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Why isn’t there a wiki for the company: Security Properties Residential?

I wanted to research a local apartment management company but could not find any information about them on Wikipedia. How do I suggest a page for company, Security Properties Residential ? 2601:600:8500:18EE:B441:722A:3D19:F902 (talk) 01:33, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia only includes articles about topics that are considered notable. Does this company satisfy the criteria set forth in Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)?  --Lambiam 03:19, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

When you say "suggest a page for", what you actually mean in Wikipedia terms is "interest one of our thousands of volunteer editors in the subject enough to make them want to spend their own time researching and writing an encyclopaedia article about". It is not impossible (there's a place to make such suggestions, which is Requested articles); but to be honest the take-up there is very low indeed: most people making such requests make no attempt to get editors interested in the subject, but just give the name; and furthermore, most requests do not even do the basic research for the sources to establish notability (as Lambiamn mentioned) that are a non-negotiable essential requirement for any article. ColinFine (talk) 22:40, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Why on Earth would you expect a "local apartment management company" to have its own article in a global encyclopedia? Acroterion (talk) 23:01, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

The world revolves around Seattle, you know. —Tamfang (talk) 07:11, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

The Earth is pinned to the fabric of space with a space needle.  --Lambiam 09:25, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Sometimes a local enterprise garners national or even international attention.  --Lambiam 09:24, 25 March 2023 (UTC)