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The result was no consensus. No consensus for a specific outcome has transpired herein. North America1000 02:03, 13 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Does not meet
WP:NORG; significant RS coverage not found. What comes up is passing mentions, routine notices, and / or
WP:SPIP.
K.e.coffman (
talk) 01:44, 23 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep this article: It should be not be deleted as with 300,000 customers, Curve is a
WP:NORG
I have addressed the concern raised that "significant Reliable Sources coverage not found." I have gone through and checked every sentence is attributed to a reliable source, adding in citations as required.
I have addressed the concern "What comes up is passing mentions, routine notices, and / or
WP:SPIP ." All sentences in this article have accurate citations from reliable sources.
Comment Your second point doesn't address the concern. Please see
WP:ORGIND. Nobody is saying the sources aren't reliable or that the extracts aren't accurate. What is being said is that there is no significant (more than a passing mention) intellectually independent (not relying on announcements/quotations/company-produced info) content in the references.
HighKing++ 13:55, 3 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
RL0919 (
talk) 04:57, 30 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep, per the sources establishing notability that Andydangerfield has provided. However, the fact that it has 300,000 customers is irrelevant; it could have ten million customers and still not be notable. --
NoCOBOL(talk) 06:28, 30 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep - passes WP:NORG. Also per sources added by Andydangerfield.
Skirts89 (
talk) 21:53, 30 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Nom's comment: the content added by Andydangerfield amounts to
WP:PROMO directory listing, i.e.
"In July 2017, Curve rolled out a feature on the app allowing users to retroactively change their selected payment card for a transaction as old as 14 days.[13][14] After attracting a waiting list of 50,000 people, Curve fully launched to UK consumers in early 2018.[15] By the end of 2018, it had 300,000 customers across Europe.[16]"
Having 300,000 customers is not an indicator of notability. Andydangerfield also failed to mention at this AfD that he's an employee at Curve.
K.e.coffman (
talk) 03:47, 31 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment:I have removed paragraph of the number of current customers due to debate in this AfD discussion as to whether this is an indicator of notability. All other sentences cite notable sources.
It says quite clearly in my bio that I am a content manager for Curve. I am happy mention that wherever else appropriate. I’m new to editing on Wikipedia so appreciate any guidance on this. My only aim is to ensure this article is a fair and accurate reflection of Curve and I am happy to amend anything deemed inappropriate in the article. Apologies, forgot to sign previous comment so re-added this comment as a signed comment. Thanks
Andydangerfield (
talk) 09:30, 31 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Hi Andy; another user has removed your unsigned comment to ensure the thread remains easily readable - if you forget to sign in the future, you can always edit the comment to add it, you don't need to repeat the post. They have also removed your repeated vote for the same reason - in AfD's you should not vote more than once; should you have any more top level comments to add, you can head them with Comment - if you change your vote due to being swayed by new evidence or arguments you should strike out your previous vote with <s>Stricken text</s> before posting your new one. --
NoCOBOL(talk) 09:40, 31 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete Classic startup article that fails
WP:NCORP and
WP:CORPDEPTH. No real information outside the launch. References are a mix of reviews, funding news and business article churnalism. scope_creepTalk 15:53, 31 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete Not one of the references meet the criteria for establishing notability as they are all either based on company announcements or the content is not in-depth or significant. References fail
WP:NCORP - specifically
WP:ORGIND and/or
WP:CORPDEPTH - topic fails GNG.
HighKing++ 13:55, 3 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep coverage in national newspapers,
MoneyWeek and
Which? is just enough for notability.
Peter James (
talk) 23:41, 3 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment Sorry, but coverage in national newpapers is not part of the criteria for establishing notability. It is about the type of coverage. The coverage in Moneyweek and Which is all based on the company announcement that launched the card. You will see a lot of "coverage" at the end of Jan and beginning of Feb 2018, all in "reliable sources", but failing
WP:ORGIND as it is also all based on the company announcement of the launch of the new app. For example,
the Irish Times,
TechCrunch,
Finextra,
nomadgate,
crowdfundinsider ... tons of coverage on the launch. Fails
WP:ORGIND.
