Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sentry Insurance


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The result was   keep. With the recent work by (bless her soul) and several others, I think the notability of the article is fairly established under WP:CORP. (non-admin closure) ceradon ( talk  •  contribs ) 02:56, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Sentry Insurance

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MOst certainly probably notable but needs a full rewrite with ade1quate sourcing and removal of spam elements. I am therefore nominating it for afd for the full rewrite needed. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 15:48, 16 February 2015 (UTC)


 * * KEEP  I've worked on this article in the past and, yes, it needs some expansion and better citing, but it is not unlike many slowly expanding stubs.  It doesn't need a rewrite so much as an expansion.  It has the beginnings of what you would want to see for an article on an insurance company. It gives the number of policy holders and reserve/surplus info, lists lines of business, shows the AM Best rating, and list subsidiaries.  All of this is typical of articles on insurance companies.  It should be easy enough to find citations for all of this.  Low hanging fruit for an expansion would be more content on the founding and growth of the company.  Also it would be good to list the states of operation so the reader can get a feel for the size of the company.
 * Also, I'm curious about what you thought was spam in the article. Thanks.   HornColumbia   talk  02:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

PS- I did a little cleanup to show that it wouldn't take much to give this article a little better base for for future growth. It now has section headings and a few more citations. HornColumbia  talk  04:32, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm somewhat surprised you can't see the promotional language and info being used. For example the operations we don't need. The operating surplus and budget doesn't do anything but say they have money. This is an encylopedia article, what would a reader need to know how much cash on hand a company has or it's rating? Those are promotional languages, usually people in marketing aren't able to see those types of languages because they are desensitized. Do you have connection to the marketing or this company? Hell in a Bucket (talk) 22:07, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I take it you are not in the insurance industry. Surplus is a standard measure of the company size.  It should be listed in any insurance company article.   HornColumbia   talk  02:11, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  Everymorning   talk  15:54, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:00, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 01:07, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep A company of this size and age (more than 100 years old, housed in a NRHP-listed headquarters) certainly seemed likely to be notable. So I have added several references and am in the process of adding more. I think it will easily pass WP:CORP. --MelanieN (talk) 01:09, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. A billion dollar company in the Fortune 1000. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:34, 24 February 2015 (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.