Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anything and Whatever

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. Products clearly not notable, the weak keep !vote - aside from being cautious - appears to be more pertinent for the marketing technique. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:56, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Anything and Whatever

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I created the article in 2007 in response to the launch of the products. Unfortunately the company has since stopped manufacturing the drinks, and the company has closed down.

The article only had one reference from a news source about its advertisements being tampered with. Other than that, there has been no further claim on its notability from any third-party source, except primary sources. Due to the discontinuation of the product, there is no chance of any further progress on the notability of the subject itself. All in all, a product of an extremely narrow geographical scope of interest and two mentions in third-party news outlets.

Therefore, this article fails WP:GNG, and may also fail WP:COMPANY. Optakeover^(U)(T)(C) 07:47, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 18:25, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Singapore-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 18:25, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep The drinks may be notable more for the marketing/advertising concept than the products themselves. Few good sources, but a lot of blog mentions. However, they earned a page in a book on the marketing technique of not identifying which flavours were in which cans of soda. Pow! Right Between the Eyes: Profiting from the Power of Surprise (2009); Andy Nulman; John Wiley & Sons; ISBN 9780470443842; Page 38 - here. But I did not find more mentions beyond blogs, so I am torn as to whether the mentions are enough for WP:GNG and/or WP:ORG. Thus the weak keep !vote. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 21:18, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:43, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. about a minor as it gets. A product introduction with not indication whatsoever of lasting encyclopedic significance DGG ( talk ) 06:53, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I see a bit of interest and that's it. This doesn't pass the bar of having enough material available to write a good encyclopedia article on. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 08:34, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom - I wonder if this would have been challenged in a prod, or if it should have. Smmurphy^(Talk) 17:01, 17 October 2016 (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.