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The result was delete. ✗plicit 23:20, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
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No independent establishment of notability with WP:RS. Amigao (talk) 19:14, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Amigao (talk) 19:14, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 19:31, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NCORP due to a lack of reliable sourcing. The only sources I could find online for this subject were either connected to the business itself, or were news reports by unreliable websites. The Night Watch (talk) 20:50, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. I found several references in French at [[1]]. Also: https://eds.p.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=0a677ba5-46e7-4fbc-a2bf-94277a7e85a1%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=82474827&db=f6h Eastmain (talk • contribs) 21:27, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- What makes those references in French reliable? I don't see any editorial policy page for Maddyness (the top source) Franceinfo appears to host blogs, Ladepenche has neither an editorial policy nor a listed author for its article, and the rest of the articles do not have significant coverage of the company (thus failing WP:CORPDEPTH). The only source that may be reliable and has in-depth coverage is La Tribune, but that is only one source, when multiple are required for GNG.
- In addition, @Eastmain can you provide a functioning link to the source(s) you found in Ebscohost? The link doesn't appear to work for me. Thanks, The Night Watch (talk) 22:21, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- @The Night Watch: @Amigao: When you aren't sure whether a source is reliable, it is often helpful to read the source's article in Wikipedia, including other language Wikipedias if appropriate. The Ebscohost article is available through Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library. La Dépêche du Midi is a long-established newspaper founded in 1870. You can read about La Dépêche on the French Wikipedia at fr:La Dépêche du Midi. La Tribune is described in its own article in the English Wikipedia at La_Tribune and in French at fr:La_Tribune_(France,_1985). Maddyness is described in a single sentence at fr:Sentier (quartier de Paris): "Le magazine Maddyness spécialiste de l'actualité des startup est également installé dans ce quartier." fr:France_Info_(offre_globale) appears to be part of France's pubic broadcaster. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 05:45, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, I know to look up the source's Wikipedia articles, otherwise I wouldn't have linked to La Tribune. However, just because a source is the subject of an article article does not mean that it is reliable. Analyzing the article just helps in finding journalists/awards that the source received that may make it reliable. I just raised points above about the editorial policies and authors of many of the sources, and the France Info post itself appears to be a blog according to a paragraph at the bottom of the page. Again, the article for La Dapheche does not list an author, saying that a "Contributor" wrote the article. The Night Watch (talk) 14:01, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
- Comment. In regards to the TWL articles that Eastmain mentioned, the first one "90-Day Wonders talks about the product and how it was pitched and produced, and gives only brief mentions regarding the company itself. I am leaning towards saying that it is insufficient to satisfy WP:CORPDEPTH, despite it being a reliable source. The other two articles do not even talk about the company or its products at all. The Night Watch (talk) 18:39, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, I know to look up the source's Wikipedia articles, otherwise I wouldn't have linked to La Tribune. However, just because a source is the subject of an article article does not mean that it is reliable. Analyzing the article just helps in finding journalists/awards that the source received that may make it reliable. I just raised points above about the editorial policies and authors of many of the sources, and the France Info post itself appears to be a blog according to a paragraph at the bottom of the page. Again, the article for La Dapheche does not list an author, saying that a "Contributor" wrote the article. The Night Watch (talk) 14:01, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
- @The Night Watch: @Amigao: When you aren't sure whether a source is reliable, it is often helpful to read the source's article in Wikipedia, including other language Wikipedias if appropriate. The Ebscohost article is available through Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library. La Dépêche du Midi is a long-established newspaper founded in 1870. You can read about La Dépêche on the French Wikipedia at fr:La Dépêche du Midi. La Tribune is described in its own article in the English Wikipedia at La_Tribune and in French at fr:La_Tribune_(France,_1985). Maddyness is described in a single sentence at fr:Sentier (quartier de Paris): "Le magazine Maddyness spécialiste de l'actualité des startup est également installé dans ce quartier." fr:France_Info_(offre_globale) appears to be part of France's pubic broadcaster. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 05:45, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
- Löschen - The relevant policy here is WP:NCORP, and WP:SIRS and WP:CORPDEPTH apply in evaluating sources. As per The Night Watch, these sources including the new sources added fail WP:CORPDEPTH. The stated business volumes are not high, and the sources nearly all call this a startup. Even the La Tribune article is brief, although that source might be considered as one source that has sufficient coverage to meet WP:SIRS - but it is alone in that. WP:SIRS says:
there must also be multiple such sources to establish notability.
Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 18:43, 20 June 2023 (UTC) - Delete This is a company therefore GNG/WP:NCORP criteria requires at least two deep or significant sources with each source containing "Independent Content" showing in-depth information *about the company*. "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. In plain English, this means that references cannot rely *only* on information provided by the company - such as articles that rely entirely on quotations, press releases, announcements, interviews, website information, etc - even when slightly modified or reworded. Looking at the references and I include the Tribute reference mentioned above, none meet the criteria for establishing notability. The Tribune article relies entirely on information provided by the company and/or the founders and has no in-depth independent/original analysis/opinion/etc about the company. HighKing++ 16:27, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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