Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stanley Leisure

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The result was keep. Missvain (talk) 00:48, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Stanley Leisure

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Lacks any notability/importance to have its own article. Kolma8 (talk) 10:47, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:50, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:50, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Dinger, Ed (2005). "Stanley Leisure PLC". In Grant, Tina; Ferrara, Miranda (eds.). International Directory of Company Histories. Vol. 66. Farmington Hills, Michigan: St. James Press. pp. 310–312. ISBN 1-55862-511-9. Archived from the original on 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-07 – via Encyclopedia.com.
  This entry is over 2,000 words long. From https://www.library.hbs.edu/Find/Databases/International-Directory-of-Company-Histories, the International Directory of Company Histories contains "Comprehensive histories of 8,500 of the world's largest and most influential companies."
  The entry notes:
  Based in Liverpool, Stanley Leisure plc is the United Kingdom's largest casino operator and fourth-largest operator of betting shops. In addition, the publicly traded company is involved in online betting and has interests in betting ventures in Italy and Bermuda. Stanley divides its business between two operating divisions: gaming and betting. The gaming division is responsible for running Stanley's 41 casinos, of which 37 are located in the provinces and four in London. The best-known casino is Crockfords, one of London's oldest and most exclusive gambling clubs. Stanley also owns the largest casino in the United Kingdom, Star City in Birmingham. The gaming division runs two online gaming businesses: www.crockfordscasinos.com, taking advantage of the Crockfords name, and www.acropoliscasinos.com, which represents the combined businesses of two acquired online casinos, "Acropolis" and "Avalon." Stanley's betting division operates 600 shops under the Stanleybet banner in Britain, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland.
2. Leong, Kai Hin (2006). "Malaysian Chinese Businesses in an Era of Globalization". In Suryadinata, Leo (ed.). Southeast Asia's Chinese Businesses in an Era of Globalization: Coping with the Rise of China. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 212. ISBN 978-981-230-398-1. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  The book notes: "... Stanley Leisure, the largest casino operator in the United Kingdom with 41 casinos and over 600 betting shops."
3. Spapens, Toine; Littler, Alan; Fijnaut, Cyrille, eds. (2008). Crime, Addiction and the Regulation of Gambling. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 228. ISBN 978-90-04-17218-0. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  The book notes: "Stanley Leisure operates in the betting and gaming sector and is the fourth biggest bookmaker and the largest casino operator in the United Kingdom."
4. Munting, Roger (1996). An Economic and Social History of Gambling in Britain and the USA. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 164. ISBN 0-7190-4449-9. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  The book notes: "And, in the north of England, Stanley Leisure plc, based in Liverpool, was incorporated in 1980 and developed gaming (casinos) and betting shops. In the next decade this company was the fastest growing and amongst the most profitable in British gambling. [additional history]"
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Stanley Leisure to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 09:17, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 10:13, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the quotations methioned above are mere listings, that at most prove size, not substantial sources as needed to show notability . DGG ( talk ) 10:35, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Encyclopedia.com entry for Stanley Leisure is over 2,000 words long. That source by itself strongly establishes notability since a company with a 2,000-word encyclopedia entry will be covered by numerous other sources such as those I've listed. There are also numerous articles about Stanley Leisure in The Times, The Independent, and the Financial Times.
Cunard (talk) 11:41, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it was never out of the financial press in the 80's + early 90's. --Devokewater (talk) 19:16, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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