Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Schleese Saddlery

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The result was keep. Withdrawn - ProQuest sources found by Nfitz put it over GNG easily. Thanks, I don't have ProQuest access so wouldn't have been able to find those. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 02:05, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Schleese Saddlery

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I did a reasonably thorough (IMO), including Newspapers.com, and came up with only one source that meets WP:CORPDEPTH: This one, from Canadian Business. The other three that are mentioned on the talk page are not suitable. The one from American Horse Publications is bylined to the company, the one from Horse Journals is a short fluff post about a new saddle that reads like a press release and lacks a byline, and the EDC "is a Crown corporation dedicated to helping Canadian companies of all sizes succeed on the world stage," so it isn't independent when making blog posts about its own clients. I found nothing else on a search that meets CORPDEPTH (particularly keeping in mind WP:AUD, which requires topics to have garnered attention in general-audience media, not solely niche and/or trade publications). ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:29, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:29, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Horse racing-related deletion discussions. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:29, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:29, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep - a quick look in ProQuest yields all sorts of hits, over a very extended period of time. There's a very extended piece in the April/May 2003 issue of Profit (magazine). There's a long article in the September 13, 1993 Toronto Star on the front of the Business section (Page C1) with a large photo of the Sabines in it, continued to Page C6. There seems to be an extended piece in the November 1988 Moneywise magazine in the Financial Post, although I can't get the text. In the June 13, 1991 Toronto Star is an extensive piece about Jochen Schleese, which would count to his notability as an equestrian, and does discuss his saddlery business. And then there's a lot of other stuff, such as a November 2001 mention in Chatelaine, and a short piece in the May 12 1997 Globe and Mail on page B5. There's no doubt that the article needs improving, but there's no doubt that GNG is made - and I didn't find the 2014 Canadian Business article you found - which makes four very good sources, probably five with the Financial Post article. Newspapers.com is very foreign - it doesn't seem to cover most papers and magazines. Could User:Premeditated Chaos review this AFD further, and consider withdrawing it? Nfitz (talk) 18:27, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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