Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thompson Creek Window Company


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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 02:44, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Thompson Creek Window Company

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AFD as PROD is contested. I didn't find any in-depth coverage of the company. Being visited by President Obama once didn't inherit notability to the company. A search on Google just showed routine coverage, not in-depth coverage of the company. Failed WP:CORPDEPTH. Thank you. &maltese; SunDawn &maltese;    (contact)   21:38, 9 December 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:23, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Business, Companies, United States of America,  and Maryland.   &maltese; SunDawn &maltese;     (contact)   21:38, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I think with the Obama pieces (there is more than one, but only one is used in the article) and this interview with the CEO having some background on the company. This is a feature article in the Washington Post . Might just be at GNG. Oaktree b (talk) 21:57, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete. The article has two pieces on Obama's visit, one is an extremely short announcement, whereas another is long but primarily depends on quotes and routine statistics, including employees, size of headquarters, openings, and general information on Obama, but I couldn't see much WP:CORPDEPTH meeting commentary, the piece mainly goes over standard notices and statistics, so IMO it probably fails CORPDEPTH. The first Washington Post article linked is an interview that is likely primary, whereas WP:NCORP requires secondary sources (NCORP classifies memoirs or interviews by executives to be primary). Moreover, the article has little independent direct non-trivial commentary. The second Washington post article is more debatable, being significantly longer and giving more background into the company, at the same time much of the piece is quotes, with much of the piece going over routine statistics excluded per CORPDEPTH, e.g., Wuest said his firm grossed around $67 million, and this year he expects that number to hit $75 million while serving 10,000 customers. The average job runs about $8,700, he said, He oversees 413 employees, including 50 part-timers, and they plan to build a 125,000-square-foot window factory that will triple production to nearly 200,000 windows a year and expand throughout the mid-Atlantic appear to be IMO routine details. Otherwise, my WP:BEFORE search mainly found routine announcements and press releases, e.g., 1, 2, 3. So IMO there is two plausible refs, one probably not meeting CORPDEPTH and another debatable, so I'm at weak delete. Though,  if you find more sources please ping me. Thanks.  VickKiang   (talk)  02:47, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Weak Keep: I do think this article could be expanded. For example, there is this Washington Post article which is from 2014 and highlights the company's transformation into what it currently is, including good detail about the previous owner (i.e. the father of the current owner) and a few other details that could be used to build out the article. Patr2016 (talk) 02:52, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Of course, detail about the previous owner does not indicate WP:SIGCOV for this company as per WP:NOTINHERITED, though it could be used to develop the article as you said. Moreover, I opened the link and it displayed Sorry, we can’t seem to find the page you’re looking for- maybe just an issue with my browser? Thanks.  VickKiang  (talk)  02:57, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * No, I got that issue too! My mistake, I think I've fixed the link now. As to your first point, it's not about him really, it's about the current owner. See what you think. Patr2016 (talk) 03:23, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe that 's reference 2 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/thompson-creek-carves-niche-as-washington-home-town-window-maker/2014/09/06/e262a622-3522-11e4-a723-fa3895a25d02_story.html) from September 2014 is the same article. So per my analysis above I'm still at weak delete, but feel free to disagree. If I made a mistake do let me know, thanks.  VickKiang  (talk)  03:25, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * It would appear that you are right! How silly of me not to notice. Patr2016 (talk) 03:28, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: Does not fulfill the standard of WP:CORPDEPTH. - Here Under The Oaks (talk) 18:46, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NCORP. Dreadful.   scope_creep Talk  21:09, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails WP:GNG and WP:NCORP. The WaPo article about President Obama's visit is an interview with the company owner, and such interviews are not independent and do not contribute to the notability of a subject. The Archives.gov source is trivial coverage of this article's subject. The next WaPo article is also an interview, does not contribute to notability. This third WaPo article is another interview. There's some interviews and trivial mentions, and that's about it. I additionally couldn't find anything online that would contribute to notability. This article's subject does not meet any of the notability guidelines. - Aoidh (talk) 21:30, 17 December 2022 (UTC)


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