Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samson Resources


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  09:51, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Samson Resources

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What makes this pass WP:GNG/WP:NCOMPANY? Curren references (and all other I see) are either mentions in passing or press releases or reprints of such. Prod declined by anon with no useful comment. Could perhaps redirect to company that acquired it few years back (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts). Thoughts? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 22:35, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  22:35, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:19, 6 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:TNT. It's not even wrong that it might be "largest privately held company of crude oil and natural gas" since the lead makes no sense. It's all unverifiable. Bearian (talk) 22:47, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts, where the company is mentioned. In looking for sources, only its acquisition by KKR and bankruptcy seem to have generated independent press coverage. Both events are mentioned in the indicated KKR article section, and I think that is probably due weight for the independently verifiable material about the company. For verifiable material, alternatives to deletion, such as a redirect to a relevant article, are preferred to deletion per our policy WP:ATD. -- 23:11, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect could be a problem, as the current post-2017 company, Samson Resources II, whose site is linked in the article, appears to be distinct from KKR? (Which still leaves the question as to whether Samson Investment Company, Samson Resources or now Samson Resources II has ever attained notability?) AllyD (talk) 17:28, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Nonetheless, the company Samson Resources itself was part of KKR for a time, so the redirect seems reasonable. In my view, that another company was formed from the wreckage of Samson Resources after bankruptcy does not change the historical facts or their modest independent coverage. -- 19:09, 12 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and . I agree a redirect is problematic here, but for a different reason. Sure, it's a somewhat generic company name and having a redirect could discourage article creation per WP:REDLINK, but this is just an investment holding company of a private equity firm. It's quite unlikely someone would be searching Wikipedia for a non-operating investment company subsidiary of a private equity firm. --Doug Mehus T · C  22:47, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete: I am not seeing coverage specifically about this firm under any of its several forms. Such coverage as exists appears to be merely point-in-time announcements regarding acquisition and bankruptcy, which falls under the Trivial Coverage provision ("expansions, acquisitions, mergers, sale, or closure of the business") of WP:NCORP. AllyD (talk) 09:29, 13 January 2020 (UTC)


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