Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D-Company

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The result of the debate was - kept, article substantially rewritten and deletion request withdrawn by nominator. - SimonP 02:16, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

D-Company

~~Delete~~: Baseless fictional company. Dawood Ibrahim is real, D-company is not a real company. Dawood's mob group is not a corporate entity for real. --Ragib 02:41, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Edit and merge with Dawood Ibrahim: I am changing my vote after the recent edit by Guptadeepak (talk • contribs). --Ragib 21:34, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Even if this is true, by its very nature it is not verifiable. ESkog 03:32, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Even if it is not a corporate entity, the gang is popularly known. However the article should say it is not a corporate entity. AnkA 03:42, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not notable. Megan1967 04:49, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It's true that D-Company is not a real company. But, the term is used by many Indian newspapers to describe Dawood and associates. Maybe redirect to Dawood Ibrahim. utcursch | talk 05:21, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Usage of the term is verifiable on Google. —Tokek 05:53, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notorious Gang. Well known for terrorist activities in India 24.126.17.155
Keep I think the article shouldn't state D-Company as a corporate enterprise .Otherwise the facts given about D-Company and Dawood Ibrahim's operations seem to be true .

Comment:The above comment left by Guptadeepak (talk • contribs) --Ragib 11:10, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete it makes $50billion in one city? I smell **** --Cynical 13:22, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and Redirect to Dawood Ibrahim -- 152.78.254.131 13:27, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article is worth some edition but must be kept . I know that the Hawala Buisness run by Dawood in Mumbai runs into billions of dollars and his buisness is often calledby the name D-Company . Dont know how true the article is though.User:Grubb
- User's first edit. Postdlf 01:41, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not verifiable. R adiant _* 14:56, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
Keep Dawood's D-Company is verifiable. One can read several articles on it on doing a google search . Grubb
- You already voted. Postdlf 01:40, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The term is widely used in the media to refer to the terrorist Gang. King1 17:42, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comments - in this part of the world (India), this phrase is well known, but not all the related information about the activities.--Bhadani 18:09, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Unverifiable. Jayjg ^(talk) 21:33, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
RETAIN, per AnkA. 203.198.237.30 07:52, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: The article, at least the version that I see now, does not say anything that is not well-known. Gangsters do not operate like legal businesses, so it is unreasonable to expect to see the same kind of documentary evidence for the existence of Dawood Ibrahim and his gang, as is available for the existence of, say, General Electric or IBM.
- Note: Above vote left by Gandolf (talk • contribs) 17:34 20 May 2005 (UTC) --Ragib 18:05, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- COMMENT — Whether or not content is perceived to be "well-known" adds little if anything to the merits of this discussion; in any event, organised crime commonly and increasingly does involve itself in legal business activity. 203.198.237.30 02:12, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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