Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional companies (3rd nomination)
these are all #IINFO|indiscriminate collections of #DIR|loosely associated topics. Most works of fiction make some mention or other of some fictional business and in the overwhelming majority of cases that fictional business has little significance to the work of fiction and absolutely no real-world significance. On those rare occasions when a fictional business has any real-world notability that requires coverage outside the article for its fictional source then it should have a separate article and be located in the appropriate category. "It mentions a fictional business" is not a theme of a work of fiction. The lists do not meet the guidelines of  as they do not serve any navigational function (most of the links are to the fiction in which the business is found, not to articles about the businesses, which don't by and large exist), nor do they serve as a resource for topic development since there is no notability for the vast majority of the listed businesses. While the lists are informational in nature, the information they are gathering is indiscriminate and thus the guideline for lists is trumped by the policy . See similar deletions for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional restaurants|a list of fictional restaurants and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional online services (2nd nomination)|a list of fictional online services
— User:Otto4711, 13:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOT||WP:NOT||WP:LIST (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)