Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of companies listed on NASDAQ


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The result was delete. Mailer Diablo 21:54, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

List of companies listed on NASDAQ
The list of companies listed on the NASDAQ changes daily, often with multiple changes per day. It's unfeasible to keep to a canonical list current without introducing an automated mechansim. Trying to keep the list current by hand results in unreliable data. Ronnotel 20:47, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Oh no, no, no. Unencyclopedic, unmaintainable. Don't want to see those dreaded words "This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it" when there are thousands of companies that could be listed. This is as bad as one of those List of song titles that contain a vowel articles. Fan-1967 22:37, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete. There are a multitude of online resources dedicated to providing this data. We might auto-generate from one of them, but what's the point? Not only are companies added and removed, their listings change for a multude of reasons, including name changes, acquisitions and ticker symbol changes. I appreciate the spirit of completion, but as the initial author indicates (by running out of steam after a few dozen listings), practicality must intrude. This can never be accurate, much less canonical. --Pagana 22:45, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I like the idea, but I'm afraid anyone interested is going to have to go to Nasdaq.com to get updated info. Maybe we can have an eternal link on the NASDAQ article. AdamBiswanger1 23:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unmaintainable   Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  23:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, just provide an external link at NASDAQ. -- nae'blis (talk) 21:17, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


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