Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sigma Paints

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The result was redirect to PPG Industries. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:09, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sigma Paints

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Cliff Smith 19:42, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article was originally nominated for speedy but I decided to move it to the general deletion discussions after doing a bit of research about Sigma Paints. This is on behalf of the original nominator User:Mean as custard. I do believe that they may be notable, but, I'll leave it up to the community to decide if they fail WP:GNG. SarahStierch (talk) 17:25, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Available sources that pop up seem mostly company announcements and listings. Does not seem to be a notable organization to me right now. -- BenTels (talk) 17:33, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Unnotable company, promotional language, unreferenced. . . Mean as custard (talk) 18:00, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge : With PPG Industries, per historical narrative below. {{{1}}}-TALK 02:50, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Saudi Arabia-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:17, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. This is confusing. Sigma is originally a Dutch company (see nl:Sigma Coatings) with roots that go back to 1722. After a sequence of mergers making it Europe's second largest paint manufacturer, it was acquired by Bain Capital who sold it (with a huge profit) to PPG Industries, making the latter the world's second largest paint manufacturer. "Sigma" then became a brand of PPG Industries (see their website), using the name "Sigma Coatings". Apparently they also have a Middle East section operating under the name "Sigma Paints", which is what this article is about. An article on all this seems in order. Otherwise, perhaps the best is to merge what we have here (in much reduced form) to PPG Industries. Since these are major players, I expect all this can be reliably sourced from trade publications. --Lambiam 02:03, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I just blocked the article creator for a username violation. That said, my take on this is ... merge into PPG Industries. Notable as a unit of that concern that once was, as noted, one of the largest paint manufacturers in Europe, but not notable as a standalone, I think. Daniel Case (talk) 16:53, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and redirect to PPG Industries. Has a promotional tone and discussion of future events ("Further openings are planned for..."). Has no inline citations and only www.sigmapaints.com as a reference, so fails WP:V. Unscintillating (talk) 00:23, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Might be an example to send a link to the Wikimedia Foundation to remind them that we asked a year ago to have users autoconfirmed before being able to create new articles. Unscintillating (talk) 00:23, 1 August 2012 (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.