Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SomersTotalKare


 * 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   delete. In a case like this policy requires the keep side to produce sources and not just assume they exist. Spartaz Humbug! 06:09, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

SomersTotalKare

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While this company may possibly be the continuation of a possibly notable business (Walter Somers Material Handling), it manifestly fails the General notability guidelines. As always, my best wishes to this enterprise, its owners, its managers and its employees. Shirt58 (talk) 11:39, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

I totally understand your viewpoint but this is a business with a multi-million pound turnover and well over 10,000 items of installed equipment in the UK, most of which have a five-figure valuation. This business supplies major customers in the UK bus, coach, waste collection and haulage sectors and cater for the lifting needs of the UK MOD. As well as these blue-chip national accounts, STKare also caters for small independent garages from Inverness to Plymouth.--Kingswinford92 (talk) 13:05, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. This business apparently makes small non-truck lifts and pallet jacks. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per lack of media coverage. I didn't see anything pan out on both Google and Yahoo except for some YouTube videos. SwisterTwister   talk  06:44, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I would argue that there is actually a lot of media coverage in industry magazines where the business is a prominent fixture most months. The comment above about pallet jacks; SomersTotalKare make lifts for buses, trucks, coaches and forklift vehicles as well as transmission jacks, axle stands and other ancillary items. The page is achieving around 250 visitors per month. I know to you guys that figure probably seems minimal but those are 250 people who are using the page as an important reference on the history and infrastructure of the company. This is a business that was previously the world-leader in the field but very little of the history of the firm is recorded online, or is so fragmented that it is impossible for someone to guage the full picture. This page has brought together all of those online elements as well the internal records of the business and it is my view that it providing a key service for those wishing to know more about a UK Market-Leader.--Kingswinford92 (talk) 08:32, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - I can find no signficant coverage about this company to establish notability. I appreciate that their may be offline sources available, but there are none referenced in the article, and quite frankly, the paucity of material I found in my owns searches don't even hint at meeting Wikipedia's inclusion guidelines. -- Whpq (talk) 15:30, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete having a nice business and getting many passing mentions in trade magazines doesn't WP:GNG make. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:41, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
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