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The result was merge to Telkom (South Africa). Vanamonde ( Talk) 10:42, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
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WP:NCORP requires multiple sources (at least two) of deep or significant coverage with in-depth information *on the company* and (this bit is important!) containing "Independent Content". "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. None of the references in the article meet the criteria. Topic fails WP:NCORP. HighKing ++ 17:46, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
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- Merge to Telkom (South Africa), of which Openserve is a subsidiary. Openserve is notable on its own, but many of the references found while doing WP:BEFORE apply both to Openserve and to Telkom (South Africa). Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- Merge to Telkom (South Africa), per comment above. - Xclusivzik ( talk) 21:21, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- Keep I strongly oppose a merge into “Telekom (South Africa)”, this is due to recent changes in the company structure where after other Providers such as Vumatel and Frogfoot took Openserve to the South African Competition Commission. As a result parts of the company is in the process of being sold off. The reason the article should be kept is due to notability of the company exclusively apart from Telekom and that they are the biggest FTTH provider nation wide. TapticInfo ( talk) 15:31, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- Can you please provide
WP:THREE links to references that establish notability according to
WP:NCORP guidelines? The references in the article all fail NCORP and I am unable to find any references that meet the requirements.
HighKing
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17:55, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- Comment Will do. Sources for Openserve are mostly local well know websites i.e. MyBroadband, Buissness tech, IOL, TechCenteral, News24 and National TV Providers like ENCA
- Can you please provide
WP:THREE links to references that establish notability according to
WP:NCORP guidelines? The references in the article all fail NCORP and I am unable to find any references that meet the requirements.
HighKing
++
17:55, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- 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.
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The result was merge to Telkom (South Africa). Vanamonde ( Talk) 10:42, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
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- Openserve ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log)
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WP:NCORP requires multiple sources (at least two) of deep or significant coverage with in-depth information *on the company* and (this bit is important!) containing "Independent Content". "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. None of the references in the article meet the criteria. Topic fails WP:NCORP. HighKing ++ 17:46, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. HighKing ++ 17:46, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. HighKing ++ 17:46, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- Merge to Telkom (South Africa), of which Openserve is a subsidiary. Openserve is notable on its own, but many of the references found while doing WP:BEFORE apply both to Openserve and to Telkom (South Africa). Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- Merge to Telkom (South Africa), per comment above. - Xclusivzik ( talk) 21:21, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- Keep I strongly oppose a merge into “Telekom (South Africa)”, this is due to recent changes in the company structure where after other Providers such as Vumatel and Frogfoot took Openserve to the South African Competition Commission. As a result parts of the company is in the process of being sold off. The reason the article should be kept is due to notability of the company exclusively apart from Telekom and that they are the biggest FTTH provider nation wide. TapticInfo ( talk) 15:31, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- Can you please provide
WP:THREE links to references that establish notability according to
WP:NCORP guidelines? The references in the article all fail NCORP and I am unable to find any references that meet the requirements.
HighKing
++
17:55, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- Comment Will do. Sources for Openserve are mostly local well know websites i.e. MyBroadband, Buissness tech, IOL, TechCenteral, News24 and National TV Providers like ENCA
- Can you please provide
WP:THREE links to references that establish notability according to
WP:NCORP guidelines? The references in the article all fail NCORP and I am unable to find any references that meet the requirements.
HighKing
++
17:55, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- 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.