HighKing++ 13:31, 4 February 2019 (UTC)reply
There's a difference between a review and a press release. Obviously reviews are likely to be of new products or services, but coverage is selective: many products and services are not reviewed or written about in national newspapers and well known magazines read by many people. Although these is the most significant coverage, there is some from other reliiable sources before and after the launch.
Peter James (
talk) 20:04, 5 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Classic fail of
WP:ORGIND. It is generic news associated with a startup. scope_creepTalk 10:32, 6 February 2019 (UTC)reply
None of the references are "reviews" in the context of somebody getting and using the card and writing about their experiences. Instead, the references are regurgitating the information provided by the company in terms of (1) What it is (2) the benefits (3) the costs. This is classic churnalism and the
WP:NCORP guidelines were explicitly tightened up last year to exclude these types of articles for the purposes of establishing notability.
HighKing++ 12:50, 6 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Jovanmilic97 (
talk) 16:10, 6 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep. I've removed a large portion of the sources on the page for being from tabloids or unreliable publications, but there are several good articles that focus on the company in depth, enough in my mind to clearly pass the harsh standards of
WP:CORPDEPTH. I added some
Financial Times coverage of a lawsuit, and articles such as this one
in TechCrunch focus on the company at large, not just the launch itself. Also staff coverage
in Forbes which isn't all positive.
66.198.222.67 (
talk) 17:23, 6 February 2019 (UTC)reply
https://techcrunch.com is too indiscriminate to meet
WP:CORPDEPTH, while [www.forbes.com/sites www.forbes.com/sites] is a user-submitted area, not editorial content. FT is a passing mention. This is still a directory listing on a nn org that is trying to use Wikipedia to promote itself.
K.e.coffman (
talk) 02:27, 7 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Yes, to be clear, the
Financial Times article is not "coverage of a lawsuit", but an article based on a blog post on Curve's website, various tweet from purported Curve users and a statement from American Express. There is no original and independent opinion, analysis, investigation, and fact checking that are clearly attributable to a source unaffiliated to the subject and fails
WP:ORGIND. I agree with the above on the TechCrunch article (based on the PR surrounding the launch of their app in the UK and also based on "a call with Curve founder and CEO"), meets the definition of chrunalism and therefore also fails ORGIND. I also agree with the above that the Forbes article is from their "sites" section which is explicitly excluded for the establishment of notability in
WP:NCORP and is classified as "Dependent coverage".
HighKing++ 13:31, 7 February 2019 (UTC)reply
I agree most of the articles count in part as churnalism (most business articles do), but scattered throughout the fully admissible TechCrunch and Forbes articles (corporate sellouts, yes, but still known for fact-checking and hardly as ridiculous as the Daily Mail or Enquirer), there is enough journalistic perspective to show the topic is notable. Concerning the advertising, the trivial or promotional details can be chopped out quickly by a discerning and neutral editor, and so no need to delete on those grounds alone.
66.198.222.67 (
talk) 19:19, 7 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment. Some new sources for perusing.
66.198.222.67 (
talk) 20:04, 7 February 2019 (UTC)reply
The first is generic, it is introducing the card to readers of the FT and introduces nothing that is not covered by other churnalism. Fails
WP:CORPDEPTH and
WP:ORGIND
The second one is exactly the same format, it describes the card, then the founders, then the funding. Fails
WP:CORPDEPTH and
WP:ORGIND
The third is real news, but it exactly the type of news that comes from a startup. Startup news is covered by
WP:NCORP. That was part of the reason it was written. scope_creepTalk 10:22, 9 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment I agree with scope_creep. Please take a read of
WP:NCORP (especially the
WP:ORGIND section) to understand in more detail why those sources so not establish notability.
HighKing++ 18:01, 10 February 2019 (UTC)reply
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.
