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The result was delete. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:12, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
No evidence of notability. Having Miley Cyrus allegedly rip-off one of your songs doesn't make for notability. Other refs are local or advertorial. There is a Draft by the same name which has been waiting for review since 5th September. Simply copy and pasting a unreviewed draft into mainspace is not a good way to go - this still belongs in Draft. Fails WP:GNG Velella Velella Talk 23:04, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
There are newspaper articles that are tagged as reliable sources. — Preceding
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The result was no consensus. Not everyone agrees with the sources Cunard has presented, but there's not enough agreement that they do or don't show we can write a reasonable article on this. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:57, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:NCORP. It has survived two previous AfD's where it was compared against the GNG. The last AfD ended in no consensus in 2017. Regardless I just don't see the depth of reliable independent coverage needed to show notability. The references are mostly crypto-currency tabloids, with a few passing mentions in reputable sources talking about Bitcoin, Ripple and the blockchain. — Frayæ ( Talk/ Spjall) 21:48, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The article notes:
The journalist in this article (as in some of the articles below) interviewed founder Marwan Forzely and includes quotes from him in the article.Led by banking giant Goldman Sachs, with GV (formally Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins, Silicon Valley Bank, Trend Forward Capital, and Pantera Capital also participating, the investment in enterprise-payments startup Veem is primarily a move to accelerate the firm’s exponential growth.
Central to the investors’ interest in Veem is the built-in stickiness of the model, which has proved to be adept at turning recipients of Veem payments into Veem users. Since the San Francisco-based company raised its first round of venture capital in May 2015, it has grown from a mere 590 customers to more than 80,000 today.
As the price of bitcoin hovers around $6,500, compared with $300 when Veem raised its first round, the company is helping blaze the trail for next-generation bitcoin startups that give customers access to bitcoin’s speed and traceability without their even knowing it.
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This latest strategic investment follows on a $24 million Series B raised in March 2017 and brings the total amount raised to $69.3 million. Lead investor Goldman Sachs made the strategic investment via its Principal Strategic Investment Group, which has been increasingly active in the blockchain space. As part of the investment, Goldman Sachs managing director Rana Yared will join Veem as a nonvoting board observer.
The article notes:
And yet famed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins had not joined in the fray — until now. Tuesday, business-to-business payments provider Align Commerce announces that it has closed a $12.5 million series A round of funding led by Kleiner.
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Launched in spring 2015 and already in 60 countries, Align Commerce enables small businesses to skip the hassle and fees of wire transfers and pay vendors globally using the Bitcoin blockchain and traditional bank wire and treasury management rails at much lower cost.
Align, in contrast, has a more streamlined email-based system. A vendor sets up an account and invoices the payer, who clicks on a link in the email to enter her bank account information. From her end, it works like a domestic transaction — like paying a local utility bill — and she does not need any SWIFT codes or the bank account information of the payee. Align also offers its customers the ability to track payments, much like a Fedex or UPS tracking system, so both the sender and receiver always know where the payment is in transit.
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Although the company is in 60 countries, customers in only 24 of those countries can both send and receive payments; customers in all 60 countries can receive payments. The hurdles Align faces in offering both sending and receiving services in all countries can be regulatory and operational. For instance, Align needs to obtain licenses for each country (and in the U.S., some states, such as Florida and Washington require additional licenses). It also may find that in some countries, the partner bank can handle incoming payments but doesn’t have the technology to send outgoing transactions.
The article notes:
One exception is a San Francisco-based money transfer business called Veem. Founded in 2014 by Marwan Forzley, who sold his previous start-up to Western Union, Veem is setting out to simplify cross-border wire transfers and payments to vendors and contractors.
Veem, formerly known as Align Commerce, uses three methods of sending money: Treasury, SWIFT and blockchain.
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Companies typically use Veem to replace processes that required them to make a trip to the bank and fill out detailed forms. When a customer uses Veem's site to make a payment, Veem's software decides which transfer method to use -- the customer never knows if it's going via blockchain or another method.
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Veem, which raised $24 million last year from investors including National Australia Bank Ventures and GV (formerly Google Ventures), serves businesses ranging from surfboard maker Global Surf Industries and software company Checkster to Bulat Kitchen, which makes knives.
The article notes:
Align Commerce, a new startup from an old hand in the payment and transaction market, has raised $12.5 million in new financing to use blockchain technology to create a new cross-border payment technology for small and medium-sized businesses.
Founded by Marwan Forzley, a former executive at Western Union, Align Commerce is using the blockchain technology and Bitcoin as an alternative way to transfer money among small and medium-sized businesses in the same way that other companies have leveraged the technology for peer-to-peer money transfers or payments to individual contractors.
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The Align Commerce founder has been working on the company since May 2014, when he left Western Union. The company launched its private beta in October of that year and opened the payment system in April 2015.
The article notes:
Align Commerce, which today is rebranding to Veem, is today announcing that it has raised a $24 million round led by strategic investor National Australia Bank (NAB) Ventures, with participation also from GV (Google Ventures), Softbank’s SBI Investment Co., Ltd., Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Silicon Valley Bank.
Veem plans to use the funds expand into more countries and add new products. The startup is currently active in 60 countries (you can see the full list of where money can be sent and received here), and makes revenues on a flat $15 receiving fee (it’s free to send); and foreign exchange rates.
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The specific focus for Veem — which was founded by Marwan Forzley, a former executive at Western Union — is SMBs across international borders, an interesting one for a couple of reasons.
For one, it taps into a gap in the market: small and medium enterprises have largely lost out compared to consumers and large enterprises when it comes to tech innovations, particularly in the financial world — too specific in their business needs to use consumer services; too small to be able to afford services built for larger companies.
The article notes:
If you’ve ever tried to do business across borders, you know how painful it can be to send a wire transfer, wait for the payment to clear the bank and pay a set of fees along the way. Veem is a startup trying to simplify all of that for SMBs by providing a platform to ease the international transfer of funds between businesses. Today, it announced it was opening up that capability to developers in the form of an API.
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The company does not charge developers for connecting to Veem, making it an attractive option for programmers. Instead, it continues to make money off of the exchange rate fees.
Veem launched in 2014 and has raised over $44 million.
The article notes:
Align Commerce Corp.’s use of bitcoin is invisible and almost irrelevant to its business customers. And that’s how the startup wants to keep it.
The San Francisco company, which is announcing today that it has raised a $12.5 million Series A round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is one of an emerging class of bitcoin-based companies that rely on the digital currency behind the scenes. It’s being used as a tool to provide an improved financial service--in Align’s case that’s cross-border payments for small businesses.
That’s different from the earlier crop of startups that attracted venture capital...
Align’s customers, by contrast, pay each other using government-issued currency and do not directly deal with bitcoin. Align takes the payor’s currency, exchanges it into bitcoin, and then exchanges the bitcoin to the payee’s currency. In this way, the startup avoids the cumbersome bank wire transfer process, said Marwan Forzley, chief executive and founder, who launched the company after several years as general manager at Western Union.
This is Kleiner's first deal in the bitcoin sector. ...
The article notes:
Mr. Forzley’s company, San Francisco-based Align Commerce, made headlines in November when it landed $12.5 million in series-A funding in a round led by renowned venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
A business-to-business payments provider that sends cash via the Bitcoin blockchain – the distributed database technology that keeps track of all transactions using the digital currency – Align has already expanded its service to 60 countries since its launch last April.
