Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Western Cycle


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The result was   delete. KTC (talk) 20:33, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Western Cycle

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It appears to be written like an advertisement and I think that it's not notable enough that it is: the third oldest bike shop in Canada, and the fifth oldest in North America. Sander.v.Ginkel (talk) 15:55, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable. I could not locate significant coverage per WP:CORP. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:10, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per lack of substantial coverage in reliable independent sources. Candleabracadabra (talk) 23:09, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:58, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:58, 22 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - 95 years old isn't that significant unless it has something special and I'm guessing maybe this one doesn't have anything special aside for the locals. I searched all of the Saskatchewan newspapers online and found nothing until the Leader-Post which was literally my last search, with several articles here. However, none of the articles talk about this company in depth therefore not very useful especially for an encyclopedia article. Google Books didn't provide anything useful but Google News did, providing a couple of news articles including for the 75th anniversary in 1986 (short little article). The current article reads more like an advertisement and doesn't provide anymore details like the founder or anything like that. According to the company's website, the Western Cycle & Motor Company is related but I can't find much either. I went ahead and did a News search for "Western Cycle & Motor Company" but found mostly old advertisements. A while back, I improved Hoss's Steak and Sea House which is not even as old as this one and it may be database bias but I don't think so. I can't find anything independent for the Pedal magazine aside from their company which isn't bad but it's not independent, in-depth or a snippet of the article. No prejudice towards a future article or userfying. SwisterTwister   talk  04:26, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
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