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The result was redirect to Privately held company. per DICDEF and no independent notability as a term Nosebagbear (talk) 23:21, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Obviously, the term "independent business" is commonly used in English language. But this article is half WP:DICTDEF and half WP:OR. In my BEFORE, sure, I see plenty of works using this term, but none defining it for either scholarship or legal uses. Maybe this can be rescued, but if so, this needs a WP:TNT and rewrite from scratch with proper definititions and sources anyway (and, as I said, I didn't see any soruces in my BEFORE that jumped out as lending themselves to this task anyway, which also suggests a likely fail of WP:GNG here). PS. Not sure if the redirect to American Independent Business Alliance makes sense... _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:47, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:47, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:47, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Privately held company, doesn't seem to have gone anywhere and doesn't explain anything. Josh Parris 07:41, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to, if necessary create in, Wiktionary: I agree that this is a dicef. It is also a useful term, but it is not an encyclopaedia article. Of itself the term fails WP:GNG. Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^{Talk to me} 08:58, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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