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I am aware that this article recently passed AfD but it was closed before I could comment. Clearly, this topic fails the criteria for notability as the references all fail the criteria for establishing notability as per
WP:NCORP and GNG. In fact, most of the references are
churnalism. The reasons provided by the !voters in the original AfD indicate that they are unaware of that there is a higher standard for references to establish notability. The reasons continually reference "multiple independent sources", "legitimate sources", "the article is fine", "has enough coverage" all fail to address the content test which is not merely for "independent sources". The criteria for establishing notability for companies/organizations as per WP:NCORP is for multiple sources (at least two) of
significant coverage with
in-depth information *on the company* and (this bit is important!) containing
"Independent Content". For clarity, "Independent content", in order to count towards establishing notability, must include original and independent opinion, analysis, investigation, and fact checking that are clearly attributable to a source unaffiliated to the subject. The references fail NCORP as follows:
This from The Hindu Business Line is
churnalism with the classic formula of; introduce entrepeneur(s); describe problem; describe solution; finish with forward looking statement; include photo. The article also relies entirely on information provided by the founders, there is no Independent Content, fails
WP:ORGIND
This from LiveMint is an interview/description of a teenager that uses the product and explains the background of why it is important to her. But the information on the company is clearly provided by the company themselves - for example this statement:With the money earned from the sale, it (GreenSole) plans to run on-site surveys to find schools where students may require shoes (especially if the average income of families in that area is below a certain level, or if the area surrounding the school is rocky), create more comfortable designs and to finally recycle more footwear for donations. Fails
WP:ORGIND
Keep I even can't understand why [user:HighKing this user] so curious to delete a notable Wikipedia article. It seems like there is some connection between
User:KartikeyaS343 and
user:HighKing.
Delete per the excellent nomination, following which little is left to be said. Except to point out that, along with their SPA-status as noted above, their deliberate deceit in recreating
protected material, their accusations of socking elsewhere, and notwithstanding their blatant
canvassing immediately above, they surely an undisclosed
conflict of interest.
——SN5412913:25, 6 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per the analysis above. None of the sources pass the very low bar of
WP:GNG or
WP:42, all of them fail either independence, reliability, or significance criteria. --
Jayron3214:32, 6 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete and salt per the nominator's thorough rationale. While masquerading as an article, it is thinly-veiled advertising with nothing substantive to show
WP:NCOMPANY is met. --Kinut/c18:30, 6 April 2020 (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.
I am aware that this article recently passed AfD but it was closed before I could comment. Clearly, this topic fails the criteria for notability as the references all fail the criteria for establishing notability as per
WP:NCORP and GNG. In fact, most of the references are
churnalism. The reasons provided by the !voters in the original AfD indicate that they are unaware of that there is a higher standard for references to establish notability. The reasons continually reference "multiple independent sources", "legitimate sources", "the article is fine", "has enough coverage" all fail to address the content test which is not merely for "independent sources". The criteria for establishing notability for companies/organizations as per WP:NCORP is for multiple sources (at least two) of
significant coverage with
in-depth information *on the company* and (this bit is important!) containing
"Independent Content". For clarity, "Independent content", in order to count towards establishing notability, must include original and independent opinion, analysis, investigation, and fact checking that are clearly attributable to a source unaffiliated to the subject. The references fail NCORP as follows:
This from The Hindu Business Line is
churnalism with the classic formula of; introduce entrepeneur(s); describe problem; describe solution; finish with forward looking statement; include photo. The article also relies entirely on information provided by the founders, there is no Independent Content, fails
WP:ORGIND
This from LiveMint is an interview/description of a teenager that uses the product and explains the background of why it is important to her. But the information on the company is clearly provided by the company themselves - for example this statement:With the money earned from the sale, it (GreenSole) plans to run on-site surveys to find schools where students may require shoes (especially if the average income of families in that area is below a certain level, or if the area surrounding the school is rocky), create more comfortable designs and to finally recycle more footwear for donations. Fails
WP:ORGIND
Keep I even can't understand why [user:HighKing this user] so curious to delete a notable Wikipedia article. It seems like there is some connection between
User:KartikeyaS343 and
user:HighKing.
Delete per the excellent nomination, following which little is left to be said. Except to point out that, along with their SPA-status as noted above, their deliberate deceit in recreating
protected material, their accusations of socking elsewhere, and notwithstanding their blatant
canvassing immediately above, they surely an undisclosed
conflict of interest.
——SN5412913:25, 6 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per the analysis above. None of the sources pass the very low bar of
WP:GNG or
WP:42, all of them fail either independence, reliability, or significance criteria. --
Jayron3214:32, 6 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete and salt per the nominator's thorough rationale. While masquerading as an article, it is thinly-veiled advertising with nothing substantive to show
WP:NCOMPANY is met. --Kinut/c18:30, 6 April 2020 (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.