Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Actiontec Electronics


 * 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   delete. As with most deletion discussions, this one comes down to wether or not there are sufficient reliable sources that discuss this subject. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:39, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Actiontec Electronics

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 * Delete. Non-notable company. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 08:13, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 12:19, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 12:20, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Note that this business makes routers.  May be worth a mention in the Verizon article. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:07, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Reasonably well-known internationally, make consumer-level routers and networking hardware. Numerous ISPs internationally use their gear (Verizon, Qwest, a lot of British ISPs). It's stocked by a lot of different tech retailers of reasonable sizes including Amazon US and UK. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:02, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - Reasonably sized (over 400 employees). Designs the products it sells directly meaning its a bit more vertically integrated than other businesses in that sector.  Disagree about including it in the Verizon article since it also has partnerships with Cisco and Qwest (doesn't rely on Verizon).partnershipsGrmike (talk) 22:09, 28 July 2011 (UTC)grmike
 * Number of employees is not a measure of notability on WP. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 05:47, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per Tom Morris and Grmike. Kittybrewster  &#9742;  22:21, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per WP:V, "If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it." No such sources are provided here. Size and market share are not among our inclusion criteria.  Sandstein   07:37, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment – Sorry to disagree here but size and market share actually goes to Verifiability. The requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia is that the article be Verifiable – have second/third part sourcing and meet  Notability guidelines.  In that the it can be verified through the following sources of the  size and market share   a better question to ask does the company meet the guidelines for  Notability.  Hence the comment and not an !vote.  ShoesssS Talk 17:55, 5 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 10:33, 5 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - Appropriate policy is Notability (organizations and companies). I see no evidence in Google that this company is notable in the WP sense (independent mention by secondary sources).  The mere facts that the company has 400 employees, has some  important products, are not sufficient. --Noleander (talk) 18:41, 5 August 2011 (UTC)


 * 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.