The article notes:
Veem announced today that it has closed a $24 million funding round. The startup offers small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) around the world an easy solution for sending and receiving money. More than 95 percent of all businesses across the world — some 20 million — are SMBs, which represents an enormous potential market.
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Formerly known as Align Commerce, the startup changed its name to Veem as a snappier alternative, Forzley said. “Next time, just Veem it,” he wrote. But it sounds an awful lot like Venmo, the digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. However, Veem distinguishes itself by providing its services to businesses, not individuals.
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Yet it was a bank that funded Veem — National Bank of Australia led today’s round (Veem has several Australian customers), with new investors GV (formerly Google Ventures) and SBI Investment joining. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Silicon Valley Bank also participated. This brings the total raised to date to just over $40 million.
The article notes:
Moving up the ladder to service businesses, one firm that is proving to achieve cost efficiency for cross-border payments using the blockchain is Align Commerce. Speaking to Marwan Forzley, CEO of Align Commerce, he explained to Digital Currency Magnates that “payments on a domestic level are relatively efficient. The friction occurs when you use different currencies and FX costs get involved.” He added that most B2B payments are facilitated through bank-to-bank transfers via Swift. But while such a system works, there is a lack of transparency in pricing, with bank customers rarely having an idea of the price of the currency conversions in relation to the real market. Also an issue is the time involved with Swift bank transfers which can take up to a week to get processed which leads to pricing risks if currency levels change dramatically.
To provide a solution, Align Commerce offers two services to business customers: cross currency invoicing and a cross currency payment gateway for eCommerce companies. The foundation of each service is the ability to allow companies to collect payments from their customer’s currency of choice while receiving it in their local currency.
The article notes:
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced that its venture capital fund, NAB Ventures, has led foreign exchange startup Veem's $24 million Series B investment round.
In addition to NAB, Veem -- formerly Align Commerce -- received funding from Google Ventures, American VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silicon Valley Bank, and Japanese fund SBI Investment Co. Ltd.
The San Francisco-based startup uses blockchain technology to perform cross-border business-to-business payments that are settled and sent in respective local currencies.
The article notes:
Veem recently disclosed receiving $24 Million in new funding. The sum of investments from National Australia Bank, GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, SBI Investments Co Ltd, and Silicon Valley Bank will be allotted for expansion into more countries and addition of new products.
The money remittance company formerly known as Align Commerce processes several hundreds of millions of cross border businesses including OFW payments in over 60 countries. Veem has offices in three continents. Founded by Filipino techpreneur Aldo Carrascoso in 2014, the reliable and real time system of sending and receiving payments via email is designed to replace the complex and costly telegraphic transfers, wire systems and SWIFT, by bypassing the banks, or the middlemen. It uses a combination of proprietary multirail payment systems and the blockchain, described as one of the fastest growing areas for tech investment.
The money remittance company formerly known as Align Commerce processes several hundreds of millions of cross border businesses including OFW payments in over 60 countries. Veem has offices in three continents. Founded by Filipino techpreneur Aldo Carrascoso in 2014, the reliable and real time system of sending and receiving payments via email is designed to replace the complex and costly telegraphic transfers, wire systems and SWIFT, by bypassing the banks, or the middlemen. It uses a combination of proprietary multirail payment systems and the blockchain, described as one of the fastest growing areas for tech investment.
The article notes:
More importantly, the system being offered by US-based—and Filipino-controlled—Align Commerce can deliver real-time payments that will be credited immediately to any payee’s account in 66 countries by sidestepping conventional services like the Swift payment structure.
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Launched in early 2014, Align Commerce is seen as one of the hottest financial tech startups, after it was announced late last year that the company received a $12-million funding lead from Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB), Silicon Valley Bank and Recruit Strategic Partners.
Align’s reliable and real-time system of sending and receiving payments via email is designed to replace the complex and costly telegraphic transfers, wire systems and Swift, by bypassing banks or middlemen. It uses a combination of proprietary multirail payment systems and blockchain technology, described as one of the fastest-growing areas for tech investment.
The article notes:
A Filipino start-up, Align Commerce, made it big in Silicon Valley, delivering a technology that makes global payments easier, faster and cheaper.
In late 2015, the company received a $12-million funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB), Silicon Valley Bank and Recruit Strategic Partners and after two years of operation, it has expanded its presence in 60 countries.
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Align’s real-time system of sending and receiving payments via email replaces complex, costly telegraphic transfers, wire systems and SWIFT by bypassing the banks and other middlemen, using proprietary multi-rail payment systems and the “blockchain” – one of the fastest-growing areas for tech investment.
The article notes:
Have you always had problems sending and receiving payments from abroad? Aldo Carrascoso found a solution to that. He is the co-founder and COO of San Francisco-based payment service provider, Align Commerce, which enables businesses to quickly and securely send and receive payments in local currency. The company was founded in 2014 and has its headquarters in San Francisco.
This is a 20-minute video report about Align Commerce.
The article notes:
Financial startup Align Commerce paved the way to a more convenient and reliable platform for sending and receiving payments worldwide just by e-mail, eliminating tedious forms and extra charges. Launched this bank wire replacement service in 2014, Align Commerce is helping SMBs worldwide enjoy efficient and effective payment transactions.
Find out how Aldo Carrascoso started and maintained the startup on this episode of The Boardroom.
The Forbes article about Google and Goldman Sachs providing financial backing for Veem notes: "Central to the investors’ interest in Veem is the built-in stickiness of the model, which has proved to be adept at turning recipients of Veem payments into Veem users. Since the San Francisco-based company raised its first round of venture capital in May 2015, it has grown from a mere 590 customers to more than 80,000 today."
The CNBC article notes: "Aside from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum, there aren't many real-world applications of blockchain, a distributed ledger that allows data to be cryptographically tracked and secured. One exception is a San Francisco-based money transfer business called Veem."
CNN Philippines provides commentary, noting "Financial startup Align Commerce paved the way to a more convenient and reliable platform for sending and receiving payments worldwide just by e-mail, eliminating tedious forms and extra charges."
The Wall Street Journal article notes: "It's being used as a tool to provide an improved financial service--in Align's case that’s cross-border payments for small businesses. That’s different from the earlier crop of startups that attracted venture capital, such as Coinbase Inc., and BitPay Inc., many of which have been trying to enable consumers to buy bitcoin ... Align’s customers, by contrast, pay each other using government-issued currency and do not directly deal with bitcoin.
A company that has received analysis and significant coverage from these very reputable publishers clearly passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline.
The result was delete. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:15, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
I am creating this nomination on behalf of an IP editor who posted the following text at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion:
My participation here is purely to assist the IP editor who thought this article should be taken to AfD; I take no position for or against the deletion itself. RL0919 ( talk) 21:39, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Without futher ado, I give you Cats on Mushrooms aka Spitfire.
You can experience the journey of “Spitfire” for yourself, available on Spotify and Soundcloud now.
