Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Surf Dive N Ski


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 22:58, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Surf Dive N Ski

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Fails policy Notability (organizations and companies): A company, corporation, organization, school, team, religion, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources. Such sources must be reliable, and independent of the subject. A single independent source is almost never sufficient for demonstrating the notability of an organization. The Sydney Morning Herald source in the article has little Notability value per WP:ORGDEPTH, announcements of mergers or sales of part of the business. I did a rather extensive check of general Google search results and Google News search results and more. I found no additional sources making more than a passing mention of Surf Dive N Ski.

A prod on the article was contested as "article shouldn't be deleted as stores are everywhere". Aside from being a rather subjective view, a "retailer operating over 85 stores" does not automatically entitle a company to an article here. Wikipedia is an Encyclopedia, not a business directory. Alsee (talk) 21:18, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:29, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:29, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:29, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. Lack of sources other than locations around Australia - primary sources, not enough to pass WP:NCORP Ajf773 (talk) 08:41, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 12:39, 28 September 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep: I'd give this a weak keep. The article could certainly require expansion and deeper resources, but being a relatively large retail store, I think it meets notability. If deletion is determined, might I suggest moving some of the content into parent company Billabong. -- Whats new?(talk) 05:06, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Walton (talk) 21:35, 8 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - requires some more work but keep –  J U M P G U R U   ■ ask ㋐㋜㋗ ■ 05:15, 15 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete I see no evidence that it passes WP:CORPDEPTH. Some of the few references in reliable sources are about the former owners (with the store getting a single word mention). The best I found was this routine merger announcement which cannot help to pass CORPDEPTH. Accordingly delete. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 16:13, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Perhaps there is a misread of WP:CORPDEPTH here.  The exact line is "brief announcements of mergers or sales of part of the business".  A previous user above discussing the WP:CORPDEPTH left off the very important qualifier "brief".  A review of the SMH article shows it is not brief, rather it is  actually a bit extensive in discussing the topic.  --  1Wiki8 ........................... (talk) 18:25, 15 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete -- an unremarkable retail chain; nothing in the article or offered at this AfD rise to the level of encyclopedia notability. K.e.coffman (talk) 07:26, 20 October 2016 (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.