Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of United States insurance companies


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:33, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

List of United States insurance companies

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 * Delete, why is a list of us insurance companies nec.? Hell in a Bucket (talk) 19:59, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep I at first wanted to say "delete" as well, until I saw how many insurance companies on that list are blue-linked. When there are that many notable items in the list, the list is definately a positive to the project. I would support removal of the red links until article are written, but deleting this list seems unnecessary. The   Seeker 4   Talk  15:40, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If we could work out a compromise like that I would be agreeable to inclusion. So long as it isn't advertisement, that was my main concern./ Hell in a Bucket (talk) 15:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

a throw back to paper encyclopedias. Today, lists of companies may not be easily available from google, but you can go to the SEC or even yahoo finance and come close to getting current lists of public companies. I have cited various polemics elsewhere on Wiki to motivate more government lists of this type with real time company or organization attributes. Nerdseeksblonde (talk) 00:02, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep we have lots of lists like this, see Category:Lists of companies of the United States and Category:Lists of companies by industry. No reason to delete just this one... just because it mentions companies doesn't mean it's advertising. --Chiliad22 (talk) 16:23, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:53, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:54, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Chiliad22; WP:LIST allows duplicate navigation. Bearian (talk) 23:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment : Curated lists of companies may have some value but this seems to be
 * Keep - this has the potential to be a useful list, complementing the categories. It needs work (remove redlinks, maybe make a table instead of a bunch of sublists), but in line with other "List of foo companies"&mdash; G716  &lt;T·C&gt; 01:44, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - this is a useful list. It might need some work, but it helps lead people to other insurance company and lead people in the right direction if they are not for sure exactly the company they are looking for.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by R2244 (talk • contribs) 15:11, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per comments above, it is a potentially useful list. -- Eastlaw  talk ⁄ contribs 17:57, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. "Why is a list of us insurance companies nec.?" Firstly, please communicate in proper English using full words. Secondly, this is "nec." (I'm assuming you mean "necessary") because this is a comprehensive encycopedia that contains encyclopedic content such as information about notable insurance companies, and we have lists to help people find this information. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:04, 10 June 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.