In the meantime, listen to “Spitfire” and download the track below
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Matt14451 ( talk) 20:56, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
The Democratic Socialists of America is not a political party. It is an organization that seeks to influence politics. There is no DSA party or ballot line. The article is largely unsourced. Even if DSA endorsed these candidates (and no sources are present that would say they do), it does not make them DSA candidates. TM 21:13, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was speedy close. This is invalid for AfD, I will explain more on the user's talk page Spinning Spark 22:27, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
moved this page to Souris–Red–Rainy Water Resource Region Furicorn ( talk) 20:21, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was speedy delete under criterion A10. This is clearly a fork of the main article, HSL and HSV. — C.Fred ( talk) 20:35, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Same as HSL and HSV. Somebody's attempt to rewrite the article. (S)he should be encouraged to edit the main article. P 1 9 9 ✉ 19:59, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was speedy keep per WP:SK#1. A valid rationale for deletion is not present. See WP:DEL-REASON for examples of valid rationales. North America 1000 06:24, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
People come to Wikipedia as a starting point for their quest for information. When they find this article, they see consoles like the Xbox and Dreamcast are not listed, leading them to believe emulators for those consoles do not exist. This article does more harm than good because of that. Simply adding those emulators is not possible due to notability policies.
If Wikipedia can't describe this list well, it better doesn't describe it at all. Letting users search Google to find a list that's usable for them is better than offering them a list that pretends to be something it's not. Alexis Jazz ( talk) 18:51, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. -- Ed ( Edgar181) 15:53, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Article may not meet general notability guideline, 2 relies on only one source (which is company webpage) and has become major target for promotional spam. groig ( talk) 18:33, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:05, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Promotionally toned
WP:BLP of a political candidate, whose claims of notability are not
reliably sourced well enough to clinch encyclopedic notability. Serving as chair of the state Public Defenders Commission is not an automatic free pass over
WP:NPOL in the absence of a
WP:GNG-passing volume of reliable source coverage about his work in the role, and being a current candidate for office is not an automatic NPOL pass for a person who doesn't have any other solid claim to preexisting notability for other reasons, but the sourcing here isn't cutting it in terms of making him notable for either reason.
Four of the eight footnotes are
primary sources that cannot support notability at all -- his own party's list of its own candidates, a staff profile on the self-published website of his own law firm, a routine directory entry on the website of the state bar association and a party-affiliated
podcast. But the other four that actually represent real media aren't doing very much either: one is a Soundcloud clip of a Q&A interview in which he's talking about his own campaign, one is a transcribed Q&A interview in his alma mater's college alumni magazine, one is a local interest magazine covering him in the context of being internally elected to a not inherently notable role within his own political party's org chart, and one is just the routine "party selects candidate" piece that every candidate in every election always gets in the local media. This is not enough coverage to deem him more notable than most other non-winning candidates, not one source here even tries to turn the Indiana Public Defenders Commission into a valid claim of preexisting notability, and the article is edging far too close to the
résumé style that no politician, even an actual officeholder, gets to have on here.
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17:28, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Bearcat, thank you for reviewing this article! I get where you're coming from. There are not a ton of published information and it does have a promotional tone when you look at the fact that other non-winning candidates are not present. Could the article be trimmed to include just the viable (basic history and facts that directly pertain to the political landscape in Indiana? Similar to the article on
Connie Lawson? Again, thank you for your time and for helping me get better at this process :)
NurseEducator (
talk) 27 September 2018 —Preceding
undated comment added
17:52, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Thank you all for taking the time to look this over. For future article creation, are any of the sources that have been added since this discussion began reputable or are local sources something I should stay away from in general? Again, thank you all.
NurseEducator
10:04, 02 October 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. The discussion shows this is a marginal case, but it appears the argument to keep slightly has the upper hand. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:57, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG, WP:BASIC and WP:AUTHOR. While this article has over a thousand revisions, I fail to see any claim of significance at all. Some might consider the Digital Journal articles significant coverage, but I find them rather narrowly focused. I was half-tempted to take the article to AfD a few months ago as I noticed a lack of significant coverage in most of these Twitter personality articles, but most of them were kept if they were nominated for deletion. I have since noticed a trend towards deleting these articles, albeit a good deal of them riddled with BLP violations, except if they were notable in some other way e.g. by passing WP:AUTHOR (and here the subject does not). wumbolo ^^^ 17:01, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Newton Lee (23 October 2016). Google It: Total Information Awareness. Springer. p. 526, that is just a mention, I'll give it to you, but it is important in context: it is comparing him to Alex Jones, which is a pretty strong indication of the level of notoriety he has risen to. In addition to those sources we have one from the Hollywood Reporter, which certainly gives substantial coverage. This is an article about a notable conspiracy theorist who doesn't like the fact that Wikipedia calls him a conspiracy theorist (hint: sources say he is one). Additionally, the fact that he is quoted so often in major international publications (NYT, Guardian, WaPo, Fortune) is a pretty strong indicator that he is a significant figure on the parts of the internet he inhabits. Deleting this article would be a disservice to our readers who have a right to know unbiased and factual information about this person who is attempting to influence their political views. TonyBallioni ( talk) 01:13, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Deleting this article would be a disservice to our readers who have a right to know unbiased and factual information about this person who is attempting to influence their political views.We aren't Ballotpedia. wumbolo ^^^ 21:44, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was no consensus. Article saved through successful application of WP:BOGOF -- RoySmith (talk) 22:47, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG one of a number of possibly paid for articles without references from 2007 Theroadislong ( talk) 21:04, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Black Kite (talk) 18:11, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
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Per source searches, this subject does not appear to meet WP:MUSICBIO or WP:BASIC. This source provides the equivalent of a short paragraph of information, but not finding much else. North America 1000 22:54, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
My understanding about the page: The topic is about Rabindra Sangeet, a very popular type of song in Bengali composed by Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel Prize winning poet. Bengali is a language spoken by 90 million people in West Bengal (India) and 160 million (in Bangladesh). Thus, Rabindra Sangeet is a very important genre of music liked by a large number of people. I agree it has limited global appeal because of its language which is not spoken in the other parts of the world. It can be easily understood that Abhirup Guhathakurta who is the subject of the wiki page is well known among his peers. I would be able to add a few more citations or links later on. But, at this point of time, I think the page satisfies the notability requirement and can hardly be a subject for possible deletion. I believe, most of the pages of his peers (mentioned at the end of this page under “Notable singers of Rabindra Sangeet”) would then need to be reviewed for deletion. If a large number of such pages of important singers are need to be deleted, I may only say that a part of the Bengali culture in which Rabindra Sangeet stays within the hearts of many would then have to be derecognized. Seeuhere ( talk) 11:44, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
I would like to mention the following points in support of the notability of the singer:
As we may see in Ref#8 that “Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre and the High Commission of India, Dhaka organized a cultural programme featuring Rabindra Sangeet and recitation of Tagore's poems at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on February 10, [2012]. The event featured renditions of Tagore songs by Abhirup Guhathakurta and Indrani Sen and poetry recitation by Bratati Bandopadhyay of India.”
Hope, recognizability of the singer is very much visible since the choice is made by the High Commission of India at Dhaka (Bangladesh) which selected only two singers of Rabindra Sangeet in its event of which Guhathakurta was one of them. Similarly, there are playback singing by the artiste in two movies. There have been several international tours of which I would rate the one of Dhaka (2012) as a prominent one since it is a Govt. sponsored one with only two singers been chosen and Bangladesh has a rich tradition of Rabindra Sangeet. Additionally, there are many newspaper quotations that would address the issue of notability including that of Ref.# 14 (Artistes enthral with songs of Tagore: The Times of India, Feb 8, 2002). There are a few jointly published albums such as the one with a prominent singer Pramita Mullick.
