Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rauerhorst 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 speedy keep under criteria 1. Nomination withdrawn and article redirected. (non-admin closure). EclipseDude (talk) 21:51, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Rauerhorst Corporation

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Company fails NCORP. Opus Development is perhaps notable and would be a redirect target but it does not exist so best option is to delete. Only significant coverage of company I could find was about its founder (who went on to found Opus) meaning there is not multiple independent reliable secondary sources covering this in significance. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:41, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 04:18, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 04:18, 10 September 2018 (UTC)


 * First of all, the article title was misspelled. It's actually "Rauenhorst", not "Rauerhorst".  They did a lot more than just building the roller coaster at Valleyfair.  The company is still around, having renamed itself to Opus Group, and they're among the top ten U.S. design-build firms according to this reference.  I renamed the article and edited it to mention that they're more than just a roller coaster manufacturer.  But, if the community's consensus is that this article should be deleted, I won't spend the extra time to lobby for this article's retention.  (And, ask me about the bad experiences I had in the building right adjacent to their headquarters.)  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 19:10, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Do you have RS to back that Rauenhorst turned into Opus? As noted in my nom I think OPUS has a legitimate case for notability but from the coverage I could find it seemed like Rauenhorst went under and then he started Opus. But I could have that wrong. If that is the case I'm happy to speedy keep and we move the article to Opus. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:10, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * The corporate history at their About Us page, when you click on the 1980s tab, says "In 1982, the company unveiled its new name, Opus Corporation, meaning 'a creative work.'" The other tabs, from 1950s to the present day, give evidence that they were Rauenhorst and that it's been the same company all along. This reference also discusses their history and points out that Rauenhorst became Opus.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 21:24, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Great. I happily withdraw my nom and am going to boldly MOVE Rauerhorst to Opus Development. I would close this nom myself but I can't find the instructions so I'm hopeful someone else will come by and do it. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 21:41, 14 September 2018 (UTC)


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