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 no consensus. No consensus for a specific outcome has transpired herein. North America1000 02:03, 13 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Does not meet
WP:NORG; significant RS coverage not found. What comes up is passing mentions, routine notices, and / or
WP:SPIP.
K.e.coffman (
talk) 01:44, 23 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep this article: It should be not be deleted as with 300,000 customers, Curve is a
WP:NORG
I have addressed the concern raised that "significant Reliable Sources coverage not found." I have gone through and checked every sentence is attributed to a reliable source, adding in citations as required.
I have addressed the concern "What comes up is passing mentions, routine notices, and / or
WP:SPIP ." All sentences in this article have accurate citations from reliable sources.
Comment Your second point doesn't address the concern. Please see
WP:ORGIND. Nobody is saying the sources aren't reliable or that the extracts aren't accurate. What is being said is that there is no significant (more than a passing mention) intellectually independent (not relying on announcements/quotations/company-produced info) content in the references.
HighKing++ 13:55, 3 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
RL0919 (
talk) 04:57, 30 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep, per the sources establishing notability that Andydangerfield has provided. However, the fact that it has 300,000 customers is irrelevant; it could have ten million customers and still not be notable. --
NoCOBOL(talk) 06:28, 30 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep - passes WP:NORG. Also per sources added by Andydangerfield.
Skirts89 (
talk) 21:53, 30 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Nom's comment: the content added by Andydangerfield amounts to
WP:PROMO directory listing, i.e.
"In July 2017, Curve rolled out a feature on the app allowing users to retroactively change their selected payment card for a transaction as old as 14 days.[13][14] After attracting a waiting list of 50,000 people, Curve fully launched to UK consumers in early 2018.[15] By the end of 2018, it had 300,000 customers across Europe.[16]"
Having 300,000 customers is not an indicator of notability. Andydangerfield also failed to mention at this AfD that he's an employee at Curve.
K.e.coffman (
talk) 03:47, 31 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment:I have removed paragraph of the number of current customers due to debate in this AfD discussion as to whether this is an indicator of notability. All other sentences cite notable sources.
It says quite clearly in my bio that I am a content manager for Curve. I am happy mention that wherever else appropriate. I’m new to editing on Wikipedia so appreciate any guidance on this. My only aim is to ensure this article is a fair and accurate reflection of Curve and I am happy to amend anything deemed inappropriate in the article. Apologies, forgot to sign previous comment so re-added this comment as a signed comment. Thanks
Andydangerfield (
talk) 09:30, 31 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Hi Andy; another user has removed your unsigned comment to ensure the thread remains easily readable - if you forget to sign in the future, you can always edit the comment to add it, you don't need to repeat the post. They have also removed your repeated vote for the same reason - in AfD's you should not vote more than once; should you have any more top level comments to add, you can head them with Comment - if you change your vote due to being swayed by new evidence or arguments you should strike out your previous vote with <s>Stricken text</s> before posting your new one. --
NoCOBOL(talk) 09:40, 31 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete Classic startup article that fails
WP:NCORP and
WP:CORPDEPTH. No real information outside the launch. References are a mix of reviews, funding news and business article churnalism. scope_creepTalk 15:53, 31 January 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete Not one of the references meet the criteria for establishing notability as they are all either based on company announcements or the content is not in-depth or significant. References fail
WP:NCORP - specifically
WP:ORGIND and/or
WP:CORPDEPTH - topic fails GNG.
HighKing++ 13:55, 3 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep coverage in national newspapers,
MoneyWeek and
Which? is just enough for notability.
Peter James (
talk) 23:41, 3 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment Sorry, but coverage in national newpapers is not part of the criteria for establishing notability. It is about the type of coverage. The coverage in Moneyweek and Which is all based on the company announcement that launched the card. You will see a lot of "coverage" at the end of Jan and beginning of Feb 2018, all in "reliable sources", but failing
WP:ORGIND as it is also all based on the company announcement of the launch of the new app. For example,
the Irish Times,
TechCrunch,
Finextra,
nomadgate,
crowdfundinsider ... tons of coverage on the launch. Fails
WP:ORGIND.