I refer to the Notability Criteria for musicians and ensembles in Wiki Notability (music), in particular, its item #1, 4 and 6. With the changes been made, I find the wiki-page under deletion discussion does not have any notability issue or deletion issue. I think I have argued in detail against the previous two comments which may not seem to be appropriate or even respectful to the singers of Rabindra Sangeet. Seeuhere ( talk) 20:48, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
The page of the subject is added with further references. The status of the singer among other well-known singers may be seen in i) Ref-5 (History, Nupur school ....) and ii) Ref-6 (Bengali Association of Victoria...). The two organizations based in London and Melbourne of Ref. 5 and 6 respectively mention only a few persons of good reputation in their invitee lists, in which Guhathakurta found his place. Most of the invites have their respective wiki pages too. These are independent sources citing the subject among reputed artistes. Refs 12("Event in the memory of Kanika Bandyopadhyay: The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2009") and Ref.15 ( "Mitali: Event in Kolkata in 2009".) are relevant too, though to a lesser extent. Ref. 24 ("Mitali: Indo-Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Talent.....) mentions the subject as one of the few judges in a talent search event organized by an Indo-Bangladesh cultural entity. I think being a judge distinguishes the subject from others.
I think I have shown resources that independently identify the subject's rank among a few well-known names and his placement among his peers (Ref.: template "Notable singers of Rabindra Sangeet"). I think if someone implies the existence of an innumerable number of Rabindra Sangeet singers with no way to distinguish themselves, he/she is hardly taking a rational standpoint. Independent sources mentioning a good ranking (that is what one requires to avoid any subjectivity) are readily seen now, than before, and this helps to satisfy the objectivity behind notability. This is not a place to argue whether Rabindra Sangeet as a genre or the associated singers as a group is relevant or not. Neither, there is a need to discuss whether spending money to produce albums and having contacts help one become famous. The table in his page shows a partial list of albums published over a time of almost four decades where he also sings with quite a few other well-known artistes. I like to invite a rational debate.Yes, I am aware of WP:SIGCOV. Seeuhere ( talk) 13:19, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. There was openess by some to userfy if requested, but that path always exists via WP:REFUND. — Bagumba ( talk) 11:12, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG; created in 2007 by a likely WP:COI contributor and somehow still here 11 years later. No independent references and no available WP:RSes to replace them. Julietdeltalima (talk) 16:31, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:01, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
WP:LISTCRUFT. There are literally thousands of games with science fiction themes. List will ultimately not server any navigational purpose. Category:Science fiction video games serves this purpose much better. TarkusAB talk 16:29, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. Per WP:SNOW. Drmies ( talk) 15:59, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Too much detail for general-interest, especially notes. Matt14451 ( talk) 15:51, 27 September 2018 (UTC) I am also nominating the following related pages:
I have tried to improve the originally-nominated article, along with GUtt01 ( talk · contribs), but Davey2010 ( talk · contribs) has been disruptive and led to the page being protected. Matt14451 ( talk) 07:28, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Issues with episode/page layout - belongs on talkpage
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The You’re Fired panel section and the Notes section should be removed however I agree with Matt that there is a lot of unnecessary detail, however a basic summary of the task as shown in the episodes column doesn’t tell you who won, who was on which team. I think a good idea would be to keep the layout like this..
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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Matt14451 ( talk) 21:01, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Need re-evaluation, no in-depth coverage about him. Fails WP:ANYBIO. Pollock's ( talk) 14:59, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:01, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Non-notable game mod. Reyk YO! 14:11, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. Tone 21:01, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
To be honest, I'm not too sure what this is supposed to be. It's an unreferenced 11 year old article about a 1995 novel that fails to establish the novel's notability. It looks like an IP editor added the big third paragraph in 2008, and it has remained that way since. With or without it, this article does not establish the book's notability. – numbermaniac 14:04, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:02, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Extremely long article yet none of it, I'm convinced, has been covered by reliable sources. This is very detailed, but any coverage this gains in reliable sources is better served in the main Game Grumps article. wumbolo ^^^ 14:02, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Keep: It's a list of episodes on the Game Grumps show. I don't see why reliable sources matter when all of them are on the Game Grumps channel itself. It's a very helpful list, as they increase their amounts of series and episodes, and it becomes harder to keep up with them.- K-popguardian ( talk) 22:33, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:03, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
No independent references. Doesnt seem to exist now - though there is a seperate organisation of the same name - https://globalcampus.nae.school - Not obviously notable. Rathfelder ( talk) 14:01, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:16, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Little coverage in reliable sources, all coming from or being press releases. wumbolo ^^^ 13:31, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was redirect to Deadmau5 discography. Redirected without deletion. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:17, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:NALBUM and WP:GNG. No secondary sources referenced whatsoever. Lazz _R 12:33, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Kpg jhp jm 14:53, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Unremarkable crime. WP:NOTNEWS TheLongTone ( talk) 12:22, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Kpg jhp jm 14:53, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Not a list, unsourced 2-line nanostub. L293D ( ☎ • ✎) 12:10, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
No evidence found of any notability. He existed, his paintings sometimes appear on minor auctions, but he hasn't received any attention in reliable sources as far as I can tell. Fram ( talk) 12:09, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was soft delete. WP:REFUND applies. North America 1000 23:57, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
I can't seem to find any reliable sources in this article to signify the notability of Whitehead. The first source is about an interview he did, in the following three references, I see no mention of his name. More eyes should help determined if he meets WP:GNG. Cheers 6Packs ( talk) 10:03, 27 September 2018 (UTC) 6Packs ( talk) 10:03, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Consensus is for deletion. North America 1000 09:57, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Undisclosed COI work and the article's athuor's only-ever creation. Reads severly like an advertisment and in a bullet-point list. The second section is entirely unsourced and the first lacks citations in several places. Lordtobi ( ✉) 05:56, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR. Article is sourced only to instgram and Imdb, and a BEFORE search turns up no other information. Note also that the actor has yet to make his debut, so WP:TOOSOON also needs to be considered. SamHolt6 ( talk) 05:46, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Needs third party coverage. Unclear notability. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 04:13, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Kpg jhp jm 14:50, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
No evidence provided of notability. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 03:43, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was speedy keep. Withdrawing nomination. Excellent sourcing has been found, thank you to those who provided the sourcing. I appreciate your efforts. As promised, I will incorporate some of the sourcing into the article. (non-admin closure) Waggie ( talk) 03:23, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG and WP:NCORP, only one source outside of their own website. Waggie ( talk) 03:33, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Consensus is that the sourcing fails WP:NCORP. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:20, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
PRODed but was refunded; No real independant sourcing - sources that aren't press releases or their own website only mention the website occasionally as a source of information - no depth of coverage for WP:NCORP, with sources cited for notability by the creator being only mentions with no depth; being "widely known" doesn't necessitate notability; that requires sources with a depth of coverage Galobtter ( pingó mió) 20:28, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. Tone 21:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Yes, the school exists. But this article is so badly translated that WP:TNT is the best option for this article. The Banner talk 23:34, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was merge to IONIS Education Group. (non-admin closure) wumbolo ^^^ 21:09, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
8.Articles whose subjects fail to meet the relevant notability guideline (WP:N, WP:GNG, WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:CORP, and so forth) => No secondary quality source focused on the subject of the article.
