Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K12 (company)


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The result was   keep. Davewild (talk) 18:34, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

K12 (company)

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The article seems to be more for advertisement purposes than anything else. The company is too small, and is trivial in the wide-spread world of online learning services. The company does not seem to stand out in any way (i.e. wal-mart works, but a local store wont). -- Sleegi  [✆Talk]  18:31, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:53, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:53, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

jj I consider it a simple rule that companies on the NYSE are notable, as being financially major players in the world of business. More or less the same idea as keeping athletes in the top level sports leagues. (I would not extent this to other US exchanges; I'm not competent to evaluate elsewhere).
 * Keep Click the Google news archive link at the top of the AFD. It gets coverage.   etc. etc.   D r e a m Focus  02:19, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I did not see any news "about" the company. Google News has 16 hits. 9 are articles about the K12 attempting to get their program installed in various schools. None of the articles covered K12, the company. 5 of those are SEC mandated announcements from K12 about finances. 1 is a ratings downgrade by TheStreet.com. 1 is for about K12 schools (not the company). --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 04:09, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Commment I have a concern about this AFD as the article is about a publicly traded company on the NYSE. Per WP:LISTED these companies are likely to be notable. There is no evidence the nominator, or anyone, has followed WP:BEFORE. A second consideration is that "The company is too small, and is trivial in the wide-spread world" are not grounds for deletion. What we care about is if K12 is notable per WP:CORP or WP:N. At present, the article itself does not provide this evidence though that does not mean there has never been any detailed coverage in the nearly three years K12 has been a public company much less in the 12+ years the company has operated. There's a problem with searching for evidence of notability as K12 is a common term and there has been lots of coverage as a result of K12 attempting to secure contracts with school distracts plus coverage of those instances where K12 has a contract. Thus, what I'd like to see is discussion in how to find a needle in the haystack. --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 08:23, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep A NYSE listed company is likely to be notable, and the operations of this company are likely to become controversial, so I see this article as one to be kept. However, there should be some copy editing to improve the tone. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:12, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep WP:GNG is not violated here, its sources are reliable, this is a signifigant online schooling company, I know many children in real life whom attend this due to varying disabilities. – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 03:04, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Stub with a bucket wheel excavator and keep. Unreferenced text and text referenced only to its internal sites must go.  But this business was apparently co-founded by Ronald Reagan's secretary of education, William J. Bennett in support of the homeschooling mummery, and as noted is publicly traded.  Shocking, but not surprising; and notable. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:44, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
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