Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abida Kabir Mart

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Dakota 00:13, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Abida Kabir Mart

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Nomination for deletion Fails WP:V, and even if verified may fail WP:CORP ("one of the" largest supermarket chains in India but only manages US$1.5mm in annual sales?). Zero relevant hits on Factiva (which includes several leading Indian English-language newspapers) for Abida Kabir Mart, AKM and A King Mart. Can't find any relevant hits on google. India has a large and vibrant English language media industry, and English is its main language for internet use, so sources should be available online if this chain really is prominent (sources need to prove prominence of course). No Apu jokes, please. Bwithh 05:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete fails WP:CORP. Demiurge 10:43, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, in addition to failing WP:CORP, appears to be original research and is unverified. Also reads quite like an ad/prospectus-and a poor one at that. Seraphimblade 12:31, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete $1.5 million might sound like a lot of money, but in business terms that's quite small, especially considering that that number is sales rather than net profit. To put things into perspective, the US grocery industry makes about $1.2 trillion each year, so if this were an American chain its market share would be approximately 00.00001% That isn't much. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Just the latest in an epidemic of Indian commercial spam. Is someone getting paid to put these up? --Aaron 21:11, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. -- STTW (talk) 20:22, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, but I would like to point out that because of the conversion rate of dollar/rupee, $1.5 million is actually 75 Million Rupees or 7. Crores. Point two. Please don't equate between countries while voting for deletion  Doctor Bruno  21:36, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, you'd actually to look at the currencies on a purchasing power parity basis for everyday food, not the simple conversion rate - though whether its US$1.5mm or INR 7.2 crore (actually its more like ~6.7 crore; typical rule of thumb conversion is 45 rupees to the dollar), it's still a drop in the ocean given the size of India's food retail market (US$180billion or ~INR 8.1 trillion in 2004[1]) Bwithh 23:33, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

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