Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Extra Space Storage

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. - Bobet 15:50, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Extra Space Storage and Extra space

Company fails WP:CORP, non-notable company. Adding both listings to this nomination Dipics 14:55, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• Extra Space Storage is one of the largest self storage companies in the Unietd States with over six hundred locations. They are a publicly traded REIT and are included in several prestigous REIT funds including the Vanguard Specialized REIT fund (VGSIX). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tradeconsult (talk • contribs) 2006-09-06 15:11:58 (UTC)
  • ... none of which has any bearing upon whether the company warrants an encyclopaedia article. Wikipedia is not a business directory. (That's Yellowikis's job.) It is an encyclopaedia. Please cite sources to demonstrate that our WP:CORP criteria are satisfied. The SLT article is a start, but we need more than just 1 article. Uncle G 16:08, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I added some additional references to Extra Space Storage. I think that the article now passes WP:CORP. But the nominator could have found the same references with a quick search on Google News. I also changed Extra space to a redirect to Extra Space Storage. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 16:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• keep - article reads well to me, and company has over 31000 google hits - that seems notable to me. --mathewguiver 18:54, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the extra info. I was trying to be very conservative with the articles because a lot of what I found were re-prints of their own press releases. These guys are one of only two comapanies I could find that are using the REIT as a foundation to grow another business (self storage). The other company is a direct competitor Shurgard.

• Delete Not notable enough, even with the extra info. Aristoi 21:20, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Out of those google hits, it is hard to find any that aren't stock market news (which is available for any publically traded company) and/or press releases. I just don't see this company as notable. Beaner1 18:44, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Traded stocks mean some notability. User:Yy-bo 21:58, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The other company with this business model, Shurgard Storage Centers, is equally interesting but is listed with no external references with the exception of their own website. tradeconsult14:28, 10 September 2006
• Weak keep as per Yy-bo. – Alensha  ^talk 18:57, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep as per Yy-bo. --Bill.matthews 15:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

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