Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arcadis

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The result was keep. Acknowledging the work that has been done on this article since the nomination. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:36, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Arcadis

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Unable to find sources addressing the company "directly and in depth" (per WP:ORG); only secondary sources in the article are news of mergers and acquisitions, etc. WPscatter ^t/_c 07:00, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and Engineering. WPscatter ^t/_c 07:00, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 07:34, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The article already contains 27 citations from a wide range of sources. I googled this company and the search engine generated some 5 million articles referring to the firm. As already mentioned in the article, the firm has been responsible for the design of some of the largest and most important projects in the world including the Millau Viaduct. The article can certainly be expanded and improved: please see WP:BEFORE and WP:CONRED. Dormskirk (talk) 09:38, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A wide range of sources? Just under half of them are from the company itself, which do nothing to establish notability. The others are notices of acquisitions or mention the company in passing. None of the sources, nor any I could find, establish notability. Notability guidelines for companies are quite strict; see WP:SIRS. If they are as responsible for all those projects then surely some decent articles about the company on its own merits can be found. In absence of those sources, I maintain the nom. WPscatter ^t/_c 18:00, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

All company citations now removed (except the one to the latest financial results) and the smaller projects now deleted. Dormskirk (talk) 19:40, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Arcadis is a major international company with a VERY long history and tons of coverage. Nom's answer to Dormskirk exposes the errors at the base of this nomination. gidonb (talk) 02:50, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Which errors? If I have done something wrong here please be specific so I can learn. WPscatter ^t/_c 20:36, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
(Also) Look for company names from before the name change such as: Heidemij, KNHM and Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij. Egel _Reaction? 20:29, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Support Ormskirk and Gidonb comments. Paul W (talk) 12:10, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Arcadis / Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij is one of the engineering firms that made the Netherlands. For example, these are 7 pages of sources about Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij from the years 1940-1945: [1] The Netherlands would not be such a big exporter of agricultural products without Arcadis / Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij. --Egel _Reaction? 19:26, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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