Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flint Group


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 19:00, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Flint Group

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 * Delete per WP:CORP -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 03:25, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, rather weakly. Google News archives show a fairly long and substantial corporate history for this.  You will have to dig fairly deeply past results relating to Flint, Michigan and routine announcements of product lines, acquisitions, and trade show appearances; but it appears that this business supplies technologies used in banknote printing as well as labelling.  That's a connection with public affairs that makes them borderline notable. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:06, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Searching for "Flint Ink" instead of "Flint Group" gives better results for ascertaining their notability. This story suggests involvement in a technical breakthrough that will be visible to consumers.  This story calls them the 2d largest maker of printing ink in the world.  Books results go back to 1941.  I've no idea why these businesses give themselves vaguer names that distract from their core businesses, but it does make searching for sources harder.  - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 17:37, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 06:17, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I see no independant, non-trivial coverage by secondary sources for this topic. Angryapathy (talk) 15:07, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:19, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article certainly could use some cleanup but the stories linked above establish this company as notable.  As noted above, there is quite a bit of coverage but it takes work to winnow through to find the reliable soruces.  Another example is this article from The Hindu. -- Whpq (talk) 18:21, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep. The search results for "Flint Ink" show clear notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 09:54, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - several searches under some other varieties shows lots of important news stories, e.g., this from Bloomberg. Bearian (talk) 02:15, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.