For information : This article has already been removed from Wikipedia fr for this reason. EulerObama ( talk) 01:52, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Comment: regarding the french wikipedia AfD:
Regards, Comte0 ( talk) 12:03, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
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The result was delete. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:12, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
No evidence of notability. Having Miley Cyrus allegedly rip-off one of your songs doesn't make for notability. Other refs are local or advertorial. There is a Draft by the same name which has been waiting for review since 5th September. Simply copy and pasting a unreviewed draft into mainspace is not a good way to go - this still belongs in Draft. Fails WP:GNG Velella Velella Talk 23:04, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
There are newspaper articles that are tagged as reliable sources. — Preceding
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The result was no consensus. Not everyone agrees with the sources Cunard has presented, but there's not enough agreement that they do or don't show we can write a reasonable article on this. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:57, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:NCORP. It has survived two previous AfD's where it was compared against the GNG. The last AfD ended in no consensus in 2017. Regardless I just don't see the depth of reliable independent coverage needed to show notability. The references are mostly crypto-currency tabloids, with a few passing mentions in reputable sources talking about Bitcoin, Ripple and the blockchain. — Frayæ ( Talk/ Spjall) 21:48, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The article notes:
The journalist in this article (as in some of the articles below) interviewed founder Marwan Forzely and includes quotes from him in the article.Led by banking giant Goldman Sachs, with GV (formally Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins, Silicon Valley Bank, Trend Forward Capital, and Pantera Capital also participating, the investment in enterprise-payments startup Veem is primarily a move to accelerate the firm’s exponential growth.
Central to the investors’ interest in Veem is the built-in stickiness of the model, which has proved to be adept at turning recipients of Veem payments into Veem users. Since the San Francisco-based company raised its first round of venture capital in May 2015, it has grown from a mere 590 customers to more than 80,000 today.
As the price of bitcoin hovers around $6,500, compared with $300 when Veem raised its first round, the company is helping blaze the trail for next-generation bitcoin startups that give customers access to bitcoin’s speed and traceability without their even knowing it.
...
This latest strategic investment follows on a $24 million Series B raised in March 2017 and brings the total amount raised to $69.3 million. Lead investor Goldman Sachs made the strategic investment via its Principal Strategic Investment Group, which has been increasingly active in the blockchain space. As part of the investment, Goldman Sachs managing director Rana Yared will join Veem as a nonvoting board observer.
The article notes:
And yet famed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins had not joined in the fray — until now. Tuesday, business-to-business payments provider Align Commerce announces that it has closed a $12.5 million series A round of funding led by Kleiner.
...
Launched in spring 2015 and already in 60 countries, Align Commerce enables small businesses to skip the hassle and fees of wire transfers and pay vendors globally using the Bitcoin blockchain and traditional bank wire and treasury management rails at much lower cost.
Align, in contrast, has a more streamlined email-based system. A vendor sets up an account and invoices the payer, who clicks on a link in the email to enter her bank account information. From her end, it works like a domestic transaction — like paying a local utility bill — and she does not need any SWIFT codes or the bank account information of the payee. Align also offers its customers the ability to track payments, much like a Fedex or UPS tracking system, so both the sender and receiver always know where the payment is in transit.
...
Although the company is in 60 countries, customers in only 24 of those countries can both send and receive payments; customers in all 60 countries can receive payments. The hurdles Align faces in offering both sending and receiving services in all countries can be regulatory and operational. For instance, Align needs to obtain licenses for each country (and in the U.S., some states, such as Florida and Washington require additional licenses). It also may find that in some countries, the partner bank can handle incoming payments but doesn’t have the technology to send outgoing transactions.
The article notes:
One exception is a San Francisco-based money transfer business called Veem. Founded in 2014 by Marwan Forzley, who sold his previous start-up to Western Union, Veem is setting out to simplify cross-border wire transfers and payments to vendors and contractors.
Veem, formerly known as Align Commerce, uses three methods of sending money: Treasury, SWIFT and blockchain.
...
Companies typically use Veem to replace processes that required them to make a trip to the bank and fill out detailed forms. When a customer uses Veem's site to make a payment, Veem's software decides which transfer method to use -- the customer never knows if it's going via blockchain or another method.
...
Veem, which raised $24 million last year from investors including National Australia Bank Ventures and GV (formerly Google Ventures), serves businesses ranging from surfboard maker Global Surf Industries and software company Checkster to Bulat Kitchen, which makes knives.
The article notes:
Align Commerce, a new startup from an old hand in the payment and transaction market, has raised $12.5 million in new financing to use blockchain technology to create a new cross-border payment technology for small and medium-sized businesses.
Founded by Marwan Forzley, a former executive at Western Union, Align Commerce is using the blockchain technology and Bitcoin as an alternative way to transfer money among small and medium-sized businesses in the same way that other companies have leveraged the technology for peer-to-peer money transfers or payments to individual contractors.
...
The Align Commerce founder has been working on the company since May 2014, when he left Western Union. The company launched its private beta in October of that year and opened the payment system in April 2015.
The article notes:
Align Commerce, which today is rebranding to Veem, is today announcing that it has raised a $24 million round led by strategic investor National Australia Bank (NAB) Ventures, with participation also from GV (Google Ventures), Softbank’s SBI Investment Co., Ltd., Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Silicon Valley Bank.
Veem plans to use the funds expand into more countries and add new products. The startup is currently active in 60 countries (you can see the full list of where money can be sent and received here), and makes revenues on a flat $15 receiving fee (it’s free to send); and foreign exchange rates.
...
The specific focus for Veem — which was founded by Marwan Forzley, a former executive at Western Union — is SMBs across international borders, an interesting one for a couple of reasons.
For one, it taps into a gap in the market: small and medium enterprises have largely lost out compared to consumers and large enterprises when it comes to tech innovations, particularly in the financial world — too specific in their business needs to use consumer services; too small to be able to afford services built for larger companies.
The article notes:
If you’ve ever tried to do business across borders, you know how painful it can be to send a wire transfer, wait for the payment to clear the bank and pay a set of fees along the way. Veem is a startup trying to simplify all of that for SMBs by providing a platform to ease the international transfer of funds between businesses. Today, it announced it was opening up that capability to developers in the form of an API.
...
The company does not charge developers for connecting to Veem, making it an attractive option for programmers. Instead, it continues to make money off of the exchange rate fees.
Veem launched in 2014 and has raised over $44 million.
The article notes:
Align Commerce Corp.’s use of bitcoin is invisible and almost irrelevant to its business customers. And that’s how the startup wants to keep it.
The San Francisco company, which is announcing today that it has raised a $12.5 million Series A round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is one of an emerging class of bitcoin-based companies that rely on the digital currency behind the scenes. It’s being used as a tool to provide an improved financial service--in Align’s case that’s cross-border payments for small businesses.
That’s different from the earlier crop of startups that attracted venture capital...
Align’s customers, by contrast, pay each other using government-issued currency and do not directly deal with bitcoin. Align takes the payor’s currency, exchanges it into bitcoin, and then exchanges the bitcoin to the payee’s currency. In this way, the startup avoids the cumbersome bank wire transfer process, said Marwan Forzley, chief executive and founder, who launched the company after several years as general manager at Western Union.
This is Kleiner's first deal in the bitcoin sector. ...
The article notes:
Mr. Forzley’s company, San Francisco-based Align Commerce, made headlines in November when it landed $12.5 million in series-A funding in a round led by renowned venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
A business-to-business payments provider that sends cash via the Bitcoin blockchain – the distributed database technology that keeps track of all transactions using the digital currency – Align has already expanded its service to 60 countries since its launch last April.
