Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/General Maritime Corporation

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The result was merge‎ to Euronav. Consensus suggest that a selective merge to Euronav is an ATD for this information Joyous! Noise! 21:51, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

General Maritime Corporation[edit]

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Have tried to reseach this company, can't find anything that suggests WP:CORP or WP:CORPDEPTH. Devoke water 16:22, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:30, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:38, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The Wikipedia Library includes access to the extensive Miramar database of shipping articles and data. I have applied for access.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:29, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:31, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I left a message about this AfD at WikiProject Ships asking for their comments here. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:36, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments: I think this company is defunct. Their domain is for sale. I found information about them at company-histories.com/General-Maritime-Corporation-Company-History.html. I'm not sure that's a reliable source but they mention some article sources at the end of the page.

If they once operated 43 big Suezmax and Aframax tankers, they were certainly notable. Tonnage-wise, that's about the size of the entire French-flagged merchant fleet and bigger than Russia's. I don't know if we can find sources to prove this, though. No proof, no article (because that means we don't have enough to build a reliable article).

We can potentially use selected EDGAR data as a reliable source for article-building but only if we prove notability first.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 20:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

At the time of the bankruptcy filing the company's assets exceeded a billion dollars, and the article has (uncited) statements on the size of its fleet. At one time the entity surely was notable. Kablammo (talk) 20:18, 11 July 2023 (UTC) And the New York Times also has published a number of articles on the company. Kablammo (talk) 16:38, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Euronav. No in-depth article about this one to meet our guideline but refs to support some text in Euronav, which is notable. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 20:07, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:21, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge (selectively) into Euronav per above. By default includes redirect. Thanks for the research, A. B.! gidonb (talk) 19:15, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge: to Euronav if by default there is already a redirect. WonderCanada (talk) 18:35, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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