Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DYE Precision


 * 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 - filelake shoe   &#xF0F6;   10:23, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

DYE Precision

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No evident notability, just a plethora of the company's own web links Andy Dingley (talk) 16:22, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:38, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:38, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Riley   Huntley  00:35, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Divided between delete and keep - They achived a partnership agreement here with San Diego Aftermath. Unfortunately, I'm not an expert with paintball but it seems San Diego Aftermath is a member of the National Professional Paintball League so that may be a notable partnership. What also divides is this article which notes they are one of the largest paintball manufacturers and this NCPA tournament they hosted. A search at Google News immediately provided several results, three of them are primary and four are not. As listed there, it seems the company received attention because of an acquisition (the links are #1 and the result below) and the link below that talks with the president of VANS and DYE Precision (notes some of the details mentioned in the article such as their Germany, London and Taiwan offices) and finally, the next and final result also talks about the acquisition. Visiting Google News archives provides 2010 announcements here and here where DYE provided the Portland Naughty Dogs with a special jersey and limited edition gun, this announcement allowing teams to experience of their new paintball guns and a partnership agreement here with Chattanooga CEP. In 2006, this news article says they sponsored a paintball team, XXTIONEER, which probably isn't notable. They also sponsored the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Open here which doesn't provide many details. I also found minor mentions here and here (press release). Google Books also found a minor mention here. A different Google News search adding "Dave Dehaan" provided this brief mention and a Google Books search with "Dave Dehaan" provided this directory and this interview with the page provided but no other details. I plan to use these links to improve the article soon, SwisterTwister   talk  03:42, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Please note that I have since improved the article as shown here. I'll admit, it may not be the best improvement but it's at least better than what it was before. SwisterTwister   talk  23:20, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep Due to SwisterTwister's improvements. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 23:44, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 *  Strong Keep: Major paintball equipment manufacturer. Major deals with pro paintball teams. douts (talk) 22:38, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak keep based on new refs above. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:16, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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