Talk:Community Funded

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the article has demonstrated notability through the following credible newspaper articles (which are now cited on the article itself with corrected citations):
 * Fort Collins Coloradoan: http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20121105/NEWS01/311020068/Bike-Library-launches-Community-Funded-project
 * Fort Collins Coloradoan: http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20130806/NEWS01/308060027/Fort-Collins-crowdfunding-site-continues-redefine-community-projects-itself
 * Fort Collins Coloradoan: http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20121220/NEWS01/312200029/Fort-Collins-Bike-Library-secures-funding-through-2014
 * Fort Collins Magazine: http://www.americanwebinc.com/aw_flip_books/Fort_Collins_Mag/FC_Summer_2013/index.html#/34/
 * Northern Colorado Business Report: http://www.ncbr.com/article/20120224/EDITION/120229930

Additionally, Community Funded's founders were invited to present alongside Senator Michael Bennet at a roundtable discussion on the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, as detailed at these sources:
 * Fort Collins Colorado Chamber Event Page: http://www.fortcollinschamber.com/index.php?src=events&submenu=CommunityCalendar&srctype=detail&category=Chamber&refno=1383
 * Senator Michael Bennet Press Release: http://www.bennet.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=da77de33-f9b3-4770-8365-daab3133bd38
 * Northern Colorado Business Report Mention of the same event: http://www.ncbr.com/article/20120614/NEWS/120619952

Community Funded is also the crowdfunding platform partner for Colorado State University as noted in this cited press release:
 * Colorado State University 'Charges' into Crowdfunding Arena: http://www.news.colostate.edu/Release/6894

Furthermore:
 * Community Funded demonstrates significance and importance through the size of the user base and amount of money raised for the Fort Collins, Colorado community and beyond.


 * Not sure this totally meets WP:GNG due to having a local, rather than national interest but that's a job for a full debate at AfD. Speedy declined. Ritchie333  (talk)  (cont)   18:55, 21 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks Ritchie. I've added sources citing Community Funded from Forbes, Variety, Hypebot, and The Denver Post to attest to the "national interest" part of that :-) - NickInFoCo (talk) 20:42, 21 August 2013 (UTC)