Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dazey Corporation


 * 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   weak keep. Batard seems to sum it up as well as I could. Wily D 08:42, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Dazey Corporation

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 * Delete. Non-notable, defunct company. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 18:50, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - Please note that topic notability is based upon the availability of sources, rather than those just in articles. Please read WP:NRVE. Thank you for your consideration. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:52, 17 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails both WP: GNG and WP: CORP as the 2 sources are unreliable. --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 18:52, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 20:52, 1 October 2012 (UTC)


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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 08:28, 8 October 2012 (UTC)


 * weak Delete This seems to be a brand name that has been passed from owner to owner; the original Dazey made can openers, and then the corporate name was sold to the Seal-a-Meal people, and thence to Rival. I cannot put together a useful corporate history about this. Seal-a-Meal probably ought to have an article, but probably not the company. Mangoe (talk) 10:58, 8 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep The nominator and some !=voters here have called for deletion in part because the company is out of business. That is not a valid delete reason, since notability is not temporary. There is significant coverage the company or brand and its products in handbooks of kitchen collectables.  This company and brand started in the 19th century as the  ["Dazey Churn" company circa 1907-1922 which made little butter churns which are sought by collectors of antiques. They were "the best known manufacturer of glass churns."  The columns cited indicate a continued company existence from the Dazey Churn company to the ubiquitous Dazey brand of fryers, slicers, hairdryers,  Seal-A-Meals, and many other small appliances, until they were bought by their  rival (Rival). The handbook of kitchen collectables notes the owners of the brand in its later years, but I do not see that as a barrier to having an article. Life magazine ads from 1940 and 1959, while not providing notability, show a continued existence in that era of Dazey as a brand or company selling can openers, ice crushers, nut crackers  and knife sharpeners.  Different people or groups owning a company or well-known brand is not a valid delete reason. The Dazey company  was in the news for [defective products in 1976, and for a different defective product in 1977. Their products were widely advertized and sold in the US in the 1980's and 1990s, such as the potato peeler featured in a gift guide in 1995:. Dazey's acquisition by Rival was covered in the news in 2002. [[User:Edison|Edison]] (talk) 22:09, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I am not as convinced of the continuity of this as you are, and it seems to me that there is an element of WP:OR in piecing together the various segments of its history. That said, I'm weakening my response on this. Mangoe (talk) 02:27, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - The most-used name of the company in sources I've found thus far appears to be Dazey Products Company. Source coverage has been found using the search criteria "Dazey Products Co." and others. Furthermore, this source currently being used in the article may be about a different financial services company. Other sources refer to the company as "The Dazey Churn and Manufacturing Company" and "Dazey Corporation" (see this link).
 * Hill, Judy (May 31, 1980). "Scrubber Needs More Than it's Own Power." The Deseret News.
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 00:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hill, Judy (May 31, 1980). "Scrubber Needs More Than it's Own Power." The Deseret News.
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 00:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 00:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 00:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 00:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - Several sources have been added to the article after the time of its nomination for deletion. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:52, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak keep: The sourcing available is tenuous at best, and I wasn't able to find much more in a search of Google and the news archives. Most of this can be classified as WP:ROUTINE, and I'm not entirely convinced that we can show significant coverage in reliable secondary sources yet. But this book, combined with the weak coverage elsewhere, seems to show at least an element of notability under WP:GNG. I think it warrants a short article, although the wiser course in the long run may be a move to Seal-a-Meal as suggested above. --Batard0 (talk) 06:33, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
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