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The result was redirect to The Smiley Company. Primefac ( talk) 02:28, 23 April 2018 (UTC) reply

Franklin Loufrani

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This is a promotional article created by a blocked sockpuppet, promoting the business of The Smiley Company (which was also created by a blocked user). Another closely related article is also currently nominated (by me) for deletion for the third time – please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicolas Loufrani (3rd nomination). — BarrelProof ( talk) 18:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. — BarrelProof ( talk) 18:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. — BarrelProof ( talk) 18:37, 28 March 2018 (UTC) reply

• Redirect to the company. no independent notability, and no encyclopedic interest otherwise. DGG ( talk ) 21:03, 18 April 2018 (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.