- 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. Additionally, the nomination does not contain a valid rationale for deletion, per WP:SK#1 regarding article merges or moves. Furthermore, articles with an extensive editing history are typically redirected to a merge target to retain attribution history, per WP:COPYWITHIN, rather than deleted in entirety. (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000(talk) 21:37, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The article has been successfully merged into Corporation according to a consensus. Noodleki (talk) 20:54, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:31, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:31, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. If content has been merged, the article should be redirected, not deleted. That way attribution history will be preserved. • Gene93k (talk) 02:33, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose. This article should not be deleted. It is a massive subject and needs its own page to grow. I have no idea what you think is going to be achieved with this "merger". Wikidea 19:32, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The merge already happened. At the moment, it is just a stub article.Noodleki (talk) 22:22, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
- Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:33, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Seems like a legitimate topic for an article, but it may need some cleanup. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:34, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep -- I am not sure about America, but in England, "company" had usually referred to commercial organisations, and corporation to public bodies charged with the government of a town (now more usually "council". This is a summary of the history of some major commercial companies. If a merger has taken place, either it should be de-merged or the resultant article should get this name. Furthermore, upon a merger, it is normal to keep the merged article as a redirect. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:26, 19 January 2014 (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.