Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of U.S. ticker symbols


 * 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, defaulting to keep. Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 05:58, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

List of U.S. ticker symbols
Non-canonical, non-encyclopedic, unmaintainable - list changes daily and tracking updates by hand is not feasible. Ronnotel 23:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as unmaintainable, non-encyclopedic data. This is the U.S. public company equivalent to the white pages in your local phonebook, so in my eyes it also violates WP:NOT.  GRBerry 02:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep This list is an ideal starting point for creation of articles for notable companies.  This is unlike a local phonebook, in that these companies are publically-traded (which means they are in the rare top two-tenths of 1% of all "white pages" companies). -- Thekohser  16:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Being publically traded does not make a company notable Bwithh 01:16, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep Most of these notable companies currently have wikipedia articles. The company name in ALL UPPER CASE is the cause of dead links. -- Stormy56
 * I think you'll find that most of these companies don't and shouldn't have wikipedia articles Bwithh 01:16, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep Where else can you find this information? I have yet to find it anywhere. -- Aescarion
 * Many places - try Xignite's list of NYSE tickers as a sample WSDL service with nightly updates. Ronnotel 23:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * How about Yahoo! Finance or Finance Google? This is hardly obscure information Bwithh 01:12, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 *  AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.  Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Mailer Diablo 16:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete, this is what disambiguations and redirects are for. Gazpacho 07:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep This is encyclopedic and historical information. --HResearcher 11:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. This is unmaintainable, but is encyclopedic. I would update it weekly instead of daily. TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 18:25, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I think it is maintainable, whenever a company falls off the ticker, the symbol can go in a section that is dated and then there will be a history. --HResearcher 18:43, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak delete Just because it's "maintainable" doesn't mean it will be maintained. If it is kept, it should be heavily re-written so the company names aren't ALL UPPER CASE. Stev0 21:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Unmaintainable and not encyclopedic (Wikipedia is not a Bloomberg terminal). Also redlinks encourage a LOT of nonnotable company articlesBwithh 01:12, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Invaluable source of information - hard to find elsewhere on the net. Good for research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.177.62.200 (talk • contribs)
 * Keep useful information. Carlossuarez46 19:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. While the information may be useful, it is not encylopedic.  Listcruft. Vegaswikian 22:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Not encyclopedic, inclusion on the list is not notable, listcruft, huge list that changes weekly, won't be maintained. Did I miss anything anyone wrote above? AnonEMouse (squeak) 15:01, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


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