The article notes:
Veem announced today that it has closed a $24 million funding round. The startup offers small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) around the world an easy solution for sending and receiving money. More than 95 percent of all businesses across the world — some 20 million — are SMBs, which represents an enormous potential market.
...
Formerly known as Align Commerce, the startup changed its name to Veem as a snappier alternative, Forzley said. “Next time, just Veem it,” he wrote. But it sounds an awful lot like Venmo, the digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. However, Veem distinguishes itself by providing its services to businesses, not individuals.
...
Yet it was a bank that funded Veem — National Bank of Australia led today’s round (Veem has several Australian customers), with new investors GV (formerly Google Ventures) and SBI Investment joining. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Silicon Valley Bank also participated. This brings the total raised to date to just over $40 million.
The article notes:
Moving up the ladder to service businesses, one firm that is proving to achieve cost efficiency for cross-border payments using the blockchain is Align Commerce. Speaking to Marwan Forzley, CEO of Align Commerce, he explained to Digital Currency Magnates that “payments on a domestic level are relatively efficient. The friction occurs when you use different currencies and FX costs get involved.” He added that most B2B payments are facilitated through bank-to-bank transfers via Swift. But while such a system works, there is a lack of transparency in pricing, with bank customers rarely having an idea of the price of the currency conversions in relation to the real market. Also an issue is the time involved with Swift bank transfers which can take up to a week to get processed which leads to pricing risks if currency levels change dramatically.
To provide a solution, Align Commerce offers two services to business customers: cross currency invoicing and a cross currency payment gateway for eCommerce companies. The foundation of each service is the ability to allow companies to collect payments from their customer’s currency of choice while receiving it in their local currency.
The article notes:
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced that its venture capital fund, NAB Ventures, has led foreign exchange startup Veem's $24 million Series B investment round.
In addition to NAB, Veem -- formerly Align Commerce -- received funding from Google Ventures, American VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silicon Valley Bank, and Japanese fund SBI Investment Co. Ltd.
The San Francisco-based startup uses blockchain technology to perform cross-border business-to-business payments that are settled and sent in respective local currencies.
The article notes:
Veem recently disclosed receiving $24 Million in new funding. The sum of investments from National Australia Bank, GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, SBI Investments Co Ltd, and Silicon Valley Bank will be allotted for expansion into more countries and addition of new products.
The money remittance company formerly known as Align Commerce processes several hundreds of millions of cross border businesses including OFW payments in over 60 countries. Veem has offices in three continents. Founded by Filipino techpreneur Aldo Carrascoso in 2014, the reliable and real time system of sending and receiving payments via email is designed to replace the complex and costly telegraphic transfers, wire systems and SWIFT, by bypassing the banks, or the middlemen. It uses a combination of proprietary multirail payment systems and the blockchain, described as one of the fastest growing areas for tech investment.
The money remittance company formerly known as Align Commerce processes several hundreds of millions of cross border businesses including OFW payments in over 60 countries. Veem has offices in three continents. Founded by Filipino techpreneur Aldo Carrascoso in 2014, the reliable and real time system of sending and receiving payments via email is designed to replace the complex and costly telegraphic transfers, wire systems and SWIFT, by bypassing the banks, or the middlemen. It uses a combination of proprietary multirail payment systems and the blockchain, described as one of the fastest growing areas for tech investment.
The article notes:
More importantly, the system being offered by US-based—and Filipino-controlled—Align Commerce can deliver real-time payments that will be credited immediately to any payee’s account in 66 countries by sidestepping conventional services like the Swift payment structure.
...
Launched in early 2014, Align Commerce is seen as one of the hottest financial tech startups, after it was announced late last year that the company received a $12-million funding lead from Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB), Silicon Valley Bank and Recruit Strategic Partners.
Align’s reliable and real-time system of sending and receiving payments via email is designed to replace the complex and costly telegraphic transfers, wire systems and Swift, by bypassing banks or middlemen. It uses a combination of proprietary multirail payment systems and blockchain technology, described as one of the fastest-growing areas for tech investment.
The article notes:
A Filipino start-up, Align Commerce, made it big in Silicon Valley, delivering a technology that makes global payments easier, faster and cheaper.
In late 2015, the company received a $12-million funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB), Silicon Valley Bank and Recruit Strategic Partners and after two years of operation, it has expanded its presence in 60 countries.
...
Align’s real-time system of sending and receiving payments via email replaces complex, costly telegraphic transfers, wire systems and SWIFT by bypassing the banks and other middlemen, using proprietary multi-rail payment systems and the “blockchain” – one of the fastest-growing areas for tech investment.
The article notes:
Have you always had problems sending and receiving payments from abroad? Aldo Carrascoso found a solution to that. He is the co-founder and COO of San Francisco-based payment service provider, Align Commerce, which enables businesses to quickly and securely send and receive payments in local currency. The company was founded in 2014 and has its headquarters in San Francisco.
This is a 20-minute video report about Align Commerce.
The article notes:
Financial startup Align Commerce paved the way to a more convenient and reliable platform for sending and receiving payments worldwide just by e-mail, eliminating tedious forms and extra charges. Launched this bank wire replacement service in 2014, Align Commerce is helping SMBs worldwide enjoy efficient and effective payment transactions.
Find out how Aldo Carrascoso started and maintained the startup on this episode of The Boardroom.
The Forbes article about Google and Goldman Sachs providing financial backing for Veem notes: "Central to the investors’ interest in Veem is the built-in stickiness of the model, which has proved to be adept at turning recipients of Veem payments into Veem users. Since the San Francisco-based company raised its first round of venture capital in May 2015, it has grown from a mere 590 customers to more than 80,000 today."
The CNBC article notes: "Aside from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum, there aren't many real-world applications of blockchain, a distributed ledger that allows data to be cryptographically tracked and secured. One exception is a San Francisco-based money transfer business called Veem."
CNN Philippines provides commentary, noting "Financial startup Align Commerce paved the way to a more convenient and reliable platform for sending and receiving payments worldwide just by e-mail, eliminating tedious forms and extra charges."
The Wall Street Journal article notes: "It's being used as a tool to provide an improved financial service--in Align's case that’s cross-border payments for small businesses. That’s different from the earlier crop of startups that attracted venture capital, such as Coinbase Inc., and BitPay Inc., many of which have been trying to enable consumers to buy bitcoin ... Align’s customers, by contrast, pay each other using government-issued currency and do not directly deal with bitcoin.
A company that has received analysis and significant coverage from these very reputable publishers clearly passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline.
The result was delete. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:15, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
I am creating this nomination on behalf of an IP editor who posted the following text at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion:
My participation here is purely to assist the IP editor who thought this article should be taken to AfD; I take no position for or against the deletion itself. RL0919 ( talk) 21:39, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Without futher ado, I give you Cats on Mushrooms aka Spitfire.
You can experience the journey of “Spitfire” for yourself, available on Spotify and Soundcloud now.
