Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GEICO ad campaigns

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 21:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GEICO ad campaigns

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This article is mainly unsourced or drawn directly from primary sources. It's not clear that the subject of GEICO's advertisements is independently notable. Guy (Help!) 07:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. -- -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 08:12, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep GEICO's ad campaigns are certainly notable. I'm sure they have been written about in various magazines that cover business and advertising. The article could be brought to WP's standards. Borock (talk) 14:06, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There is no doubt about the historic notability [1] of the various advertising campaigns-- the gekko, the caveman (which actually inspired an awful ABC television series), the "but I've got some good news", etc.-- done by what started as the Government Employees Insurance Company. I suppose that we could have separate articles called the GEICO Gekko, the GEICO Caveman, etc., but this is the better approach. Mandsford (talk) 15:38, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I like it. And so does the New York Times - [2]--Mike Cline (talk) 17:29, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article is very sloppy and should be rewritten. But the subject is notable - the GEICO cavemen even had their own sitcom! Joal Beal (talk) 19:16, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I originally moved this list to its own page because it made up half the length of the GEICO page, and the list is even longer now. The subject is notable, as the diverse yet saturated ad campaign seems to be unprecedented; I don't know of any other company that's done it. I vote to keep the page; if it can be improved, so much the better. Wrightaway (talk) 16:22, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.