Talk:Jordan's Meats

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Notability
The article has been tagged for notability since November 2007, making it one of the older articles thus tagged. Therefore, I'm keen to see something done about this article. I should emphasise that I'm not desperate to see this article deleted. If notability can be established, then I'll happily support the article's continued inclusion on Wikipedia.

So let's examine the article. In its current form, there appear to be three sections: history of the company, history of the premises and employment statistics.

Considerered historically, Jordan Meats:
 * Was a meat packing plant in Portland, Maine;
 * Was one of the companies of purchased by George N. Gillett Jr. in 1997;
 * Was purchased by IBP in 1998 (which itself was acquired by Tyson Foods in 2001;
 * Closed in 2005.


 * Nothing here indicates significance, warranting an article.

Regarding the premises:
 * It was being demolished;
 * It caught fire (cause unknown);
 * There were no injuries.


 * A building destroyed that was going to be destroyed anyway. No injuries. Almost a non-event.

And as for employment stats:
 * The company employed 285 people when it closed, but somehow managed to have over 500 employees a year after that closure.


 * Setting aside the inherent confusion of that latter claim, we might have here a claim for notability. That is, the business may have been notable as a major employer in its employee catchment. However, a dearth of references currently limits the strength of this claim.

Overall, then, I still don't believe this subject warrants its own article. However, it may warrant a mention in the Portland, Maine article (if it was indeed a major employer) and in one or some of the articles for those organisations that at times owned Jordan Meats.

 Lord Vetinari  11:47, 13 June 2011 (UTC)