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The result was keep. Cross-pollenation with Ralph E. Chambers can be done [[WP:BOLD|ly. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:13, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

R. E. Chambers Company (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Does not appear to meet the WP:GNG by itself. Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail} 18:24, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. In case someone wants to try to rescue the article, here are some magazine and book sources mentioning this company:
  1. "Illions Times Ride Set-Up At Dalles for "Fourth"". The Billboard. 58 (28): 80. July 13, 1946.
  2. "SPOKANE ORPHANS..." (photograph caption). The Billboard. 59 (31): 84. August 9, 1947.
  3. David W. Francis; Diane DeMali Francis (2002). Ohio's Amusement Parks in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 0-7385-1997-9.
  4. Jim Futrell (2002). Amusement parks of Pennsylvania. Stackpole Books. pp. 31f. ISBN 0-8117-2671-1.
  5. Erno Rossi (2005). Crystal Beach: the good old days (second ed.). Seventy Seven Publishing. pp. 28f. ISBN 0-920926-04-5.
  6. Jim Futrell (2006). Amusement Parks of New York. Stackpole Books. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8117-3262-8.

 --Lambiam 21:49, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:47, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Leaning Keep - These sources above are basically mentions of the topic in sources. Perhaps more sources that address the topic in detail can be found. Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:49, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - ...and merge information from Ralph E. Chambers into this article, to consolidate. Northamerica1000^(talk) 19:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep They did some notable work, according to the book results. Google news also shows what looks like coverage from Farm and Dairy [1] but their website isn't loading up right now. Dream Focus 02:20, 15 October 2011‎

• Comment The nomination says Does not appear to meet the WP:GNG by itself. What specifically is not notable? I have tagged the article for needing inline citations, but it would seem that the details in the article may well have come from the references mentioned but not included as inline citations. --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:52, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, but more likely Merge - major amusement ride companies, though now mostly bankrupt, seem to notable because the interest in the rides keeps coming back, mostly in the form of "features" in the newspapers and historical preservation societies. Merry-Go-Rounds seem to be especially popular. But I did notice that Ralph E. Chambers has his own article, and there doesn't seem to be much different about his and the company's history. So likely many people will want to merge the two, I'd prefer to the company article. Smallbones (talk) 15:09, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Defunct business with some historical significance; its rides were at a World's Fair and have attracted some notice from preservationists. Tend to agree that the article about the engineer is redundant to the firm, and that the firm is more notable. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 19:38, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge The information on the company should be merged into the biography on Ralph E. Chambers. In the instance of Harry Traver, who had the Traver Engineering Company, the biography survived, and I suggest that should be the case here. If merged, the AfD would be moot.--DThomsen8 (talk) 21:04, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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