Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Owner earnings

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The result was keep (non-admin). Gary King (talk) 20:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Owner earnings

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someone defined a term once, but there is no assertion that the term became notable or significant in any way. This is just a bit of a book.. A best a dicdef Doc^g 12:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

• Keep pending further sources. I've certainly heard the term before, but agree that further citation is needed. Tim (Xevious) (talk) 13:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

First of all, "I've heard of it" isn't good enough. Have we sources to write an article or not? Further, there is an unfortunate tendency for us to concentrate on questions of notability. Even if the term was though notable, is there an article that could be written here that would not be a dicdef? If you think there is, can you explain what?--Doc^g 15:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Have further sources been requested first, or not? Or has it been thrown straight into deletion? Why not merge it with free cash flow? Tim (Xevious) (talk) 10:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

• Keep A quick google search has turned up examples of it being referenced, and explanations of how it would be used. Yes, it's typically referenced in terms of Warren Buffett's definition. To me, this makes it notable. And it is NOT a dictionary definition. --Docmgmt (talk) 23:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Also, it shouldn't just be merged into Free cash flow. Because it is purposely different, in that it doesn't offer "deceptively precise figures." Failure to be easily calculated, or failing to conform to a precise tidy mathematical model is not a weakness.
  • What Buffett means by owner earnings
  • Digging into Buffett's numbers]
  • Buffett's 12 Tenets
• Keep, add in cites, which I'll add in as external links for now. Bearian (talk) 19:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

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