Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moto Roma

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The result was delete. Sandstein 05:56, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moto Roma

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Fails Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). There are zero independent sources that have significant coverage of Moto Roma, or Moto-roma. Trivial and incidental coverage, while insufficient for WP:GNG, is also almost nonexistent. A UK importer briefly mentions that Moto-roma is a brand Zongshen motorcycles are sold under, but there is no independent evidence that this is true. Moto Roma is also the name of an Italian motorcycle dealership, but they sell various Japanese and European brands, not Zongshen. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moto Roma Virage. Dbratland (talk) 04:11, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is odd that what appears to be a brand of motorcycles has generated so little coverage--I can't deny that it has generated little coverage. I created the stub in the first place, of course, but there is little to defend here. I am tempted to place the "rescue" tag on the article, not to derail the deletion process, but to invite other editors, other searchers, perhaps in other languages, to find some sources (and if those sources are not reliable and not enough, then I won't vote to keep the article), but I will only do so if Dbratland agrees--I have already rubbed them the wrong way a bit too much, I fear. What do you say, Dbratland? One final shot for Moto Roma? Drmies (talk) 04:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

From Googling, I discovered a link to a UK company called "E.P. Barrus" - so, I gave them a call. They tell me that "Moto Roma" is not actually a company, but is a brand-name which they use for imported components from China, Taiwan, and possibly other places. So that might explain the difficulty in finding info on the company! Their website is http://www.barrus.co.uk/ - we don't seem to have an article about them. So, as far as this subject goes, I guess this is a delete !vote (for a lack of significant coverage in reliable sources - but I've edited the article a little, so it at least makes more sense, in case anyone can ever rescue it - now, or in the future. Chzz ► 15:12, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Chzz. If anything was going to happen, we'd have an article on Barrus (not Moto Rama), but.. that isn't in the scope of this discussion, and it probably fails RS too. tedder (talk) 15:28, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think, actually, that is the answer. Whether it is a fresh article, or this one moved - if we wrote an article on Barras, then this could redirect to it. GNews [1] indicates there would be enough for that. Chzz ► 15:58, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can't disagree. Thank you for looking into it. The Barrus connection was uncovered by Dbratland earlier, but that phone call is very helpful. I think that we've reached the end of the tether, tedder, and if this were to be closed by way of SNOW I wouldn't object. Drmies (talk) 17:33, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:32, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:32, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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