Talk:Mercian Cycles

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Reaction to proposed speedy deletion[edit]

Mercian Cycles are one of the most famous brands of traditionally built bicycles: their classic lightweights and traditional touring bikes have been famous since the 1950s.

Deleting this article on the grounds that it promotes a particular brand would be comparable to deleting an article describing Ford cars!

Parsonscat (talk) 23:55, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've added some references that back up every thing here.

Parsonscat (talk) 19:11, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re-Build[edit]

This page has been zealously - perhaps overly - pruned. I think it would be good to re-build this page, or perhaps something more general on traditionally-crafted steel-framed bicycles. If anyone has any good verifiable sources and has the time, I'd strongly encourage this.

Parsonscat (talk) 07:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that the notability of this company needs to be established first via reliable third-party sources (WP:ORG). The lack of RSs is what lead the article to be "pruned" in the first place. Then it would be great to build a quality article on the company (as it would all subjects that meet WP:N). I do not think that an article about a specific company should be repurposed to be an article about "traditionally-crafted steel-framed bicycles", though. If that subject is notable, it should get its own article. Novaseminary (talk) 15:58, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Novaseminary (talk) 15:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mercian (bicycles) → Mercian Cycles – Mercian's full official name is "Mercian Cycles". This is a bit less clunky-sounding than "Mercian (bicycles)" Parsonscat (talk) 07:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done This suggestion comports with the article naming guidelines, and there is quite a low chance of any dissent, so I made the move. Novaseminary (talk) 15:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.