Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of companies in Zamboanga City


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The result was keep. ceradon ( talk •  edits ) 01:47, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

List of companies in Zamboanga City

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as per WP:NOTDIR. this is a list that seems to include every single company located in this city. LibStar (talk) 11:43, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as per WP:NOTDIRECTORY. What about the related article List of shopping malls in Zamboanga City? IMO, it should be included in this nomination. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 12:55, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. The article has been reworked since nomination and no longer is an indiscriminate list. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 18:24, 28 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete just because it does not link to any wiki article on a notable Zamboanga company. Company listings are allowed though like those in Category:Lists of companies only if they serve as a directory to wikiarticles. The shopping malls list is perfectly valid because, like any visitor attraction lists per city, they are of public interest. Plus of course it does have links to its own wikiarticles.--RioHondo (talk) 14:41, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. AdrianGamer (talk) 14:46, 24 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete- Wikipedia is not the Yellow Pages. Reyk  YO!  15:29, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:12, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete- As per WP:NOTDIR and WP:LC. Xeltran (talk) 06:42, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hang on. I found six Zamboanga companies with their own wikiarticles under Category:Companies based in Zamboanga City though none of them are listed here. If we replace the article's content to link to only those six companies (and others with valid wikiarticles in the future), would this be worth keeping?--RioHondo (talk) 02:20, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * No, it would still look like the Yellow Pages. Besides, what would be the point of a page with 6 links? Can they not be incorporated in the main article? -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 19:49, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Everything in this Category:Lists of companies of the United States by state looks like the Yellow Pages. From List of Alabama companies down to List of Wyoming companies with only six. So i was just wondering if only the US can have such regional company listings.--RioHondo (talk) 23:46, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per RioHondo. I've completely overhauled the list; all entries now have article links. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:47, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * even with clean up the 6 companies can easily be mentioned in the city's own article. LibStar (talk) 02:53, 27 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep. Thanks @Clarityfiend/@P199 for cleaning up the article to link only to notable companies with valid wikiarticles. I'm pretty sure those aren't the only notable companies based in Zamboanga City as my favourite sardines brands are not there yet. :) (Zamboanga is the biggest exporter of canned seafood products in PHL). So we can use the article for this expansion later.--RioHondo (talk) 05:06, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge - the information is useful and of notable companies, although I'm not sure that a free-standing list would be necessary. Bearian (talk) 13:20, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:ITSUSEFUL is not a reason for keeping. LibStar (talk) 16:15, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it could be a good reason for a merger. Bearian (talk) 19:44, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I would stick it into Zamboanga_City, where it links to it, but does not describe. The information - that some large companies are headquartered in this large city - is what's useful.  I'm not certain that a separate list or stub is at all needed or useful. I'll start the merger process and the closing admin can delete if he or she decides. Bearian (talk) 19:49, 28 July 2015 (UTC), I already merged it. Bearian (talk) 20:01, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * That would work too. But the trend is to create separate topics and listings when the article is already too long like Zamboanga City. I imagine the universities and colleges list and media list were also to be found initially on the main article until their numbers grew so large the article could no longer hold them.--RioHondo (talk) 00:49, 29 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep – Per recent changes to the article that brings it up to par with WP:NOTDUP relative to Category:Companies based in Zamboanga City. North America1000 00:21, 1 August 2015 (UTC)


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