Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BVC Airlines

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 08:59, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

BVC Airlines

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Neutral Was tagged as a CSD, but it does have an assertion of notability. It did find this which seems to indicate that the airline existed, however it is unclear whether they still operate. Travelbird (talk) 10:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC) Travelbird (talk) 10:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge—Based on a google search it does appear notable.[1][2] They have apparently merged with Saudi Arabian Airlines,[3] so the articles could also be merged.—RJH (talk) 17:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I added some content from what appeared at first sight to be reasonable sources, but there is a fishy smell about them. I will check a bit further, but am starting to suspect that the company exists only as a mirage at the place in the Sahara where Libya, Algeria and Nigeria share a common border. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:24, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete. There is no evidence for existence of Barthe Cortes and BVC Airlines apart from articles placed in websites that appear unreliable such as africacoolpage, whatsupkenya, and sites that give the impression of news sites but always have Cortes on the front page such as observermedianews, [africaheadlines.co.cc/ africaheadlines (WP blacklisted)], thekampalanews, afrikghana, saudiarabicnews etc. Interesting, though. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:47, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Elaborate hoax/scam. afrikaghana.com, saudiarabicnews.com are anonymously registered domains, which usually indicates spammers. They are also registered by the same obscure registrar. africaheadlines.co.cc is on the blacklist. The other two have more normal looking registrations, but the lack of a single hit on gnews strongly argues against notability. Sailsbystars (talk) 16:48, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. The sites look like clones of legitimate sites, with a news article on BVC added. http://saudiarabicnews.com/ is a clone of http://arabnews.com/, http://afrikghana.com/ is a clone of http://www.afrik-news.com/ and so on. Aymatth2 (talk) 17:58, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a shameless fake. Diego Grez (talk) 16:55, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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