Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The White Company (retailer)

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The result was keep. Mz7 (talk) 06:25, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The White Company (retailer)

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Non-notable company that fails WP:NCORP and WP:CORPDEPTH. Potential sources that mention The White Company are limited to press releases about profitability or the opening of new locations. Much of the coverage of the company mentions Chrissie Rucker, but per WP:NOTINHERITED The White Company is not granted inherit notability by it's founder. SamHolt6 (talk) 00:34, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Jack Frost (talk) 02:08, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:09, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. ^{Babymissfortune} 04:09, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Question: But isn't the article on the notable founder make for a good redirect/merge target per WP:ATD? So why bring it here? Regards So Why 08:25, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It's easy to find substantial coverage such as How The White Company broke America. Andrew D. (talk) 16:14, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep there is a ton of in-depth coverage in RS out there, a WP:BEFORE search would have turned them up very quickly. Here are just a few [1], [2] [3] [4] it's even used as a synonym for "pale and interesting" here. The founder became famous because of the company even if notability is not inherited it's difficult to say that she is notable and her company is not as all the sources that talk about her talk about her company. She was awarded an OBE a few weeks ago and the reason was Founder, The White Company. For services to Retail Domdeparis (talk) 11:40, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'd possibly advise against using the Daily Mail as a source for article improvements though, see WP:DAILYMAIL --Topperfalkon (talk) 13:06, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, based on the above. Seems fairly trivial to find reliable sources, like this one. Article needs improvements and infoboxing, but shouldn't be deleted. --Topperfalkon (talk) 13:06, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I think the article has problems, but sufficient notability isn't one of them. Links provided above are sufficient to establish notability and can be used to improve the article. Slideshow Bob (talk) 20:01, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, easily notable. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:28, 18 January 2018 (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.