Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harts Stores

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The result was no consensus with no prejudice against speedy renomination. (non-admin closure) Esquivalience ^t 23:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Harts Stores[edit]

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This store chain does not appear to be notable in its own right. I was able to find a number of sources confirming that the Big Bear Stores chain purchased the Harts organization, but no sources that addressed Harts Stores or any similar enterprise in its own right. That leads me to conclude that the store chain is not notable, and any verifiable claims should be merged into Big Bear Stores. —Tim Pierce (talk) 16:06, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:32, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:32, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:32, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I found only one article, mentioning that the store had opened a new store. Not significant coverage. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:32, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I found a reference going into great detail about Harts stores and added it to page. Moonchïld9 (talk) 16:17, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Moonchïld9: excellent work finding that ref! That said, I am inclined to think that that source still doesn't help establish notability -- that article is really about Big Bear Stores, and Harts Stores is only discussed insofar as Big Bear acquired them. I think that if that's the most substantial coverage we can find in reliable sources then the business is still not especially notable. Happy to be convinced otherwise, though. —Tim Pierce (talk) 17:26, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:25, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:19, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Big Bear Stores. A separate article is not necessary as there is limited material and that could be covered within the parent company article. Rlendog (talk) 13:52, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Final relist.
Please add new comments below this notice. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:40, 21 May 2015 (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.