Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meineke Car Care Center

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) TheSandDoctor (talk) 05:55, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Meineke Car Care Center[edit]

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Fails criteria for establishing notability. References are derivative of company PR, fails WP:CORPDEPTH and/or WP:ORGIND -- HighKing⁺⁺ 16:14, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:15, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:15, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A 900-outlet franchise chain in the U.S. is going to be notable. References in the article include profile-type info at "Entrepreneur" (a magazine?) and Charlotte Business Journal and others. Quick searching yields lots of newspaper articles like this one announcing 15 Meineke car care centers being opened in Birmingham, Alabama and another about the Pocatello Idaho one setting some kind of record for new Meineke franchises. Article is to answer the reference question "What is a Meineke?" which readers of local newspapers may wonder; i think this is the Wikipedia article covering everything about Meineke. --do ncr am 18:27, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This hit from Google Scholar search, from a 2008 magazine of the Richmond Federal Reserve branch?, provides substantial coverage, using Meineke's 2003 $68 million private equity investment deal as its leading example. --do ncr am 18:39, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I agree with doncram here: Meineke is a large, well known franchise operation in the U.S. The article is not hopelessly promotional, sources are cited, and basic searches turn up lots of material coverage in major media like the New York Times[1] and Los Angeles Times[2] as well as auto industry sources. I suggest pluralizing the article title to match the corporate name. --Arxiloxos (talk) 19:20, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Definitely a notable chain. A cursory review of Google News suggests that there are a substantial number of articles in reliable sources discussing this franchise. bd2412 T 17:38, 4 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Long-standing, well-known business consisting of franchises. Normal editing can fix the problems. Bearian (talk) 23:11, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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