Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geographia Map Company

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The result was keep‎. ✗plicit 14:15, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Geographia Map Company[edit]

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Subject lacks the WP:ORGSIG to meet the WP:NCORP. The only source currently in the article only briefly covers this company, and I couldn't find much else beyond brief mentions, non-RS, and some letters to the editor with promotional language to boot, nothing to establish notability. Let'srun (talk) 02:59, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies, Geography, New Jersey, and New York. Let'srun (talk) 02:59, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep due to flawed WP:BEFORE nomination. I have begun the process of adding reliable sources for this article—which involves a company that has been active on two continents for over a century—and its founder, Alexander Gross. StonyBrook _babble 15:22, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment venerable, renowned company: "A list and brief history of London Atlases". thehunthouse.com. Retrieved January 29, 2024. Geographia Ltd., was founded in 1911 by the Hungarian Alexander Gross (1879-1958). Originally "Geographia" Designing & Publishing Co. Ltd., of 33 Strand the firm produced street maps of towns and cities all over the world until being absorbed by Collins Bartholomew in about 1987. From 1923 to at least 1925 the company was called "Geographia (1923) Ltd.". Djflem (talk) 07:22, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 07:29, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 11:55, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Significant coverage of Geographia is available in books on the more notable daughter of Alexander Gross, Phyllis Pearsall. For example:

Hartley, Sarah (2002). "Chapter 4: Geographia: Marking Out the Future". Mrs P's journey : the remarkable story of the woman who created the A-Z map. Pocket Books. pp. 27–37. ISBN 978-0-7434-0876-9.
Ross, Val (2003). "Chapter 12: The Mapmaker and Her Business". The road to there : mapmakers and their stories. Internet Archive. Tundra Books. pp. 115–123. ISBN 978-0-88776-621-3.

Additional coverage includes the following newspaper articles: [1], [2], [3], [4]. Jfire (talk) 04:31, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: per WP:HEY. In-depth coverage provided and article improved. S0091 (talk) 18:08, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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