Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/First Rate, Inc.

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 22:19, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First Rate, Inc.

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unreferenced spammy article on company of questionable notability, talk pages comments indicate probable COI on the part of the author. WuhWuzDat 19:12, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I feel, though, that "Love, Give, Serve and Enjoy" as values of an institution connected with the financial world (I know they aren't bankers...) are unusual. Even the highly ethical Co-operative Bank in the UK hasn't gone quite that far, while managing to avoid the worst of the 'Grab, Screw, Wring and Beg' mentality of much of the rest of the financial world. Seeing ™ usually means 'this is written by the company (or at least some hapless employee of the company)' as no outside person would go to the trouble of finding the special character for this, even if they were inclined out of the goodness of their heart to create the article. I would draw the attention of the 'we' of the talk page to WP:COI - our policy on Conflict of Interest - as well as WP:SPAM - our policy on ~~spiced pork with ham~~ advertising. Mind you, if these values boost their revenues enough, someone independently WILL do an article on them. Who knows, it might catch on. Peridon (talk) 20:38, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete, a back office tech business serving banks: a nationwide provider of investment performance measurement technology to the wealth management industry. Rose-tinted spam from top to bottom: oh, look, dear, they have industry solutions. Their "higher calling" typically manages to avoid anything that might be construed as an offer or representation, and I gather from the article itself that this business is not itself a bank. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 20:45, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"a nationwide provider of investment performance measurement technology to the wealth management industry" - I often wonder if they actually talk like this at home.... (OK, I am cynical. It doesn't worry me.) Peridon (talk) 20:59, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note I've removed some of the marketing speak from the article. OSborn^arf_contribs. 21:45, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job. Now we need someone to show us it's notable (with refs...). Peridon (talk) 18:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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