In the meantime, listen to “Spitfire” and download the track below
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Matt14451 ( talk) 20:56, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
The Democratic Socialists of America is not a political party. It is an organization that seeks to influence politics. There is no DSA party or ballot line. The article is largely unsourced. Even if DSA endorsed these candidates (and no sources are present that would say they do), it does not make them DSA candidates. TM 21:13, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was speedy close. This is invalid for AfD, I will explain more on the user's talk page Spinning Spark 22:27, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
moved this page to Souris–Red–Rainy Water Resource Region Furicorn ( talk) 20:21, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was speedy delete under criterion A10. This is clearly a fork of the main article, HSL and HSV. — C.Fred ( talk) 20:35, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Same as HSL and HSV. Somebody's attempt to rewrite the article. (S)he should be encouraged to edit the main article. P 1 9 9 ✉ 19:59, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was speedy keep per WP:SK#1. A valid rationale for deletion is not present. See WP:DEL-REASON for examples of valid rationales. North America 1000 06:24, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
People come to Wikipedia as a starting point for their quest for information. When they find this article, they see consoles like the Xbox and Dreamcast are not listed, leading them to believe emulators for those consoles do not exist. This article does more harm than good because of that. Simply adding those emulators is not possible due to notability policies.
If Wikipedia can't describe this list well, it better doesn't describe it at all. Letting users search Google to find a list that's usable for them is better than offering them a list that pretends to be something it's not. Alexis Jazz ( talk) 18:51, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. -- Ed ( Edgar181) 15:53, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Article may not meet general notability guideline, 2 relies on only one source (which is company webpage) and has become major target for promotional spam. groig ( talk) 18:33, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:05, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Promotionally toned
WP:BLP of a political candidate, whose claims of notability are not
reliably sourced well enough to clinch encyclopedic notability. Serving as chair of the state Public Defenders Commission is not an automatic free pass over
WP:NPOL in the absence of a
WP:GNG-passing volume of reliable source coverage about his work in the role, and being a current candidate for office is not an automatic NPOL pass for a person who doesn't have any other solid claim to preexisting notability for other reasons, but the sourcing here isn't cutting it in terms of making him notable for either reason.
Four of the eight footnotes are
primary sources that cannot support notability at all -- his own party's list of its own candidates, a staff profile on the self-published website of his own law firm, a routine directory entry on the website of the state bar association and a party-affiliated
podcast. But the other four that actually represent real media aren't doing very much either: one is a Soundcloud clip of a Q&A interview in which he's talking about his own campaign, one is a transcribed Q&A interview in his alma mater's college alumni magazine, one is a local interest magazine covering him in the context of being internally elected to a not inherently notable role within his own political party's org chart, and one is just the routine "party selects candidate" piece that every candidate in every election always gets in the local media. This is not enough coverage to deem him more notable than most other non-winning candidates, not one source here even tries to turn the Indiana Public Defenders Commission into a valid claim of preexisting notability, and the article is edging far too close to the
résumé style that no politician, even an actual officeholder, gets to have on here.
Bearcat (
talk)
17:28, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Bearcat, thank you for reviewing this article! I get where you're coming from. There are not a ton of published information and it does have a promotional tone when you look at the fact that other non-winning candidates are not present. Could the article be trimmed to include just the viable (basic history and facts that directly pertain to the political landscape in Indiana? Similar to the article on
Connie Lawson? Again, thank you for your time and for helping me get better at this process :)
NurseEducator (
talk) 27 September 2018 —Preceding
undated comment added
17:52, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Thank you all for taking the time to look this over. For future article creation, are any of the sources that have been added since this discussion began reputable or are local sources something I should stay away from in general? Again, thank you all.
NurseEducator
10:04, 02 October 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. The discussion shows this is a marginal case, but it appears the argument to keep slightly has the upper hand. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:57, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG, WP:BASIC and WP:AUTHOR. While this article has over a thousand revisions, I fail to see any claim of significance at all. Some might consider the Digital Journal articles significant coverage, but I find them rather narrowly focused. I was half-tempted to take the article to AfD a few months ago as I noticed a lack of significant coverage in most of these Twitter personality articles, but most of them were kept if they were nominated for deletion. I have since noticed a trend towards deleting these articles, albeit a good deal of them riddled with BLP violations, except if they were notable in some other way e.g. by passing WP:AUTHOR (and here the subject does not). wumbolo ^^^ 17:01, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Newton Lee (23 October 2016). Google It: Total Information Awareness. Springer. p. 526, that is just a mention, I'll give it to you, but it is important in context: it is comparing him to Alex Jones, which is a pretty strong indication of the level of notoriety he has risen to. In addition to those sources we have one from the Hollywood Reporter, which certainly gives substantial coverage. This is an article about a notable conspiracy theorist who doesn't like the fact that Wikipedia calls him a conspiracy theorist (hint: sources say he is one). Additionally, the fact that he is quoted so often in major international publications (NYT, Guardian, WaPo, Fortune) is a pretty strong indicator that he is a significant figure on the parts of the internet he inhabits. Deleting this article would be a disservice to our readers who have a right to know unbiased and factual information about this person who is attempting to influence their political views. TonyBallioni ( talk) 01:13, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Deleting this article would be a disservice to our readers who have a right to know unbiased and factual information about this person who is attempting to influence their political views.We aren't Ballotpedia. wumbolo ^^^ 21:44, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was no consensus. Article saved through successful application of WP:BOGOF -- RoySmith (talk) 22:47, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG one of a number of possibly paid for articles without references from 2007 Theroadislong ( talk) 21:04, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Black Kite (talk) 18:11, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
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Per source searches, this subject does not appear to meet WP:MUSICBIO or WP:BASIC. This source provides the equivalent of a short paragraph of information, but not finding much else. North America 1000 22:54, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
My understanding about the page: The topic is about Rabindra Sangeet, a very popular type of song in Bengali composed by Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel Prize winning poet. Bengali is a language spoken by 90 million people in West Bengal (India) and 160 million (in Bangladesh). Thus, Rabindra Sangeet is a very important genre of music liked by a large number of people. I agree it has limited global appeal because of its language which is not spoken in the other parts of the world. It can be easily understood that Abhirup Guhathakurta who is the subject of the wiki page is well known among his peers. I would be able to add a few more citations or links later on. But, at this point of time, I think the page satisfies the notability requirement and can hardly be a subject for possible deletion. I believe, most of the pages of his peers (mentioned at the end of this page under “Notable singers of Rabindra Sangeet”) would then need to be reviewed for deletion. If a large number of such pages of important singers are need to be deleted, I may only say that a part of the Bengali culture in which Rabindra Sangeet stays within the hearts of many would then have to be derecognized. Seeuhere ( talk) 11:44, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
I would like to mention the following points in support of the notability of the singer:
As we may see in Ref#8 that “Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre and the High Commission of India, Dhaka organized a cultural programme featuring Rabindra Sangeet and recitation of Tagore's poems at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on February 10, [2012]. The event featured renditions of Tagore songs by Abhirup Guhathakurta and Indrani Sen and poetry recitation by Bratati Bandopadhyay of India.”
Hope, recognizability of the singer is very much visible since the choice is made by the High Commission of India at Dhaka (Bangladesh) which selected only two singers of Rabindra Sangeet in its event of which Guhathakurta was one of them. Similarly, there are playback singing by the artiste in two movies. There have been several international tours of which I would rate the one of Dhaka (2012) as a prominent one since it is a Govt. sponsored one with only two singers been chosen and Bangladesh has a rich tradition of Rabindra Sangeet. Additionally, there are many newspaper quotations that would address the issue of notability including that of Ref.# 14 (Artistes enthral with songs of Tagore: The Times of India, Feb 8, 2002). There are a few jointly published albums such as the one with a prominent singer Pramita Mullick.
