Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Banque de l'Habitat du Mali

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The result was merge to Malian Solidarity Bank. Spartaz ^Humbug! 22:25, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Banque de l'Habitat du Mali

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Looks like the article has been an un-cited stub since it's creation in 2007. I did a search for anything that would pass WP:GNG or WP:NCORP. Nothing came up that I could find though. Except for trivial coverage in a few books and articles in Google Scholar that are brief mentions and fails notability standards because they aren't in-depth. Adamant1 (talk) 06:21, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 07:50, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 07:50, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 07:50, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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weak delete - [1] the bank was at one time notable. mismanagement of finances led to an irreversable bankruptcy 10 years ago. was created with the help of foreign assistance to be a housing bank. but it used the money for other things. There are legit sources but they are all in French. maybe it can go under one of the other habitat bank sections for example cote d'ivore (which is the only one that didn't dissolve into bankruptcy). In French wikipedia there may be a case for an article, but I don't think many users from that part of the world will be looking up info on the company in English.Grmike (talk) 14:04, 29 April 2020 (UTC)grmike[reply]
That comment appears to violate both WP:NTEMP and WP:NONENG. Phil Bridger (talk) 09:34, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't aware of WP:NONENG. I imagine the need for good English language sourcing would be even more important when it comes to notability then it would in general. Since I assume the subject should be notable enough for English readers specifically. Otherwise, it would be to broad, narrow, or something along those lines for the intended audience. --Adamant1 (talk) 10:06, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sulfurboy (talk) 07:38, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I've added new sources relating to the bank. Just because the bank is not well known in English-speaking countries does not mean that it does not deserve an article. As long as proper, verifiable sourcing can be found, it does not matter what language the sources are in, or where the topic of the article is located. Khu'hamgaba Kitap^talk 18:25, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The sources you added are extremely trivial. Lack of in-depth coverage anywhere, English or not, does matter to if they "deserve" an article or not. Only basic, trivial coverage means they don't. Adamant1 (talk) 22:10, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Malian Solidarity Bank (Banque malienne de solidarité) – was incorporated into the BMS in 2016 (link in French). --Goldsztajn (talk) 18:32, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what good it does to merge it into an article that's questionably notable itself, but it's better then nothing I guess. --Adamant1 (talk) 01:02, 11 May 2020 (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.