 ::True, it does sound absurd, but   promotionalism is a very broad conceptthe company has successors, who manufacture similar products. And there is probably even a market for used ones. Hobbyists could still write an article on, say, the Apple I in a promotional manner, because they so much like it. The reason these articles are not  spam is because they are informative not promotionalthe true question, which is open to good-faith argument, is how much detail belongs in the encyclopedia.    ''''''  