I refer to the Notability Criteria for musicians and ensembles in Wiki Notability (music), in particular, its item #1, 4 and 6. With the changes been made, I find the wiki-page under deletion discussion does not have any notability issue or deletion issue. I think I have argued in detail against the previous two comments which may not seem to be appropriate or even respectful to the singers of Rabindra Sangeet. Seeuhere ( talk) 20:48, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
The page of the subject is added with further references. The status of the singer among other well-known singers may be seen in i) Ref-5 (History, Nupur school ....) and ii) Ref-6 (Bengali Association of Victoria...). The two organizations based in London and Melbourne of Ref. 5 and 6 respectively mention only a few persons of good reputation in their invitee lists, in which Guhathakurta found his place. Most of the invites have their respective wiki pages too. These are independent sources citing the subject among reputed artistes. Refs 12("Event in the memory of Kanika Bandyopadhyay: The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2009") and Ref.15 ( "Mitali: Event in Kolkata in 2009".) are relevant too, though to a lesser extent. Ref. 24 ("Mitali: Indo-Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Talent.....) mentions the subject as one of the few judges in a talent search event organized by an Indo-Bangladesh cultural entity. I think being a judge distinguishes the subject from others.
I think I have shown resources that independently identify the subject's rank among a few well-known names and his placement among his peers (Ref.: template "Notable singers of Rabindra Sangeet"). I think if someone implies the existence of an innumerable number of Rabindra Sangeet singers with no way to distinguish themselves, he/she is hardly taking a rational standpoint. Independent sources mentioning a good ranking (that is what one requires to avoid any subjectivity) are readily seen now, than before, and this helps to satisfy the objectivity behind notability. This is not a place to argue whether Rabindra Sangeet as a genre or the associated singers as a group is relevant or not. Neither, there is a need to discuss whether spending money to produce albums and having contacts help one become famous. The table in his page shows a partial list of albums published over a time of almost four decades where he also sings with quite a few other well-known artistes. I like to invite a rational debate.Yes, I am aware of WP:SIGCOV. Seeuhere ( talk) 13:19, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. There was openess by some to userfy if requested, but that path always exists via WP:REFUND. — Bagumba ( talk) 11:12, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG; created in 2007 by a likely WP:COI contributor and somehow still here 11 years later. No independent references and no available WP:RSes to replace them. Julietdeltalima (talk) 16:31, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:01, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
WP:LISTCRUFT. There are literally thousands of games with science fiction themes. List will ultimately not server any navigational purpose. Category:Science fiction video games serves this purpose much better. TarkusAB talk 16:29, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. Per WP:SNOW. Drmies ( talk) 15:59, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Too much detail for general-interest, especially notes. Matt14451 ( talk) 15:51, 27 September 2018 (UTC) I am also nominating the following related pages:
I have tried to improve the originally-nominated article, along with GUtt01 ( talk · contribs), but Davey2010 ( talk · contribs) has been disruptive and led to the page being protected. Matt14451 ( talk) 07:28, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Issues with episode/page layout - belongs on talkpage
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The You’re Fired panel section and the Notes section should be removed however I agree with Matt that there is a lot of unnecessary detail, however a basic summary of the task as shown in the episodes column doesn’t tell you who won, who was on which team. I think a good idea would be to keep the layout like this..
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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Matt14451 ( talk) 21:01, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Need re-evaluation, no in-depth coverage about him. Fails WP:ANYBIO. Pollock's ( talk) 14:59, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:01, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Non-notable game mod. Reyk YO! 14:11, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. Tone 21:01, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
To be honest, I'm not too sure what this is supposed to be. It's an unreferenced 11 year old article about a 1995 novel that fails to establish the novel's notability. It looks like an IP editor added the big third paragraph in 2008, and it has remained that way since. With or without it, this article does not establish the book's notability. – numbermaniac 14:04, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:02, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Extremely long article yet none of it, I'm convinced, has been covered by reliable sources. This is very detailed, but any coverage this gains in reliable sources is better served in the main Game Grumps article. wumbolo ^^^ 14:02, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Keep: It's a list of episodes on the Game Grumps show. I don't see why reliable sources matter when all of them are on the Game Grumps channel itself. It's a very helpful list, as they increase their amounts of series and episodes, and it becomes harder to keep up with them.- K-popguardian ( talk) 22:33, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:03, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
No independent references. Doesnt seem to exist now - though there is a seperate organisation of the same name - https://globalcampus.nae.school - Not obviously notable. Rathfelder ( talk) 14:01, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:16, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Little coverage in reliable sources, all coming from or being press releases. wumbolo ^^^ 13:31, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was redirect to Deadmau5 discography. Redirected without deletion. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:17, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:NALBUM and WP:GNG. No secondary sources referenced whatsoever. Lazz _R 12:33, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Kpg jhp jm 14:53, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Unremarkable crime. WP:NOTNEWS TheLongTone ( talk) 12:22, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Kpg jhp jm 14:53, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Not a list, unsourced 2-line nanostub. L293D ( ☎ • ✎) 12:10, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
No evidence found of any notability. He existed, his paintings sometimes appear on minor auctions, but he hasn't received any attention in reliable sources as far as I can tell. Fram ( talk) 12:09, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was soft delete. WP:REFUND applies. North America 1000 23:57, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
I can't seem to find any reliable sources in this article to signify the notability of Whitehead. The first source is about an interview he did, in the following three references, I see no mention of his name. More eyes should help determined if he meets WP:GNG. Cheers 6Packs ( talk) 10:03, 27 September 2018 (UTC) 6Packs ( talk) 10:03, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Consensus is for deletion. North America 1000 09:57, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Undisclosed COI work and the article's athuor's only-ever creation. Reads severly like an advertisment and in a bullet-point list. The second section is entirely unsourced and the first lacks citations in several places. Lordtobi ( ✉) 05:56, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR. Article is sourced only to instgram and Imdb, and a BEFORE search turns up no other information. Note also that the actor has yet to make his debut, so WP:TOOSOON also needs to be considered. SamHolt6 ( talk) 05:46, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 21:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Needs third party coverage. Unclear notability. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 04:13, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Kpg jhp jm 14:50, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
No evidence provided of notability. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 03:43, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was speedy keep. Withdrawing nomination. Excellent sourcing has been found, thank you to those who provided the sourcing. I appreciate your efforts. As promised, I will incorporate some of the sourcing into the article. (non-admin closure) Waggie ( talk) 03:23, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Fails WP:GNG and WP:NCORP, only one source outside of their own website. Waggie ( talk) 03:33, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Consensus is that the sourcing fails WP:NCORP. ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 07:20, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
PRODed but was refunded; No real independant sourcing - sources that aren't press releases or their own website only mention the website occasionally as a source of information - no depth of coverage for WP:NCORP, with sources cited for notability by the creator being only mentions with no depth; being "widely known" doesn't necessitate notability; that requires sources with a depth of coverage Galobtter ( pingó mió) 20:28, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was keep. Tone 21:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Yes, the school exists. But this article is so badly translated that WP:TNT is the best option for this article. The Banner talk 23:34, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
The result was merge to IONIS Education Group. (non-admin closure) wumbolo ^^^ 21:09, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
8.Articles whose subjects fail to meet the relevant notability guideline (WP:N, WP:GNG, WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:CORP, and so forth) => No secondary quality source focused on the subject of the article.
For information : This article has already been removed from Wikipedia fr for this reason. EulerObama ( talk) 01:52, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Comment: regarding the french wikipedia AfD:
Regards, Comte0 ( talk) 12:03, 28 September 2018 (UTC)