Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hancock Fabrics


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 14:19, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Hancock Fabrics

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Fails WP:NCORP. Virtually no reliable sources, only really about bankruptcy. See also WP:CORPDEPTH AusLondonder (talk) 07:16, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep It is really important to follow the search links in the nomination before completing your nomination. I will add some coverage that seems significant to External Links. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:14, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mississippi-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:04, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:04, 1 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep. In its 1998 news obituary for founder L.D. Hancock, The New York Times described this as "one of the nation's largest retail fabric chains".  Lots more sources readily visible in the usual searches. --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:34, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep usually, if a organization has 266 stores, that's a pretty indicator that it's notable. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 04:42, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note Nom has been blocked as a disruptive sockpuppet - creator of inappropriate AFDs. this one probably camouflage for his politically-motivated AFDs.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:32, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
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