Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wedge Group

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The result was speedy keep‎. Withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) Helpful Raccoon (talk) 02:33, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wedge Group

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Fails WP:NCORP. I came to this page from Rob Marris, who is apparently the board director for the holding company of Wedge Group. I was going to copyedit the article, but then started looking for better sources and found no significant coverage outside local/industry news. Here is what I have found:

An article (archive link) in the Birmingham Post about a new plant built by the group. This is already cited in the article.
A very short Suffolk News article about a visit by Nick Timothy MP to an Acrow Galvanising plant. Acrow Galvanising is owned by Wedge Group.
A short article in the East Anglian Daily Times about Acrow Galvanising changing the livery for their vehicles.
A short Insider Media article which mentions Wedge Group in passing as a former employee was given a job at the CBI.
A short Scottish Business News article about "Scotland's largest [galvanising] bath" which was built by a company owned by Wedge Group.
An article in the Express & Star discussing the conversion of an old school building into the headquarters for Wedge Group.

There are a few other small articles elsewhere, but I believe all of the coverage I have found falls under WP:ORGTRIV, and is aimed at either local or business audiences (WP:AUD). Pink Bee (talk) 20:03, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations and Engineering. Pink Bee (talk) 20:03, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I forgot to mention that technically this article has been nominated for deletion before, but the AfD tag was removed as no reason for deletion was given. Pink Bee (talk) 20:06, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and England. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:55, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: This article was PROD'd but no reason provided so it was an invalid PRODding.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:44, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep likely meets WP:NCORP. There is an in-depth article in Financial Times ([1]) and as "it is the largest galvanising company in the UK" and was founded in 19th century. I expect more coverage in pre-internet era publications. I also found more coverage in local publications: [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. Gheus (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw. Nice work finding that FT article. I don't think the article in The Times really counts as coverage of Wedge Group: it's just RICH MAN BACKS BREXIT, with WG mentioned in passing as what made him rich.

As I said before, the local coverage isn't worth very much. Per WP:AUD, however, I think the local coverage combined with the FT article is just enough (At least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source is necessary – you've found that). Pink Bee (talk) 22:46, 2 February 2025 (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.