Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of companies that do business with Sudan


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The result was delete. WjBscribe 23:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

List of companies that do business with Sudan

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WP:NOT and possibly created with some kind of agenda; to quote; "Lists of this kind have been assembled to undermine the economic security of the government of Sudan". Masaruemoto 03:06, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. As a veteran of the South African boycott there is a need for a strict definition. Is the company selling in Sudan? Do they own stock in a subsidiary of a company in another country that does business in Sudan? Do they actually sell to the government of Sudan? What about companies that are doing unqualified "good", say, exporting fair trade goods that help villagers in distressed areas of Sudan? And so on. One organization's list is always a bit different than another organization's list. Then you have the lists that are simply out of date, such as the rally I heard about (apocryphally, but it's illustrative of the problem) where they had to cross out the name of one of the companies on the signs mid-rally when it was determined they had divested their holdings the year before? I don't put any weight on the quoted motivation, free speech and all, but stepping out a level this is essentially POV, not to mention nearly unmaintainable and almost impossible to police in terms of scope. --Dhartung | Talk 04:39, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * delete per WP:NOT. Should we have Lsit of companies that do business with the United States or Lsit of companies that do business with the United Kingdom or Lsit of companies that do business with China or Lsit of companies that do business with India, etc. What a bunch of useless lists that would include almost all international companies.-- Sef rin gle Talk 05:29, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No, we should spell them with "list" instead of "lsit"... =) J I P  | Talk 17:44, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT. It's pretty much just a pointless directory. Cs1987 05:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete; the information is out of date and without proper sourcing it is not salvageable. John Vandenberg 12:02, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 12:02, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per WP:NOT. To indiscriminate. -- Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor  ( tαlk ) 21:37, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, needless list, seems to be made to promote someone's POV. J I P  | Talk 10:14, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, listcruft.--Aldux 16:05, 5 September 2007 (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.