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Delete, but not for the nominator's reasons. Unless something more than the manufacturers' names is included, it's really just a knockoff of
Category:Hosiery brands (or subcategory, if there are companies that make only socks).
Clarityfiend (
talk) 07:41, 26 September 2016 (UTC)reply
I'm less than enthusiastic about this, but what makes this argument not a
WP:NOTDUP scenario? — Rhododendritestalk \\ 17:49, 1 October 2016 (UTC)reply
I removed the two entries without articles and the image. For something to be deleted on promotional grounds it should really be more than a matter of removing an entry or two and an image (or almost every list would have periods of time when it would qualify for deletion). — Rhododendritestalk \\ 17:49, 1 October 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep – Qualifies for an article per
WP:NOTDUP relative to
Category:Socks. Also qualifies as a functional navigational aid per
WP:LISTPURP. I have added some sources to the article for starters. Also, this article is not promotional, and has no promotional tone whatsoever. North America1000 03:32, 29 September 2016 (UTC)reply
Weak Keep - Very weak keep. Should be renamed
List of hosiery brands, though, and added to, but it seems like a meh navigational page (most "list of [product category] brands"). There are plenty of sources for lists of sock/hosiery brands to justify
WP:LISTN. Not redundant to the category per
WP:NOTDUP. — Rhododendritestalk \\ 17:49, 1 October 2016 (UTC)reply
Leaning Delete -- the PROMO issues have been addressed, but it still seems redundant to
Category:Hosiery brands. Since the main contributor was most likely a COI editor,I'm not sure who would maintain or expand the list. The category seems sufficient.
K.e.coffman (
talk) 18:22, 1 October 2016 (UTC)reply
Check out
WP:NOTDUP; categories and lists are considered to be complementary, rather than redundant. North America1000 21:46, 1 October 2016 (UTC)reply
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