Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raymarine Marine Electronics

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. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-16 02:42Z

[edit] Raymarine Marine Electronics

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Page devoted to single company, containing no information beyond wikilinks of their product types and a link to the company in question - Davandron | Talk 19:21, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 13:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Delete - notability has not been demonstrated; independent third-party sources are needed to show that the company is notable. (WP:CORP). Walton monarchist89 15:41, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Quarl ^(talk) 00:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep the article is weak, but the subject is strong. This company is a significant player in the consumer electronics field for yachts and boats. It is the result of the spinoff of Raytheon's consumer division and merger with other notable manufacturers of navigation gear. As a dominant and influential player it is notable, but we need to expand the article. --Kevin Murray 02:10, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep. More information would make me feel a lot better about it. Realkyhick 05:37, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete until/unless properly sourced. -- Bpmullins | Talk 16:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comments

• Bpmullins makes an interesting point. However, guidelines don't call for the deletion of notable topics due to poor sources or inadequacy of the article, except for bios of living people. Here are verifiable links to help establish notability [Google Finance Profile] [Reuters]. More work to do. --Kevin Murray 17:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1.6 million G-hits show that this is probably notable; however, the curse is that there is so much chatter out there which makes it tedious to find independent sources worthy of WP standards. Need to spend more time, but should not delete the article. --Kevin Murray 17:51, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
• Perhaps this should be renamed "Raymarine" wiht a redirect from the present title.

• Keep one of the largest global manufacturors and suppliers of marine electronics. A couple more references added. Nuttah68 20:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Enough independent refs to establish notability, now we need to use some of that information to make the article better. MastCell 21:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. A substantial company, though the article isn't very interesting. There are enough resources out on the web to allow this article to be maintained and improved if someone takes an interest in it. EdJohnston 03:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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.