Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Houston Wire & Cable

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 delete‎ . The source analysis has remained unrebutted. Sandstein 07:24, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Houston Wire & Cable[edit]

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most of the references are self-sources as its submissions to regulators. Ebbedlila (talk) 22:55, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and Texas. Shellwood (talk) 22:56, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep or merge if a suitable target can be found. Seems like a notable company but sparsely discussed in sources. Andre🚐 03:58, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep if you search deep you will find plenty of articles. I replaced some of the press releases and added these 1, 2 and 3. Kakara69 (talk) 08:15, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 23:01, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Fails GNG and CORP.

Source eval:

Comments	Source
Stock listing	Houston Wire & Cable Company, Inc Stock - Yahoo! Finance". Finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
Routine business news	Seeking Alpha". seekingalpha.com. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
Listing, not IS RS with SIGCOV	3. ^ "2009 Best Small Companies Part 5". oldschoolvalue.com. 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
Stock listing	4. ^ Jump up to:a b "Houston Wire & Cable Company Reuters.com". Reuters.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
Stock listing	Houston Wire & Cable Company, Inc Stock - Yahoo! Finance". Finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
Routine business news	6. ^ "Houston Wire & Cable Company Joins Affiliated Distributors - Yahoo! Finance". Finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
Routine business news	7. ^ Jump up to:a b Smith, Eric (2021-03-25). "Houston Wire & Cable to Be Acquired for $91 Million". Modern Distribution Management. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
Annual report, primary	8. ^ Jump up to:a b "Houston Wire & Cable Co. Annual Report for 2012. Form 10-K - Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]". SEC.gov. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
Primary	9. ^ "Houston Wire & Cable Co. Official Website". houwire.com. Archived from the original on 2006-03-11. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
Routine business news	10. ^ "Houston Wire & Cable Company Opens A New Texas Distribution Center. Industrial Distribution". inddist.com. 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
Routine business news	11. ^ "Houston Wire & Cable Selling Southern Wire Unit for $20M". Industrial Distribution. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2023-04-09.

BEFORE showed more of the same, nothing that meets SIGCOV from IS RS. // Timothy :: talk 17:26, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per Timothy's excellent analysis. Fails WP:CORP. LibStar (talk) 01:45, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I agree with TimothyBlue's source assessment. Routine coverage about business transactions and stock information, but not enough substantive content to suggest WP:CORPDEPTH is met. --Kinu ^t/_c 21:14, 19 April 2023 (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.