Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smarte Carte

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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 was Keep per nom withdrew by voting keep after sources were found. Non-admin closure. --Darkwind (talk) 22:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Smarte Carte

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While some may enjoy this company's products, I have questions about whether this company article is notable. If it is not notable, it is a candidate for deletion. A deletion does not imply that the company has bad products or has a particular fault. Looking for citations, I find few on the company. Mrs.EasterBunny 20:01, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep I see these in almost every airport in the country that I travel to, and a Google search gets over 20,000 hits. GlassCobra (talk • contribs) 20:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Notable enough for me. Here's a sample of newspaper articles I fund with a Newbank search (out of 302 total hits):
  • Ina Paiva Cordle. "Luggage carts to cost MIA millions." The Miami Herald. 20 July 2007. p. C3.
  • Lisa Murray. "Smarte Carte's in the bag for Macquarie - Buys $370m luggage trolley company." The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 2006. p. 17.
  • "Smarte Carte emerges from bankruptcy." St. Paul Pioneer Press. 28 May 2005. p. C2.
  • Martin J. Moylan. "Smarte Carte lockers reopen; shut down since 9/11." St. Paul Pioneer Press. 5 March 2003. p. C1.
  • Paul McAfee. "Smarte Carte rolls over E-Z Roller, gains airport concessions." The Business Press/California. 6 November 1995. p. 10.
  • Jim Jones. "Smarte Carte does its part in roundup at the supermart." Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities. 15 April 1988. p. 1D. Zagalejo^^^ 20:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep In the Tom Hanks film The Terminal, part of the plot is that he survives by collecting change from their machines, and the brand has enough name recognition to be dropped into reviews of that film as just "Smarte Carte machines" without any further explanation. Thomjakobsen 20:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep - I am the original nominator. The article could certainly be improved. The citations listed above seem to satisfy the wikipedia guidelines which use secondary sources as a benchmark for notability. (So this AFD did serve a purpose. I may improve the article using these citations after the AFD).Mrs.EasterBunny 21:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and Close per Thomjakobsen. Close because nom has voted keep. Smashville 21:48, 12 September 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.