Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Best of Machinery
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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 was delete. ✗plicit 04:55, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
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Lacks independent coverage. Sources are advertorial/PR pieces with very similar wording. KH-1 (talk) 03:41, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. KH-1 (talk) 03:41, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 09:10, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
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- Delete as not notable. I am unable to find independent reliable sources that give any coverage of this website. As I posted on Talk:Best of Machinery about the references in the article: I suspect that all of the sources cited in the article are paid-placement. Asianage.com honestly ends the article with
Disclaimer: No Asian Age journalist was involved in creating this content. The group also takes no responsibility for this content.
The Reader's Digest and Instabulletin are the same article. All of the very similar articles read like advertising masquerading as reporting. Schazjmd (talk) 16:17, 21 December 2021 (UTC) - Delete - undisclosed paid-for spam supported by black hat SEO sources. I've blocked the author for spamming. MER-C 14:08, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
- Delete, junk SEO sources, most are clearly paid placement. Kuru (talk) 15:55, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
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