Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lanston Monotype Company

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The result was merge to Monotype system. SilkTork (talk) 17:28, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lanston Monotype Company[edit]

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Possible non-notable company, merging or deletion may be needed. Ahmetlii (talk) 12:27, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Ahmetlii (talk) 12:27, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:30, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep appears to meet WP:GNG (I have added a "Further reading" section). Monotype is one of the two dominant typesetting systems of the twentieth century. While the British offshoot was more successful, this is still a historically important company. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 09:29, 25 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:43, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: A newspapers.com search returns 2,137 results for "Lanston Monotype Company". The only reason the company's notability seems to be in question is because it did not survive until the internet age, where sources would be a Google search away. --Usernameunique (talk) 01:41, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 23:55, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Monotype system. Once upon a time, most metal type came out of one of two machines: the Linotype machine and the Monotype system, each of which was sold by a different company. This company, Lanston Monotype, is not very interesting beyond the machine. Here is an article about the Monotype machine, and here is a video of it in action. As you can see, the machine is the main event. I added three slim sources on the company, but they are nto much. What is here can easily be merged to Monotype system.--- Possibly (talk) 03:33, 7 March 2021 (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.