Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pantaloons Fashion & Retail

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 keep. In the non-advert version, that is. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:27, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pantaloons Fashion & Retail

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Advert; long time no sources; not obviously notable. Dicklyon (talk) 06:07, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:09, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:09, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The reason that it read like an advertisement is that, as is sadly too common, on three separate occasions over the past two years the prior Wikipedia article had been blanked and replaced by advertising blurb taken either straight from the company itself or from this ("Copyright © 2019 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd."). The apparently last good version from 2017 stands now. It has significant sourcing problems, but it's not an outright straight copy of corporate advertising any more. Uncle G (talk) 07:50, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve. The topic is clearly notable, and even though the article as it stands now isn't very well sourced, it isn't so blatantly promotional as to require TNT. --Slashme (talk) 09:33, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep This article passes WP:GNG but should be improved. -- Harshil ^{want to talk?} 14:35, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect and Merge to Aditya Birla Group. The company was taken over by Aditya Birla Group and renamed Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail in 2014. This company is a defunct company and was likely notable in its own right so a redirect/merge is the best outcome. Without prejudice to someone who may wish to create a standalone article on the new company (traded under ABFRL) in the future. HighKing⁺⁺ 13:13, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per the above arguments, but I'm mainly here to oppose the merge proposal above. Firstly, based on its website, Pantaloons is still trading under this name, in which case it's not defunct at all, it just has a new parent company. Secondly, a merge would only be a preferred outcome here if Pantaloons was insufficiently notable in its own right and, as established above, that's not the case. Hug^syrup 11:51, 27 August 2019 (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.