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The result was keep. North America 1000 12:17, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Generation Tux
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not a Wikipedia notable company, just one of millions of companies. Also somebody else put a tag at the beginning of the article possibly suggesting that the owner of the company may have created the article. Charliestalnaker ( talk) 00:03, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
- Keep The topic more than meets WP:GNG with multiple in-depth articles in highly respected, independent publications. This article is not great, has some COI and link spam issues, but that means it might be a candidate for semi-protection, not deletion. Niftysquirrel ( talk) 00:21, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
- Doing a Google News search, there are many, many current news stories about Chevron and Costco. None on Generation Tux. Charliestalnaker ( talk) 00:10, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- Keep Passes GNG with indepth coverage available in reliable sources. Rickshaw Takahashi ( talk) 05:16, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
- Disagree. It had GNG for Zimmer's founding but not the company. Most of the news articles are about Zimmer starting a new venture, not about the company. Since the founding, very little coverage. If it is deemed that this company is Wikipedia notable, then Wikipedia should become a business directory as tens of thousands of companies also have brief intro coverage.
Charliestalnaker (
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00:09, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- Fails WP:GNG - looking over articles, there was some coverage when the company first started, probably because George Zimmer was a TV ad star for many years. The article may have been largely written by Generation Tux judging from the warnings slapped on the article. (Wikipedia should not be a corporate stooge). Since then, almost nothing has been written in the press. Sorry, Mr. "I guarantee it" certainly deserves an article but not the barely notable or non-notable Generation Tux. Charliestalnaker ( talk) 01:30, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
- Disagree. It had GNG for Zimmer's founding but not the company. Most of the news articles are about Zimmer starting a new venture, not about the company. Since the founding, very little coverage. If it is deemed that this company is Wikipedia notable, then Wikipedia should become a business directory as tens of thousands of companies also have brief intro coverage.
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00:09, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
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- Keep. The New York Times article focuses on the business as well as Zimmer himself, with around seven paragraphs on Generation Tux and tuxedo rentals. The Mr Mag and Lifehacker articles focus on Generation Tux. There is easily enough here to pass WP:GNG IMO. NemesisAT ( talk) 15:42, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
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The result was keep. North America 1000 12:17, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Generation Tux
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not a Wikipedia notable company, just one of millions of companies. Also somebody else put a tag at the beginning of the article possibly suggesting that the owner of the company may have created the article. Charliestalnaker ( talk) 00:03, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
- Keep The topic more than meets WP:GNG with multiple in-depth articles in highly respected, independent publications. This article is not great, has some COI and link spam issues, but that means it might be a candidate for semi-protection, not deletion. Niftysquirrel ( talk) 00:21, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
- Doing a Google News search, there are many, many current news stories about Chevron and Costco. None on Generation Tux. Charliestalnaker ( talk) 00:10, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- Keep Passes GNG with indepth coverage available in reliable sources. Rickshaw Takahashi ( talk) 05:16, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
- Disagree. It had GNG for Zimmer's founding but not the company. Most of the news articles are about Zimmer starting a new venture, not about the company. Since the founding, very little coverage. If it is deemed that this company is Wikipedia notable, then Wikipedia should become a business directory as tens of thousands of companies also have brief intro coverage.
Charliestalnaker (
talk)
00:09, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- Fails WP:GNG - looking over articles, there was some coverage when the company first started, probably because George Zimmer was a TV ad star for many years. The article may have been largely written by Generation Tux judging from the warnings slapped on the article. (Wikipedia should not be a corporate stooge). Since then, almost nothing has been written in the press. Sorry, Mr. "I guarantee it" certainly deserves an article but not the barely notable or non-notable Generation Tux. Charliestalnaker ( talk) 01:30, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
- Disagree. It had GNG for Zimmer's founding but not the company. Most of the news articles are about Zimmer starting a new venture, not about the company. Since the founding, very little coverage. If it is deemed that this company is Wikipedia notable, then Wikipedia should become a business directory as tens of thousands of companies also have brief intro coverage.
Charliestalnaker (
talk)
00:09, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 07:59, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
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- Keep. The New York Times article focuses on the business as well as Zimmer himself, with around seven paragraphs on Generation Tux and tuxedo rentals. The Mr Mag and Lifehacker articles focus on Generation Tux. There is easily enough here to pass WP:GNG IMO. NemesisAT ( talk) 15:42, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
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