Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leitch Technology

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The result was merge to Harris Corporation. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:40, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Leitch Technology[edit]

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Acquired in 2005. Not notable before that. No references are forthcoming to satisfy WP:NCORP or WP:GNG. Mikeblas (talk) 01:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and Canada. Shellwood (talk) 01:57, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:24, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Earlier instances of the article (e.g. [1]) were clearer on what this company actually did ("design and manufacture of equipment for the broadcast television and video post-production industries"; Viewguard product), which is where any notability may be found. The subsequent to-and-fro of acquisition and divestments (Leitch->Harris->GatesAir->Thomson Broadcast) would make settling on any WP:ATD target awkward. AllyD (talk) 08:02, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Whilst the article is hopeless, this publicly held corporation was acquired for $592 Million back in 2005 which clearly qualifies it for WP:CORP. Strangely, the article on Harris Corporation makes no mention of the acquisition. MNewnham (talk) 02:21, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CORP doesn't say that acquisition or public trading makes a company notable. It's about coverage, just like WP:GNG. WP:CORP does say that trivial overage (like the announcement of a merger or acquisition) doesn't satisfy notability. There needs to be coverage about the company itself, significant, reliable, and ... -- Mikeblas (talk) 00:13, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 02:59, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:41, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Fails WP:ORG with insufficient secondary sources. Being acquired or a public company in itself is not notable. Possible candidate to merge into Harris_Corporation. Locu (talk) 13:06, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge what little information is available to Harris Corporation who acquired the company. The topic company fails our GNG/NCORP criteria for notability. HighKing⁺⁺ 12:13, 28 March 2023 (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.