, seems like an ad for a (google-ad filled) webpage of a very nn group. Sdedeo (tips) 02:17, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - website with google adds attempting to get Wikipedia back-link exposure to increase hits (revenue). If this organization existed outside of someone's imagination I would be surprised. Perhaps the owner of Castles Society can produce some verifiable sources to show otherwise. -- Stbalbach 03:17, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Blatant spam. As if Neuschwanstein needs help from an outside society. Fattest cash cow in all of Bavaria. ~ trialsanderrors 04:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete for spam/advertisement. --Coredesat 07:41, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, spam. Alexa rank of the website is >2,000,000. -Big Smooth 15:02, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete spam. —Khoikhoi 04:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Advertisement and spam.--Auger Martel 10:41, 17 June 2006 (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.