HighKing++ 13:31, 4 February 2019 (UTC)reply
There's a difference between a review and a press release. Obviously reviews are likely to be of new products or services, but coverage is selective: many products and services are not reviewed or written about in national newspapers and well known magazines read by many people. Although these is the most significant coverage, there is some from other reliiable sources before and after the launch.
Peter James (
talk) 20:04, 5 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Classic fail of
WP:ORGIND. It is generic news associated with a startup. scope_creepTalk 10:32, 6 February 2019 (UTC)reply
None of the references are "reviews" in the context of somebody getting and using the card and writing about their experiences. Instead, the references are regurgitating the information provided by the company in terms of (1) What it is (2) the benefits (3) the costs. This is classic churnalism and the
WP:NCORP guidelines were explicitly tightened up last year to exclude these types of articles for the purposes of establishing notability.
HighKing++ 12:50, 6 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Jovanmilic97 (
talk) 16:10, 6 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep. I've removed a large portion of the sources on the page for being from tabloids or unreliable publications, but there are several good articles that focus on the company in depth, enough in my mind to clearly pass the harsh standards of
WP:CORPDEPTH. I added some
Financial Times coverage of a lawsuit, and articles such as this one
in TechCrunch focus on the company at large, not just the launch itself. Also staff coverage
in Forbes which isn't all positive.
66.198.222.67 (
talk) 17:23, 6 February 2019 (UTC)reply
https://techcrunch.com is too indiscriminate to meet
WP:CORPDEPTH, while [www.forbes.com/sites www.forbes.com/sites] is a user-submitted area, not editorial content. FT is a passing mention. This is still a directory listing on a nn org that is trying to use Wikipedia to promote itself.
K.e.coffman (
talk) 02:27, 7 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Yes, to be clear, the
Financial Times article is not "coverage of a lawsuit", but an article based on a blog post on Curve's website, various tweet from purported Curve users and a statement from American Express. There is no original and independent opinion, analysis, investigation, and fact checking that are clearly attributable to a source unaffiliated to the subject and fails
WP:ORGIND. I agree with the above on the TechCrunch article (based on the PR surrounding the launch of their app in the UK and also based on "a call with Curve founder and CEO"), meets the definition of chrunalism and therefore also fails ORGIND. I also agree with the above that the Forbes article is from their "sites" section which is explicitly excluded for the establishment of notability in
WP:NCORP and is classified as "Dependent coverage".
HighKing++ 13:31, 7 February 2019 (UTC)reply
I agree most of the articles count in part as churnalism (most business articles do), but scattered throughout the fully admissible TechCrunch and Forbes articles (corporate sellouts, yes, but still known for fact-checking and hardly as ridiculous as the Daily Mail or Enquirer), there is enough journalistic perspective to show the topic is notable. Concerning the advertising, the trivial or promotional details can be chopped out quickly by a discerning and neutral editor, and so no need to delete on those grounds alone.
66.198.222.67 (
talk) 19:19, 7 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment. Some new sources for perusing.
66.198.222.67 (
talk) 20:04, 7 February 2019 (UTC)reply
The first is generic, it is introducing the card to readers of the FT and introduces nothing that is not covered by other churnalism. Fails
WP:CORPDEPTH and
WP:ORGIND
The second one is exactly the same format, it describes the card, then the founders, then the funding. Fails
WP:CORPDEPTH and
WP:ORGIND
The third is real news, but it exactly the type of news that comes from a startup. Startup news is covered by
WP:NCORP. That was part of the reason it was written. scope_creepTalk 10:22, 9 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment I agree with scope_creep. Please take a read of
WP:NCORP (especially the
WP:ORGIND section) to understand in more detail why those sources so not establish notability.
HighKing++ 18:01, 10 February 2019 (UTC)reply
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.