User talk:BurbankTV/MoneyTV

Article previously deleted under G11

MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon was restored after speedy deletion as unambiguous promotion (G11). The author requested undeletion and was denied, but restored it anyway. [1]

MoneyTV is not a television program. It is a penny stock promotional service (originally named "Emerging Company Report") in which CEOs of penny stock companies pay a fee to appear on the program. Baillargeon was ordered by the SEC in 1998 to cease and desist violating securities laws by not disclosing compensation paid by the companies featured.[2] The name of the program was changed to "MoneyTV" in 2000. In no way does the subject of this article meet the notability criteria for Wikipedia. OccamzRazor (talk) 20:11, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Donald Baillargeon was also sued and fined by the SEC in 2003 for his role in a multi-million dollar microcap fraud scheme.[3][4] OccamzRazor (talk) 00:01, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Contested deletion

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (the page is a valid description of a long-running, internationally broadcast business television program and has been described as exactly that on the page. Several neutral sources have been posted, including links to independent journalists' stories about the subject matter. MoneyTV is carried as regular programming on numerous television networks globally in 160 million television households in 75 countries. OccamzRazor makes misleading and false statements in his/her proposed speedy deletion proposal) --75.51.75.91 (talk) 23:28, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

The article cites no reliable sources to establish notability. The only ones I could find are from the SEC as cited above, an article in Smart Money magazine warning about Baillargeon and his pseudo TV program (under it's former name) as a paid informercial,[5] and an article in WorldNetDaily describing MoneyTV as an advertorial video service.[6] This is not an article about a journalistic program, but is about a paid penny stock promotion service. The subject matter is inherently promotional and unencyclopedic. OccamzRazor (talk) 00:25, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Possible author conflict of interest

This article was recreated and edited by editors who contribute only about this subject, including adding links to other articles. There is an appearance of a conflict of interest. OccamzRazor (talk) 00:13, 8 July 2012 (UTC)