Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/First Dawood Islamic Bank

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 no consensus to delete. W.marsh 00:43, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First Dawood Islamic Bank

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Notability not asserted for this brand-new bank - too new to have done anything notable yet, in fact. Only 52 unique G-hits. wikipediatrix 17:58, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete fails WP:CORP. (I think it just barely asserts notability by describing itself as "major".) Demiurge 21:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Even its openning had some press because of it's part of a growing trend of Islamic banking in south Asia and elsewhere. --Oakshade 04:48, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Mackensen (talk) 15:01, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

• Comment two newspaper stories have been added since I voted above, but they appear to be just repackaged press releases, specifically disallowed by WP:CORP. Demiurge 15:10, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete — I've read through all of the Google links. This bank is so new it's only notability (at least on the Internet) relates to the islamic banking trend (see Oakshade's entry above). So, it's possible and reasonably likely that this bank could become notable in the near future. However, since wikipedia is not a crystal ball, this article should probably disappear until more notable references appear. I nominate a "weak delete" because it seems likely to me that in a year (if the bank indeed expands as it hopes to) this article may be a relevant addition. So, letting it simmer for a while is just possibly a reasonable alternative to deletion. Right now, however, it's pretty clear that it doesn't come close to WP:CORP. Dallben 18:00, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Islamic banking, it only has a few lines. Better to list all the new Islamic banks in one article. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 18:13, 2 December 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.