Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lion Oil

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The result was keep. John254 02:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lion Oil

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This former oil company fails WP:CORP, as there are no reliable secondary sources to demonstrate notability outside of the List of oil refineries, of which it owns one in Arkansas. Gavin Collins (talk) 12:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- Gavin Collins (talk) 12:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep, a company founded in 1922 very likely has some sources somewhere.--Nydas^(Talk) 16:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment This is not a public company, so unless you can actually find some sources (I could not), then I doubt any will be found. --Gavin Collins (talk) 17:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comments: Of the three links in the article, only the Lion Oil website works. However, I have found [1], [2] and [3], which appear to be reliable sources. Keep. Corvus cornix_talk 18:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment In my view, these don't confer notability of any sort, as they are routine for this industry. Oil pipelines and refineries are bought, sold and are subject to regulatory actions from the environmental agencies all the time. Unless this refinery was the subject of major catastrophe, I am not sure that this stuff is notable to anyone other than the lawyers or bankers of Lion oil. --Gavin Collins (talk) 20:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep - the US government dept of justice] isn't a reliable source?cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
• Comment: A merger into Ergon (US) wouldn't be out of the question. Corvus cornix_talk 21:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Yep. Not a bad idea, given its length (or lack thereof). cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep per Corvus.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 02:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep. I fixed the Arkansas Encyclopedia link, the URL was a bit off. It is a bio of the founder, but has some additional information about this company. This seems to be a reliable secondary source that can be used to expand the article so that a merge may not be needed. Rigadoun (talk) 04:26, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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