Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deering Banjo Company


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The result was keep. ...pending lack of opposition from the nominator or other editors to the keep comments. Active editors are encouraged to immediately remove the copyvio material. (non-admin closure) Lourdes  03:32, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Deering Banjo Company

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WP:copyvio in this unreferenced (except for a single primary source...) put together by small band of SPA/COI editors. Nothing seems to confer notability, fails WP:GNG. Rayman60 (talk) 23:20, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. North America1000 04:09, 28 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - finding some significant writeups about the company:
 * A Visit To Deering Banjo Company by Jake Kelly in American Songwriter
 * Local instrument company fights banjo backlash with cheeky ad by Walter Mencken in the San Diego Reader
 * Guitars, Banjos, and the American Dream by Siobhan Braun in the San Diego Reader
 * The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere by Lily Rothman in Time (magazine)
 * and more minor mentions, etc. The company was also inducted into the American Banjo Museum hall of fame.   --  1Wiki8 ........................... (talk)


 * Keep per sources provided. – Davey 2010 Talk 00:50, 3 October 2016 (UTC)


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