Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leon Motors (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge to MASS Engineering. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:44, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Leon Motors

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Non notable bus company fails GNG, Apart from car dealers I've found nothing to say this company existed
(1st nom was TW failing on me Apologies!) -→Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 21:52, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:30, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:30, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:30, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

~~Keep~~Merge Company seems to be known as Leon Motor Services and sources such as this one discuss it, noting: "Leon Motor Services, owned by Mr and Mrs Leonard Heath, began to operate this service too in the 1920's and the morning and afternoon shifts were shared between the two companies. They worked together until 1951 when Leon took over. Eventually they moved their garage to Old Bawtry Road. Leon continued to run the bus service for Finningley until recent times." Candleabracadabra (talk) 11:32, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This one reference still doesn't warrant it an article, and the only proof of the company existing is the article .... →Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 16:14, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:00, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fails GNG per nom. The Finningley.org reference above hardly constitutes "significant coverage in reliable secondary sources." It's a hyperlocal community site (not exactly mainstream press). Also, "Significant coverage is more than a passing mention." The entirety of its presence in the article is quoted above. --Rhododendrites (talk) 03:57, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Per your reasonable argument I am changing my vote to merge. No reason it shouldn't be mentioned in the article on the parent company that bought it out. Candleabracadabra (talk) 15:11, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I hadn't checked but it is indeed mentioned on that page. Specifically, "The company also purchased the long established company, Leon Motors of Doncaster, but by 2008 the companies stage-carriage work passed to First South Yorkshire and the remaining operations were integrated into the main BrightBus depot at North Anston." It sounds like Leon doesn't even exist anymore, swallowed up by MASS's BrightBus. --Rhododendrites (talk) 15:39, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- The fact that the company no longer exists does not mean that it has become NN. Notability is in principle not temporary. However, I am extremely doubtful whether a local bus operator, even one that survived for a full 80 years should count as notable, barring something unusual about it. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:42, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can you address why redirecting it to an article where it's covered wouldn't work? Candleabracadabra (talk) 00:15, 25 November 2013 (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.