Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/XPO Logistics, Inc


 * 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 Keep.  Yash  t  101   07:29, 1 May 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)

XPO Logistics, Inc

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 * Delete. Run of the mill, non-notable company. Winning some awards and having refs is insufficient to be included per the sentiment of WP:NOT. Essentially it is SPAM. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 03:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - Which of the criteria at WP:NOT is being referred to in this nomination? It's an entire page of guidelines. Certainly the article doesn't fail every one of the guidelines there! Please read WP:JUSTAPOLICY. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:21, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Seasoned WP editors would know.... -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:47, 25 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. As the author, I believe that this is a notable company, or is soon to become one, in that its current CEO (whose activities I have been following closely over the last two years) has built up 2 multibillion-dollar agglomerations of other businesses in the past, reducing competition almost to the point of a monopoly across the rentals and waste sectors. He now seems poised to do the same across the logistics industry, having already looked at acquiring over 100 companies in that field. -- NathanBermann (talk)  06:47, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Note that the company was previously known as "Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc". The topic passes WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:GNG:
 * Charlotte Observer
 * The New York Times
 * Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine
 * Vertical news, note that this is not a press release, as is stated at the end of the article, "This article was prepared by VerticalNews Transportation editors from staff and other reports."
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 19:21, 25 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Northamerica1000, given your strenuous efforts at finding sources for all the company articles up for deletion, you seem to be want WP to become a business directory. This is an encyclopaedia and not theYellow Pages! -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 00:19, 26 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep It's a little unusual to hear objections to sourcing an article. It is precisely such sourcing that differentiates Wikipedia from a business directory. A directory includes all firms; an encyclopedia includes all firms with sources for notability. There are two ways of destroying the objective inclusion of articles in Wikipedia: one is by including articles without evidence of encyclopedic importance, the other is by excluding those that are. There was one appropriate response from the nom for Northamerica's work: withdrawing the AfD and apologizing for not looking himself for sources. There are still those who object to requiring WP:BEFORE, but it is nomination like this which explain why it's needed.  DGG ( talk ) 04:19, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
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