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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 12:33, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OPSGEAR[edit]

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Questionable notability of this company; article contains no information to assess notability such as net or gross sales, number of employees, whether or not it is a private or public company, etc. Repeated attempts by multiple editors to de-spam this article (practically an advertorial) are repeatedly met with reversion. Google search showed no significant editorial information (i.e., news articles about the business aside from charitable activities) in the first several hundred hits. Risker (talk) 19:47, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, the spammer has also repeatedly removed maintenance tags such as ((uncat)) or ((advert)), so I've applied revision review to the page while this discussion is open. Bearcat (talk) 20:10, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as unreferenced spam. To make it even worse, the website includes a link designed to count sales referrals coming from the Wikipedia article; the spammer's reversions have included inserting that link, instead of the plain version of the company's web URL, into the infobox. Bearcat (talk) 20:10, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have gone through the article multiple times and anything that is remotely advertorial has been removed. I'm not sure why this particular article has been submitted for deletion. I understand that has not been categorized, but that is the only flaw I can see. Please assist me with categorization. Thanks. Jrom86, 7 April 2011 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.198.158 (talk) 19:12, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:36, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. All of the alleged "references" I bothered to look at read like reprints of press releases. There is still plenty of blatant advertising in the article, from start to finish: a worldwide supplier of tactical equipment... The company's self-produced DVDs provide tactical training techniques useful for everyone.... Although the company is known for its military products, it is now offering more and more products to satisfy Law Enforcement needs.... Its dynamic environment and proven tools enable both civilian and operators alike the opportunity to be tested at the highest levels.... Not only does the company provide head-to-toe tactical gear and force-on-force training, but it also strives to make a difference in the world and work with others who are like minded.... OPSGEAR has pages on the popular social networks, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. These pages are constantly updated with the latest deals, new products, contests, etc. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:56, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as per nom. - SudoGhost (talk) 02:53, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as spam. -- Whpq (talk) 17:56, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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