Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WOWCube

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. I don't see any reason we should encourage COI abuse of our project by preserving this in draft. If it ever becomes viable as an article someone unconnected can create it. Spartaz ^Humbug! 08:55, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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A promotional article for a not yet available device. It has won some minor awards and had some minor press. The top two sources in Google News are Forbes special contributor articles, meaning likely paid. The only decent source I found was this Russian Popular Mechanics article, but given the fact that the device is not for sale, I have to assume that it's basically promotion.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:31, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. CptViraj (📧) 04:46, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Popular with a high circulation of a national-level magazine - Popular Mechanics, on paper in the June issue of 2019, and in an article on the website, published a detailed 2-page article about wowcube. This is an independent and respected media. The article was written by the Chief Editor of the publication - Alexander Grek. Apristen (talk) 08:55, 11 December 2019 (UTC) — Apristen (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
• Comment two three votes have been removed from this discussion as a result of sockpuppet investigations.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 15:33, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Move to draft pending content on reception if and when the device actually enters the market. BD2412 T 14:52, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Draftify and salt with requirement to go via AfC. before entering mainspace. I have received an email alert/canvas from ‪Iexeru ... "Iexeru‬ sent you an email. "Dear Djm-leighpark, Please take a look at the article and the disc..." upon whose talk page I placed a Template:Uw-coi notice. While per BD2412 there may be a viable article here eventually the balance of probabilities indicates that rather than compliance with requirements for COI editors, (and I will respect COI created articles and request edits if due respect is paid for Wikipedia guidelines for CPOI editors) desperate attempts seem to be being made via COI accounts and will likely continue. On the downside for me in this discussion sockpuppet contributions have been removed rather than struck, if that had not been the case I would likely have ignored the discussion entirely. I was not known as grumpy XXX for nothing and for the record canvasing emails are always likely to produce a less than favourable result. In all events I recommended not to remain in mainspace and to salt. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 21:06, 17 December 2019 (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.