Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beltrami Electric Cooperative

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The result was delete. – filelakeshoe (t / c)  11:05, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Beltrami Electric Cooperative[edit]

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Fails WP:NORG. No claim of notability, no national or regional media coverage, small organization. Rogermx (talk) 15:44, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:47, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:47, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:48, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I used LexisNexis to search old newspaper archives for coverage of the Cooperative. There was a lot of routine coverage of the utility in the local newspaper, but even the Minnesota Supreme Court case of 1982 did not generate much significant or enduring coverage. Wikipedia's general notability guideline for inclusion require significant, non-routine coverage. Since this is missing, the article should be deleted. Malinaccier (talk) 13:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete doesn't meet GNG or CORPDEPTH. Power~enwiki (talk) 05:59, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The best I could find was this newspaper article from 1974 (full-page but probably not independent). There are quite a few mentions (100+) in newspapers.com but almost all are namechecks or adverts, same as with free GNews and GBooks sources. The company exists, it serves a few people but more than that, I cannot find. Regards So Why 06:39, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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