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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 Yasht101 02:32, 4 May 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)[reply]

Rare Coin Wholesalers[edit]

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  • Delete. Non-notable company and SPAMish. Half the article is not actually about the company. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 03:26, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. As per Alan Liefting. Tom Reedy (talk) 03:44, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The non relevant half of the article should be deleted or shown to be connected to Rare Coin Wholesalers. Could the remainder be rewritten in a more neutral vein? There appears to be some notability. Stormbay (talk) 03:47, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What would that notability be? Tom Reedy (talk) 12:08, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the 2nd paragraph points toward a notable presence in the rare coin business. The article needs a fairly major do-over but that means work, not deletion. The "advertisement feel" of the piece can be changed if sufficient notability exists. Stormbay (talk) 15:25, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Can you be specific as to what part of WP:N the second paragraph is relevant? IMO the rest of the material in the article can go in the Flowing Hair dollar and Brasher Doubloon articles, at least whatever information is not already in them. Tom Reedy (talk) 16:01, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Then the material that is relevant could be merged and a redirect applied. I'm done with the discussion. Cheers! Stormbay (talk) 22:25, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep See my comments above. I've checked some more sources. Rework the article but keep it for the notability.Stormbay (talk) 01:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:59, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - This is one of three numismatic companies challenged by the same editor. One of these is a good challenge (the dot-com), one of these is a bad challenge (Littleton Coin Co.), and about this one honest people may differ... There are a handful of really big numismatic firms like Bowers and Merena Inc. (now Stack's-Bowers Numismatics, I see) or Heritage Auctions that would doubtlessly clear the bar. This one? Eh, maybe. I'm a ways out of the numismatics loop these days, hopefully WikiProject Numismatics picks up on this and lends advice. In any event, this one is less certain one way or the other... Carrite (talk) 02:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep and revise - obviously the notability information about the proprietor should be mentioned in the article. Marikafragen (talk) 01:47, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - The key to life is searching the name of the proprietor, Steven Contursi, rather than the generic-sounding firm name. There are copious independent published sources that pop up indicating this is one of the top big-ticket numismatic firms in the country. See, for example extensive coverage of his purchases of the King of Siam set ($8.5M for an anonymous buyer) CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL, 11/2/05, VIA AP, the 1794 Dollar (sold for $7.85M, footnote in article or AP ACCOUNT here), and the BRASHER DOUBLOON. Whether this is framed as a bio of a recognized expert and leader in a field of endeavor (Contursi) or as a piece on his company RCW) is pretty much irrelevant — this meets GNG through multiple, published, independent sources... Carrite (talk) 15:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ‑Scottywong| gossip _ 22:56, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Bmusician 00:15, 27 April 2012 (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.
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