Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hathor Exploration


 * 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   no consensus. I hate to leave it hanging, but there have been 2 comments in 16 days and it doesn't look like it will get any less stale if relisted again. No objection to another nom in the near future, though HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   01:49, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Hathor Exploration

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An article that is of high technical quality, always hard to present something like this to AfD. However, the notability claim essentially is: "sixth most significant exploration project in Saskatchewan (based on expenditures) and the 51st out of 100 in Canada." According to my reading of WP:CORP this is not sufficient. As for the General notability guideline: Some sources are self-published, some of the business directory type, the rest are passing mentions. I also question the independence of the sources, for instance of the Ministry brochures. Some do not contain the word "Hathor", especially the one supposed to back up the thin notability claim quoted above. Pgallert (talk) 15:21, 20 May 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Shimeru (talk) 22:16, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Their public relations people have obviously been studying Wikipedia and know how to make a superficially plausible looking article.  But being 51st out of 100 in Canada suggests that this is an average business in a crowded industry, and not the sort of thing that has lasting historical significance.  References are mostly to financial statements and routine announcements in trade papers. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:58, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I can't help but wonder how many articles would be in Wikipedia if we restricted ourselves to historically at least marginally significant entries. Sorry for the off-topic comment. I fully agree with you. --Pgallert (talk) 16:56, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 16:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Looked through 10 pages of Google News. found  from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (the biggest newspaper in the province, I believe).  Also  from the 'Canadian Mining Journal'.  Most of the news hits were from Marketwire.com, which seems to basically post press releases. That's not a lot. David V Houston (talk) 16:39, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
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