Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Academy Of Financial Trading

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In my opinion the topic of this article is not notable as the only 3rd party mentions I could find are [http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/global-banking-amp-finance-review-awards-2012-307485.php this press release] where it won a non-prestigious award and [http://www.walletpop.ca/2012/11/04/are-online-stock-trading-courses-legit-or-snake-oil/ this news article] where it is mentioned in one sentence. If I ran across this article on CSD, I would have deleted it under A7, but since time has passed since it was created, I'm listing it here. Thingg^⊕⊗ 16:03, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Thing, I truly appreciate your opinion on this. That being said, I also would like to contest this opinion, on the basis that there appears to be a rule that is not being applied to everybody. For example, we look at Online Trading Academy - a company that's template was followed in order to create this article, after doing a study of the companies competitors. This article had been allowed to exist for over 2 years with no complaints. Then I bring further attention to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Investment_companies . The vast majority of the entries found in this list have been sat on Wikipedia between 3-5 years, with no edits or notifications brought to them, even after admin inspection, yet these are all of a lesser quality as I'm sure you will agree. There are many examples I could happily bring to light. The fact of the matter is, I, the author of the Academy of Financial Trading wikipedia page, have no affiliation with the company, nor have I interacted with them. All information has been produced based off of the information provided on their website after completing a research paper on the rise of e-learning / distance learning stock exchange educators. As mentioned, I feel slightly penalized in this case as evidently it appears to be 'one rule for one, one rule for another'. IgniyteJames (talk) 16:24, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

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• Delete Despite multiple searches (Google, Highbeam, Questia, Guardian) I am not finding any reliable 3rd party sources. That leaves the question of whether the awards from "Global Banking & Finance Review"[http://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/global-banking-finance-review-awards/] are sufficiently notable? I am not seeing evidence of that and in that context can only say that this enterprise fails :WP:CORPDEPTH. (Regarding the comments above, see :WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. I would also add that, while looking for references for the present AfD, I did notice at least one Daily Mail article featuring the "Online Trading Academy", but nothing for "Academy Of Financial Trading".) AllyD (talk) 16:53, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
• Delete After looking into the "Global Banking & Finance Review" award, I can't see how it conveys notability. They don't give any specific criteria for the award, just puffery ("a wide range of criteria"). The nomination form [http://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/award-nominations-2013] just asks for a company name and category (you make up your own category and it doesn't ask for for a nomination reason or qualifications). The award page doesn't give any reasoning behind the award or companies that it beat in the category. ParacusForward (talk) 23:38, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
• Delete After spending a few days looking for notability, I cant really find any refernces other than a passing mention. As its a new company this may change in the future, however for the moment its a delete. Murry1975 (talk) 10:56, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

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