Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AlliedBarton

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. Mailer Diablo 10:51, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AlliedBarton

Delete non notable companyand all the information comes from the company web site. Looks very much like a vanity puff piece Spartaz 08:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Unsourced article about NN company fails WP:V, also smells like WP:VSCA. --Wine Guy Talk 00:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep --Yunipo 13:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Why? Please note, the debate is not a vote; please make recommendations on the course of action to be taken, sustained by arguments. (from How to discuss an AfD/Wikietiquette at WP:AFD). --Wine Guy Talk 19:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - large company that has achieved some notability in its employee training (Just off to add the link to the article!). BlueValour 22:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - independent sourcing added. BlueValour 01:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Mailer Diablo 17:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep, I think this article has overcome its WP:V failings with the addtion of the sources and the link to the training award. This is high praise from a self-proclaimed deletionist.--Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 01:34, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep just for its workforce size. However, I would point out that claiming encyclopedic notability for coming 98th in an obscure ranking by an obscure magazine is ridiculous. Bwithh 01:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment 98th out of 45,000 on a broadly quoted ranking seems pretty notable to me. Still YMMV! BlueValour 02:08, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete It's still uncited. I accept that independent sources may have been used but there's no evidence of that in the article. Re notability, I doubt if we'd keep an article on the 98th place finisher in a Marathon. Dlyons493 Talk 02:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Trawling through Google and Google News turns up a few interesting web hits. This could be improved beyond a "puff piece" easily. --Rhwawn Talk to Rhwawn 03:15, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I've changed my vote because the addition of some citations has corrected my main concern about WP:V. I also note some other things which could be added to the article, such as thier apparently strong anti-union stance. There seems to have been a fair amount of media coverage of this issue due to protests a few months back. --Wine Guy Talk 05:31, 31 July 2006 (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.