Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hachette Distribution Services

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect‎ to Paradies Lagardère. If editors would prefer a different Redirect target article, that can be discussed on the talk page. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:53, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Hachette Distribution Services

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I can't find sourcces sufficient for WP:NORG. Even this article (available through WikiLibrary), which is an analysis of Hachette's business strategies, just has a trivial mention in the data at the bottom that HDS exists, and no discussion of it as an entity. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:38, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and France. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:38, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 11:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

• Delete while there's a single source that it exists [1] I couldn't find any secondary sources for it to verify any information for a potential merge. Shaws username . talk . 12:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

• Redirect to Hachette (publisher) Shaws username . talk . 23:05, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

• Redirect into Paradies Lagardère, which is its ultimate controlling company via the Lagardère Group. Nate • (chatter) 22:58, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:53, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

• Redirect into Paradies Lagardère, hardly anything here and no citations.Maxcreator (talk)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.