Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allen's of Tenby

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The result was keep. SoWhy 12:22, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Not notable company or organization. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:14, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:15, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep The nomination is false as the topic is documented in numerous sources including Tenby & Saundersfoot Through Time; Transactions of the Royal Historical Society and Tenby: Old & New. Andrew D. (talk) 17:29, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:32, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• There's precious little that I can find for any of the three company names or its founder. BTW I think it might be Allens of Tenby, no apostrophe, as stated here. I get slightly better results with that. Nothing approaching ORG but there may well more in offline sources. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:22, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Okay, perhaps the article should be renamed Excelsior Studio with Charles Allen Smith as its best known principal founder? That's what this Gbooks result suggests, anyway. This was a Gbooks search for "Excelsior Studio" + Allen + Tenby and it seems to produce the best results -- though still on the meagre side. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:29, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep I have quickly added a couple of refs. It seems the "Allens of Tenby" were a notable local family and business. Philafrenzy (talk) 13:19, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My concern would be that they were a little too "local" a notable family and business... Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:48, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep A Photographer in 1890 *might* have attracted a fair bit of print press. Enough at least that later sources are picking up on it. "Enduring record" Agathoclea (talk) 08:59, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak delete -- The article is properly (rather than well) referenced, but I have grave doubts as to whehter a photographer's shop in a seaside town is likely to be notable. The National Library of Wales reference merely indicates that some of the output is on file there. The other two are relatively ephemeral local publications. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:18, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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