Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fletcher International Abattoir

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was merge to Dubbo, New South Wales (already done). CDC  (talk)  22:27, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Fletcher International Abattoir
Not a notable business. Roger Fletcher, the owner, has already been deleted. 11 google hits. Xezbeth 06:25, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete below the bar of notability. Oliver Keenan 10:03, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Abattoirs employ alot of people, and as such are important to their local communities, merge to Dubbo, New South Wales--nixie 10:38, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Week Keep Could possibly be expanded TigerShark 14:44, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable meat processor. Klonimus 23:14, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. --Centauri 06:11, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nothing special about this particular abattoir. Radiant_* 11:12, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Dubbo as Peta suggests. Capitalistroadster 04:45, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Dubbo. If Dubbo were to grow, it could be broken out.Grace Note 04:54, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This company is listed as the "largest employer in Dubbo, South Wales" (population 38,000). According to this report in 2003, it was major news when they laid off 110 workers.  Those two data points suggest that this is still a pretty small, family run business.  We usually have a great deal of difficulty finding enough verifiable information to write a non-sub-stub article.  For publicly-held businesses, the Fortune 1000 is a reasonable guide (with lots of exceptions if they've done something truly innovative or scandalous).  That translates to revenues right around $1 Billion and 2-3000 employees.  Do we have any verifiable evidence about this company's size or relevance?  If not, I have to lean toward delete for now.  Rossami (talk) 05:21, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Assuming that 110 is a 20% RIF that suggest that the pant had about 400-500 workers prelayoff. That makes it good sized regional plant probably capable of processing at a minimum 150 sheep/hr (Probably more depending on automation and what not). IMHO every company listed on a national (NYSE,NASDAQ,AMEX) or major regional stock exchange (Pacific Stock Exchange, Philadelphia/Boston Stock Exchange) is definatly worthy of inclusion. Remember Wiki aint Paper. Klonimus 05:52, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge, certainly important in its region, WP should cover it as best it can. Kappa 17:43, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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