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The result was delete. Wifione ^Message 19:52, 27 December 2014 (UTC) reply

Generic elevator companies

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I'm not sure of the merits of this kind of business list article. Also , the one inline spamlink in the lead could infer that the entire exercise is for the benefit of that company. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 16:15, 20 December 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 18:27, 20 December 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 18:27, 20 December 2014 (UTC) reply

• Delete Possible artspam. Definitely a list of apparently non-notable companies. There is currently one that is blue linked ( Marshall Elevator which is possibly notable but definitely needs looking at reference-wise). There were three, but I delinked a disam page, and removed a link to a solar cell manufacturer (which was a redirect to a mention in another article anyway). There is one more link in the list that's blue, but that goes to an entry at Elevatorpedia (no kidding). Peridon ( talk) 18:44, 20 December 2014 (UTC) reply
• Delete WP:NOTDIR Toohool ( talk) 19:38, 20 December 2014 (UTC) reply
• Delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY. The article doesn't provide much encyclopedic content, and is mostly a very long list of various elevator companies that lack articles in Wikipedia. No prejudice against creating a list article of notable elevator companies per Category:Elevator manufacturers. NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:28, 27 December 2014 (UTC) reply

• N.b. See the new List of elevator manufacturers. NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:34, 27 December 2014 (UTC) reply

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