Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al Maha Petroleum

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. I understand Sandstein relisted this Afd; but I read three editors supporting the keeping of this article with acceptable supporting rationale, and none, including HighKing, directly opposing the stand. In the closing of this Afd, I also note that the nominator has not opposed the keep !votes subsequently. (non-admin closure) Lourdes 12:44, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Al Maha Petroleum[edit]

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Procedural nomination - article makes a limited claim to notability (the owner of service stations), and an internet search generates fairly little by way of coverage. But as the speedy is contested it seemed worth bringing here for wider review. -- Euryalus (talk) 20:21, 17 May 2017 (UTC) Euryalus (talk) 20:21, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote the article. By way of background there are three major filling station chains in Oman - Royal Dutch Shell, Omanoil, and Al Maha. I wrote this article to ensure all three were included in Wikipedia. I suspect that the claims of low notoriety are owing to the fact that most of the press about the company would be in Arabic. But they had a net profit of RO 8.1 Million in 2016 (over $21 million USD) [1], and I suspect that if they were a company in the English-speaking world, not only would the article not be up for deletion, but it would have been written a decade ago. (See Aloha Petroleum or USA Gasoline for example.) I can also say from my trip to Oman that Al Maha stations are everywhere in the country, as common as 7-Elevens in the US. Foreign does not mean unnotable. Incaseitsmissing (talk) 12:44, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 20:28, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Incaseitsmissing, perhaps you could dig up some sources - even if they're in another language, it doesn't matter for the purposes of establishing credibility. As it stands, despite the information you've provided above, until you provide an independent source, we have no way of knowing the facts. For all we know, you could be making the entire topic up (it has happened before!) although I'd bet that you aren't. As the article creator, don't expect other editors to do your work for you though. If no sources can be provided, then notability cannot be established and the article will be deleted. -- HighKing⁺⁺ 16:25, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Financial Times okay? [2] Incaseitsmissing (talk) 16:53, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- well, this source states that the company went public in 2004: Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century. And here are some corruption charges: Oman oil company former officials jailed for corruption. So probably squeaks by on WP:LISTED & GNG. Also, if I'm doing my math right: 418 rial is just over $1bln in annual revenue, and companies of this size tend to be notable. More sources are likely to be available in Arabic. On the balance of things, it's a keep. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:14, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree with above comments. Seraphim System ^(talk) 03:22, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:06, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 14:17, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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