Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/U-Line Corporation

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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 09:27, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

U-Line Corporation

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This is a straightforward G11 speedy, entirely sourced to the company's own self-promotional media but for a single sentence sourced to this routine coverage of a transaction and a reference that appears to be subtle spam for someone else. Despite the fact that there is no time limit on G11, and despite the fact that there have only been a combined 13 words added [1] [2] since the article's creation in 2008, G11 was declined. So here we are. Delete as unsalvageably promotional. I don't see SIGCOV, but even if there's an article to be written here, this isn't it. Companies don't get a free pass on spamming just because they fly under the radar for 14 years, and it's a shame we'll now have to spend volunteer time on re-establishing what the community has already reached consensus on in the form of the CSD policy. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 05:49, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, note also that the self-congratulatory "firsts" list is pure copyvio of [3]. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 05:53, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and Wisconsin. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:21, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:09, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or redirect: An article on a company/brand, sourced mainly to their website (the About page is now here), and still substantially the article submitted by the WP:SPA article creator in 2008. I am not seeing evidence that the company attained notability; the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel item on the acquisition of the company falls under trivial coverage at WP:CORPDEPTH. A redirect to Middleby Corporation#Products and brands is a possibility. (I also thought of merging text on the 2014 acquisition under Middleby_Corporation#Notable_acquisitions, but U-Line is unmentioned there or in coverage of subsequent purchase of further firms in a similar sector, so a partial merger is probably WP:UNDUE.) AllyD (talk) 07:55, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.