Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaheen Airport Services


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The result was keep, but verify. Mackensen (talk) 15:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Shaheen Airport Services

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Sources can not be found which afford this company notability inline with WP:V and WP:N Russavia (talk) 16:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.   -- Russavia (talk) 17:19, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, not necessarily with prejudice. As a commercial business, this airport management service in Pakistan is unlikely to deal with the general public enough to gain much independent notice.  On the other hand, the article asserts that it is "is a subsidiary of Shaheen Foundation, a welfare organization of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF)".  Not sure what it means that the foundation, currently redlinked, is a "welfare organization" of the Pakistan Air Force; but it suggests a business with some major government connections, which might support an article.  Open to the possibility that coverage sufficient to get to notability might exist in non-English language sources. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 17:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - if the article is accurate (and I see no reason why it should not be). The company ought to be notbale in Pakistan, which ought to make it notable for WP.  We should not expect every company in a non-western country to come up on search engines.  Furthermore, the name is probably in its original language witten in the Arabic script; this can cause transliteration problems.  The article asserts that the company is a member of IATA - that ought to be checkable.  Keep but tag as unreferenced.  Peterkingiron (talk) 22:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment The official language of Pakistan is English, so it makes sense that any sources which would give this company notability inline with WP:V would be in English, seeing as English is used by government, business, media, education, etc in the country. The assertion that the company is a member of IATA has been removed, as only companies which operate air services can be a member of IATA; travel agents, freight forwarders, ground handlers, etc can only be accredited by IATA, and the number of IATA accredited companies runs into the tens of thousands. Additionally, membership by an article subject in any organisation doesn't automatically make that member notable, as notability is not inherited. --Russavia (talk) 02:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep, move to Shaheen Foundation and expand with more information on the parent organisation, which seems notable per sources at Google books and Google news. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep:This is a very reputable aircraft/airport company in Pakistan. It is part of Shaheen Air International and The Shaheen Foundation. Many airlines around thw world yuse their service when flying into Pakistan and there are plans for more development within the company to expand. Leave comment on how you want it to be improved and I will try my best to help out. --Fast track (talk) 08:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Companies has been informed of this ongoing discussion. User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 17:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


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