Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allen Tate Realtors


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The result was   keep. J04n(talk page) 21:57, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Allen Tate Realtors

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Most refs are the companies own and those that aren't are mere mentions or no mention at all. Nothing here conveys notability. Fails WP:CORP.  Velella  Velella Talk 20:07, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:14, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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The article has 18 references, 14 of which are from independent sources. All allentate.com references can be deleted without losing article credibility.Allentatecjdr (talk) 14:27, 5 November 2014 (UTC)allentatecjdr 
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 00:34, 6 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. I wasted far too much time on this AfD. I found minor local coverage, and trivial mention in "Who's Who" books and the like. Now, as to the article's 19 references (virtually all of which are local):
 * five are from the company's own website;
 * seven mention charitable contributions by the company, but virtually nothing about the company itself;
 * three have but a single sentence, or a one line listing;
 * two are about the man, not the company, with no in-depth coverage of the company;
 * two don't even mention the company
 * It's also of concern that the article creator and only real contributor is a new WP:SPA whose user name is like that of the article. --Larry/Traveling_Man (talk) 18:05, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

This article has not been submitted to create this much controversy. It is intended to be a short, factual acknowledgement of the Allen Tate Company as a business entity whose history is well-known in the Carolinas. There is nothing promotional, and the facts have been supported by references of credible sources. There seem to be many articles on companies in the real estate industry with longer entries (and definite promotional language) resident on Wikipedia which have not been flagged. In the instance of other, larger entities (Apple, Bank of America, etc.), promotion of products and links to ecommerce are prevalent. This article does not engage in any of this promotion frowned upon by Wikipedia. It is an informative entry regarding a company prominent in that region of the country.

The account was created solely to submit this article - hence the user name. But it has been created, as much as possible, to remain inside of Wikipedia best practices. Allentatecjdr (talk) 14:13, 13 November 2014 (UTC)allentatecjdr Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  From the article (bolding added for emphasis): "Rouse Holt & Flora Realtors and Sam W. Moore Realtors, real-estate companies in Burlington, have merged with Allen Tate Realtors. The companies will operate as Allen Tate Realtors at their current offices. Allen Tate, one of the largest real-estate companies in North Carolina, is based in Charlotte and recently expanded to the Triad. Rouse Holt & Flora Realtors and Sam W. Moore Realtors with a combined sales team of 40 and 354 active listings will join a sales force of nearly 250 Allen Tate sales associates in the Triad. Allen Tate expects to do more than $600 million in sales in the Triad this year. Allen Tate said that the Burlington deals make it the No. 1 company for active listings in that market."    The article notes: "Allen Tate Realtors plants its flag in Mint Hill today by gobbling up its eighth independent real estate broker in as many years. The Charlotte-based real estate giant, which broke the $4 billion sales mark last year, said it has acquired Fran Harris Realtors. Neither company would disclose terms of the agreement. ... Allen Tate has grown rapidly since the mid-1990s. The company's first major acquisition came in 1996, when it bought a brokerage with three offices in York County. The company finished that year with 12 offices. At the end of last year, it operated 24, including offices acquired in Lancaster, Monroe, High Point and Greensboro, said Riley, who has overseen eight acquisitions in the last eight years." <li> The article notes: "Allen Tate Realtors, one of the country's largest residential brokerages, is tapping into its top executive's former company to build a local sales team."</li> <li></li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Allen Tate Realtors to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 02:35, 15 November 2014 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr style="width:55%;" />
 * Keep:  Organization seems large and notable, albeit not a sexy tech company or what have you.  Needs some re-writing to be more objective.--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken  22:29, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
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