Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Leak Detection

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. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 18:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Non-notable company. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 06:54, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Company has 328 franchises in 8 countries, was ranked one of the top 25 franchise high performers by The Wall Street Journal (source), and was ranked in the Franchise 500 five years straight (including #21 best home-based franchise for 2012) by Entrepreneur Magazine (source). —Eustress ^talk 07:18, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • But is that notable enough for WP? -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 07:26, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • I believe so and have listed supporting evidence above. Per WP:JNN and WP:BEFORE, it would be helpful if you, as the AfD nominator, would elaborate on why you feel the company does not meet enwp's notability threshold. —Eustress ^talk 07:34, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Maybe it is because I don't want to turn WP into a business directory??? Maybe it is because the notability guideline at WP:COMPANY is not much help? -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 07:41, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 11:57, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 11:57, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Appearances in "Top 25" or "Top 500" lists generally do not establish notability; they only would if these lists are famous enough that each of the other 499 businesses on it would become notable just by virtue of being named on the list. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:40, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Inclusion here, or not, does not depend on the size of the company or the number of countries it operates in. It depends on the existence of significant coverage by independent reliable sources. A Google News archive search for this company turns up many pages of hits, but most of them are trivial or are clearly advertising. However, the sources highlighted by Eustress seem to establish the company as notable. --MelanieN (talk) 16:05, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep How do I request an edit of the entire article by someone without a COI? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DuaneDepoole (talk • contribs) 00:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please consult Talk:American Leak Detection. —Eustress ^talk 01:03, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• sigh.... Another entry for the free to advertise Wikipedia Business Directory. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 19:56, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep With MelanieN.Érico ^msg 22:55, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Now appears to meet WP:NCORP. -- Trevj (talk) 15:03, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I have edited the article, adding independent sources and updating it. --MelanieN (talk) 16:50, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.