Talk:Buckingham Slate

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Buckingham slate is referenced as the roofing slate on numerous wikipedia articles. While technically Buckingham Slate Company is a business, their product is a one-of-a-kind item that can only come from their 300 year old quarry, and because of its distinct history and references to it in countless hard copy books, federal publications, magazines and website, it deserves its own website. It is a historic slate and people should be able to click on it to view more about it.

The article is still spam.--Terrillja _talk 19:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

according to that article, " However, a differentiation should be made between spam articles and legitimate articles about commercial entities."

The link to their commercial website was deleted - the article simply states what the product is.

Spam or stub?[edit]

Doesn't look like spam to me - just a stub needing some work. (No, not by me...) Plenty of ghits, including the sale of "150 pieces of Buckingham Slate Roofing tiles measuring 9" by 16" by 1/4" with two predrilled nail holes hand-selected from Civil War-era home in Fluvanna" (I do like the idea of hand selecting holes, but I do know what they meant...). Looks like there's a long history. The fact of the company being the only producer doesn't preclude an article - see Waterford Crystal. Peridon (talk) 20:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My point exactly! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.187.92.212 (talk) 20:27, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This entry was quite spammy when it was first nominated for deletion, the current version looks acceptable enough. As to the points above, the notability (or not) of a company is irrelevant to whether the entry is spam. Hairhorn (talk) 20:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When I originally tagged the article, it was merely an advert for the quarry and the company. As now written, I don't have a problem with it, and would not be concerned about the SD being declined. (GregJackP (talk) 22:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC))[reply]