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The result was delete‎. Just Step Sideways (talk) 23:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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No evidence of notability Maxvolt (talk) 07:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Maxvolt (talk) 07:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  I have done research across various sources to improve this article but I was unable to find any evidence this company meets the required notability criteria. The company does not appear to have received significant attention in reliable, independent secondary sources. The available sources are primary sources, press releases, company profiles, and promotional material, which do not count towards demonstrating notability. Maxvolt (talk) 08:01, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  It's not NVIDIA but it's a pretty well known company on the west coast.

  Primary source

  https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/subscriber-only/2020/05/15/largest-private-companies.html

  "The 100 largest private companies on The List collectively reported revenue of $43.8 billion in 2019, up from $41.3 billion in last year’s list. The Lemman family sold North Coast Electric Co. (ranked at No. 20 last year) to Paris-based electrical distributor, Sonepar USA on Feb. 25, 2019. Car Toys Inc. (ranked No. 8 last year), Sound Car & Truck Stores (ranked No. 35 last year), Aviation Technical Services Inc. (ranked No. 42 last year, Precept Wine (ranked No. 64 last year) and PSF Mechanical Inc. (ranked at No. 77 last year) declined to participate on this year’s List. " Clinton555 (talk) 04:58, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  The notability of a company, according to Wikipedia’s standards, is established through significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent, secondary sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)

  The company being listed among the largest private companies in the Seattle area may have value locally but it is not enough to establish notability on Wikipedia.

  While the article above definitely comes from a reliable secondary publication, it doesn’t discuss the company in detail (achievements, history, innovation, industry leadership, etc.). The article mentions Car Toys briefly and focuses on the rankings, instead of the in-depth coverage of the subject.

  This is considered trivial coverage: "inclusion in lists of similar organizations, particularly in "best of", "top 100", "fastest growing" or similar lists": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)

  I see no evidence of multiple sources that discuss the company in detail rather than providing passing mentions.

  At least three sources are needed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Your_first_article Maxvolt (talk) 10:51, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per well detailed nomination rationale which is consistent with my own findings. Mekomo (talk) 10:13, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 12:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Both the nomination and the Delete argument are coming from less experienced editors so I'm relisting this discussion in hopes of additional discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:53, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: looks like XFDCloser oopsied the log page again, manually listing
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Alpha3031 (t • c) 07:43, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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