Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dick Blick Art Materials

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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 of the debate was KEEP. Rje 17:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dick Blick Art Materials

Delete minor corporation, WP:CORP. Deprodder says it's "one of the primary suppliers of mail order art supplies in the United States." Even assuming he's right, it's still NN. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 19:02, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Strong Keep with 1,410,000 google hits for "Dick Blick" [1] and an Alexa rank of 9,014 [2], I'm going to go ahead and say this company is extremely notable. IrishGuy 19:10, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Easy there. 128 unique Google hits for "Dick Blick" [3] including many porn sites. Few of those are quality hits, which is very low for a company that conducts its business online. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 19:17, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
comment So you find an Alexa rank of 9,014 [4] to be an indicator of low quality traffic or non notability? IrishGuy 19:27, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep as very notable. They've been around for years (I know people who've been ordering from them for 30-40 years). They've only gone online in the last few years, but they've been in business since the early 1900s (I forget the exact year). ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:37, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Just checked their website, and they've been in business since 1911. Definitely notable. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:39, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Nihonjoe. --Craig Stuntz 20:29, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Absolutely an important company as far as art supplies go. They're more brick-and-mortar (and mail-in) than online, but there's nothing wrong with that. No doubt about my vote on this one. -- Kicking222 21:01, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Seems notable enough, such as per Alexa and Google. --Philosophus T 01:16, 16 May 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.