Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Petromin Corporation


 * 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   keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:30, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Petromin Corporation

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May be advertising. Only references are from the company's own website. unsure about notabiliy Cssiitcic (talk) 22:42, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

It's not advertising. I have researched this company through sources other than it's own website and listed them appropriately. Please take the deletion tag off of this article. Thanks. Eric Statzer (talk) 23:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep There are articles in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times hidden behind pay walls. There is a solid article in The Hindu datelined Dubai, published November 18, 2007 that describes the company in detail. It is notable. Cullen328 (talk) 23:23, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - Care needs to be taken when looking for sources. The indian press appears to use "PetroMin" as an abbreviated term for the Indian government's Petroleum Ministry as can been in theese examples:, . -- Whpq (talk) 14:49, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Response That is true, Whpq, but the article in The Hindi is about the Saudi company, and the English language press in India covers this specific company regularly.Cullen328 (talk) 15:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - You hadn't included a link in your comments, and I hadn't found that article yet, and was fumbling around in the the news results. Just for future reference, if you find an article, it would be helpful to post it in the discussion so that other editors can easily evaluate it.  Google's search algorithms sometimes generate different results for different people so they might not even find it. Cheers. - Whpq (talk) 15:47, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Response I often edit using an Android smart phone, which enables me to do Google searches, but not to cut and paste URLs into Wikipedia. In this case, there are plenty of articles readily available that discuss this particular company in detail. Cullen328 (talk) 17:40, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Saudi Arabia-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:34, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - A Google news search shows that there is quite a bit of coverage about Petromin. As I noted above, some care needs to be taken with Indian press sources, but ignoring those results, there is still a lot of results including pcoverage about a planned IPO.  Coverage exists over the years as evidenced by this Wall Street Journal article behind a pay wall but clearly about this company. -- Whpq (talk) 14:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per Whpq. Beagel (talk) 22:21, 4 February 2011 (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.