Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pirate Cove

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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:42, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pirate Cove

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Possibly non-notable It's a Fox! (Talk to me?) 02:04, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Look at the references. References 2-9 are pages on the Pirate Cove website (which I can't get to work), and reference 1 is a forum thread. Not only that, but the forum thread is someone offering to pay for someone to create a Pirate Cove Wikipedia article! A respondent on the thread, mjester93, said they'd write the article, and the article was created the next day by Wikipedian User:Michael Jester. That's a failure of WP:RS, WP:GNG and WP:PAY right there. Howicus (talk) 02:25, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails WP:GNG, and I can barely find any WP:RS. Based on the first source, the page was definitely created as advertising according to the forum. WP:NOPAY (or WP:PAY) may apply, though I wouldn't know if the forum says anything about paying. Zappa O Mati 02:32, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete reference 1 indicates COI and the rest aren't independent of the source. There's nothing immediately available from a cursory google search either. —Rutebega (talk) 15:39, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as advertising. Maybe speedy delete as WP:CSD G11. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 21:52, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 23:02, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 23:02, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Considering it is a counterfeit goods website, it's very unlikely they would've received significant attention especially from news sources, but nevertheless, I searched and received nothing. There are other companies and places with this name "Pirate Cove" but adding words such as "marketplace" and "website" provided nothing else. Honestly, it is probably very unknown except for counterfeit buyers because it uses the anonymity network Tor, and it was allegedly founded in 2013. Entirely promotional and worthless article. SwisterTwister talk 19:46, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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