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. (non-admin closure) –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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This list is a magnet for spam and red links. It is too large and unwieldy to be of encyclopaedic value, and in most cases is a duplicate of many country-specific lists or articles. Biker Biker (talk) 22:16, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Being a target for spam is not a valid reason for deletion. The redlinks look like possible articles and the list itself is on a notable topic. I see no issue. Lugnuts ^{And the horse} 09:06, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and clean-up non-notable entries. Navigational aids like this exist outside the usual standards of notability, along with disambiguation pages and so on. But without an article, there's nothing to navigate to. Wikipedia isn't an avenue to promote minor companies that haven't been noticed by reliable independent sources. Vcessayist (talk) 01:25, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Yes, too large and too many red links. But this is not a valid reason for deletion. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 22:42, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:44, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:44, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per above, mostly. — ΛΧΣ21™ 18:30, 12 October 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.