Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hubo Netherlands

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The result was keep, closed by proposer.

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There are some references available but they are just slight mentions. Not much notability at all. Maestro magico (talk) 10:20, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oldest and largest hardware store-chain in the country in number of stores, maintaining over 200 stores over the past 40 years, large revenue, attention in several Dutch national newspapers, founding company of Hubo Belgium (with also hundreds of stores, and enough notability for its own article, which I will write soon). I do not see the problem with notability. Taketa (talk) 10:57, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The article now has a decent spread of references across the company's history (in which respect it is exceeds the equivalent NL WP article). A Google snippet view also shows The Economist describing it as the "best known retail organisation in the DIY sector" in the mid 1980s.Added but not signed by AllyD

Also, just to indicate the relevance of Hubo on Dutch society, specially in the past decades. I would like to mention I have found a couple hundred articles on Hubo in the archives of de Volkskrant, according to Wikipedia a leading national newspaper in the Netherlands (whose archive online only goes back till 1994). Note this perfect example article: Handige-Hubo-man-uitgedroomd. The name is translated as "Handy Hubo-man is done dreaming". Hubo is apparently so noteworthy, that they use the name to express a handyman and expect the reader to understand this. The main reason I believe that it is hard to find sources on older information, is that the internet wasn't in existance yet at the time. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 21:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AfD closed by proposer. I'm happy with the progress. Thanks! Maestro magico (talk) 21:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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