Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pay less books

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Postdlf 02:14, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pay less books[edit]

Spamvertising; at the very least has severe NPOV issues. Onlyemarie 16:16, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Advertising. Very cheeky abuse of our site. Andrewa 19:50, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Bookstores can be notable! I daresay that before Wikipedia some of us even hung out in them. :) But delete unless some Malaysian (or West African?) bookstore culture fan writes something entirely different in this space. Samaritan 20:58, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Advert. Also, of course bookstores can be notable, but simply being a bookstore is not in itself notable. Quale 21:24, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: Why not? Simply being a school is in itself somehow notable. RickK 23:41, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
  - In most developed countries, the barrier to creating a school is far higher than the barrier to creating a bookshop. Kappa 23:54, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    - Really? I can't put up a sign on my house saying "RickK's Elementary School" and start charging tuition? Who's going to stop me? Even if it's not accredited, so long as I live up to the advertising that I will be educating somebody, there's nothing illegal about it. Rick K 00:19, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
  - No, being a bookstore isn't in itself notable. Since you asked, I say that being a school also isn't inherently notable. I vote to delete most high schools and elementary schools that come up for VfD. Accredited universities are notable. They are relatively few in number and usually have distinguishing characteristics. A few high schools may be notable, but vanishingly few elementary schools are notable. At the high school level and below there are a practically infinite number of schools, scarcely distinguishable from each other. Quale 03:42, 3 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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