Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/APCOA Parking

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 keep. Disregarding the nominator's comments because of their possibly defamatory nature. Sandstein 22:25, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

APCOA Parking[edit]

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Delete. Private parking companies by their nature are not subjects of notability and the information presented has corporate overtones. APCOA is in reality — like ALL private parking firms — [redacted by closing admin]. Search engine results will at most have the company website, occasional indirect reference to this firm in reports and the rest of the hits are whistle-blowing sites consisting of weblogs and fighback forums which expose the nature of the organisation. There is more negative coverage on this company in the web and even that does not truly belong to Wikipedia. I propose we delete: no useful notable information on the page. Evlekis (Евлекис) 09:07, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:43, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Added AFD header. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:01, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. -- Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:01, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, for mostly different reasons. This is a puff piece about a business that runs parking garages and lots. This kind of business may generate consumer anger and local controversy. The references are all to press release styled stories about acquisitions. Google News finds a fair bit of routine coverage of local contracts awarded and such. It's hard to imagine a business less likely to make history than the business of collecting parking fees, and as such, significant effects on history, technology, or culture seem unlikely. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 16:23, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Satifies WP:COMPANY through coverage; perceived negative reputation is not a reason to delete, nor is its characterisation as a "puff piece", which I find unsupported. (BTW: It is courteous to notify the creator of the article when it has been proposed for deletion (WP:AFD), which did not happen here.) -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 08:58, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The creator has been notified. Thanks for the advice. Evlekis (Евлекис) 11:59, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep a quite crazy AFD discussion! A company that is the UK's largest provider of parking, Europe's largest provider of parking management, and also the largest provider of traffic warden services in the UK. Easily satisfies WP:COMPANY, 338,000Ghits and sold in 2008 for 1Bn Euros. If this one doesn't qualify for entry into wikipedia, I am dumb-founded! Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 22:09, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Big company. Szzuk (talk) 18:08, 21 April 2011 (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.