Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Bekins Company


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Erik9 (talk) 02:26, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

The Bekins Company

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Unref article on non notable company Laestrygonian3 (talk) 19:48, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Once a major company in moving household goods in the US. Pioneer: "Bekins was the first company to use covered moving vans on the West Coast and to specialize in moving household goods." per a company history at "International directory of company histories‎" - Page 48 (snippet view The quote comes up in the Google Book Search which has lots of references:, , . Business Week in 1988 called Bekins the "acknowledged marketing leader" and said they introduced several innovations.  Back in 1982 it was a $300 million dollar a year company with 6700 employees, per (info ion Google Book Search result, snippet view only). It was one of the 6 top U.S. moving firms(snippet only, info from Google book search  summary). So sources can be found to improve the article and address the nominators concerns, and it appears to satisfy WP:N. Edison (talk) 23:48, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Are you kidding me?  One of the more well known companies for moving, very much a cultural icon of bygone times.  So WP:IAR for that part.  Also echo for previous comments brought to you by User:Edison. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 00:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. I think that having formerly been the biggest moving and storage business in the world is a sign of notability. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:34, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I believe this is a notable company.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:09, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep A historic company with an article backed by ample available reliable and verifiable sources. Alansohn (talk) 02:18, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
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