User:Ysangkok/XfD log

This is a log of all deletion discussion nominations made by this user using Twinkle's XfD module.

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July 2020

 * Tonido nominated at AfD; notified 16:44, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established for file-syncing software only covered in niche media like LifeHacker and Linux magazines
 * 2018 cryptocurrency crash nominated at AfD; notified 15:26, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established for this arbitrarily defined event. The article may as well have been called "2017 cryptocurrency spike", prices fluctuate and media will always frame it in the most dramatic way possible. That does not mean that this event was anything but a news story.
 * Blog Torrent nominated at AfD; notified 15:33, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established for niche software, deprecated over a decade ago, never covered in reputable media, unlikely to get coverage in future since product is dead.
 * Tomato Torrent nominated at AfD; notified 15:37, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established for research fork of popular BitTorrent client, abandoned many years ago, never got GNG coverage, unlikely to get coverage in future since project was abandoned. See also arguments of previous AfD.
 * CoinCorner nominated at AfD; notified 15:43, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability per GNG not established for yet another Bitcoin exchange. Was at AfD previously, result was delete, those arguments still apply.
 * Bithumb nominated at AfD; notified 16:11, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: The only proper articles written about this Bitcoin exchange were written when it was robbed. Wikipedia is not a news site, and a robbery does not warrant notability. Notability therefore not established.
 * Luno (company) nominated at AfD; notified 19:03, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established. Only covered in reputable media as a side note. TechCrunch is reputable, but a single article noting how much they raised does not make it pass GNG. The article in The Economist mentions BitX (old name) in just a single sentence at the very end of the article. The Baobab section of The Economist was a blog, and I don't think the article was ever printed.
 * The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin nominated at AfD; notified 02:56, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: WIth only two short mentions in reputable media (LATimes and NYTimes), coverage per WP:FILM has not been established. The synopsis is all original research, and the only sourced material is meta stuff like how the the film was developed. Since there is not enough source material to have a meaningful article, this article must be deleted.
 * Bitcoin faucet nominated at AfD; notified 16:31, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability per WP:GNG not established, only covered as novelty in reputable media
 * Elizabeth Rossiello nominated at AfD; notified 16:34, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability per WP:GNG not established for founder only covered in reputable media in connection with her company BitPesa, containing little personal information warranting a dedicated article for her
 * Bobby C. Lee nominated at AfD; notified 16:36, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability per WP:GNG not established for BTCC founder covered only in connection with his company, not notable in isolation, reputable sources warrant no more than an article or two of information
 * Coinfloor nominated at AfD; notified 16:56, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability per WP:GNG not established, Wird and TechCrunch coverage announcing the opening does not pass WP:NCORP, coverage is isolated and limited to opening and funding rounds. Sources like "Interactive Investor" are not reputable. Their blog cannot be sourced, it is primary.

August 2020

 * AmbaCoin nominated at AfD; notified 21:52, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability per GNG not established. The only reputable source Le Monde only covers it with a single article with almost no citable information.
 * Folx nominated at AfD; notified 21:56, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability per GNG not established, sources are self-published and primary.
 * Bitcoin Center NYC nominated at AfD; notified 08:15, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: basement store no more notable than any other walk-in store in NYC. does not pass GNG. Sources primarily about Stockman, (like e.g. the Texas Tribune source) only mention the center in passing. Sources like IBTimes are unreliable. The UCLA source only mentions the center in passing in two sentences. the mention in Reason Magazine is just a short three minute snippet, it is not significant coverage.
 * Base58 nominated at AfD; notified 12:47, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: this small algorithm was adopted in a few places because of its use in Bitcoin, but it isn't notable, and no reliable sources exist, since the bar is higher for crypto articles. The current sources are primary, which is forbidden. The encoding is defined by a custom alphabet, which is arbitrarily chosen and never documented, and there is also a checksum, but I don't see why the addition of a checksum would make an encoding any more notable. See also the arguments of the previous AfD from last month, where consensus was established to delete this article.
 * List of bitcoin wallets nominated at RfD; notified ; Target: Bitcoin (notified) 14:29, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: the page "Bitcoin" doesn't actually cover other Bitcoin wallets, so the redirect is useless
 * List of bitcoin wallets nominated at RfD; Target: Bitcoin (notified) 14:29, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: the page "Bitcoin" doesn't actually cover other Bitcoin wallets, so the redirect is useless
 * OKEx nominated at AfD; notified 08:25, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established for yet another Bitcoin exchange with only business-media sources (sourced from press releases)
 * R3 (company) nominated at AfD; notified 08:50, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established for blockchain company with media coverage mostly from press releases (not satisfying WP:NCORP) but also a lot of non-independent coverage (see WP:ORGIND)

September 2020

 * Auroracoin nominated at AfD; notified 12:51, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, article full of original research, it was covered only isolated and as a novelty in reputable media, this could be a list item, but a full article is not warranted
 * BitPesa nominated at AfD; notified 17:34, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, all sources derived from press releases. sources from reputable media like WSJ, Forbes are isolated and do not cover the subject in depth. Blogs like Disrupt Africa are pay to publish.
 * Aventus Protocol nominated at AfD; notified 17:24, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, this project was covered only on launch in reputable media while blockchain was really hyped (2015). the project has stalled, notice how e.g. the documentation on the website is "coming soon", 5 years after launch. this is yet another blockchain vaporware product that was never notable in the first place, and was only covered in reputable media because of the hype. "the times of london" covered this because it is a london-based project. "imperial college london" is also biased, because that is where the founders met. this could be a list item in a list of defunct blockchain applications.
 * PotCoin nominated at AfD; notified 15:53, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, all sources are from launch or they are primary, or they violate WP:CORPDEPTH or WP:ORGIND. seems like just a one-time event, it is now discontinued and new sources will not appear.
 * Symbiont (company) nominated at AfD; notified 16:44, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability per WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:ORGIND not established, sources are merely reprinting whatever the company has announced in the press releases, there is no original research. press releases do not establish notability.

October 2020

 * Muneeb Ali nominated at AfD; notified 23:06, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, most sources are actually about his company, Blockstack
 * Portal:Energy/Energy news nominated at MfD; notified 17:00, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: listing is old, and listing is no longer referenced from Portal:energy
 * Centra Tech nominated at AfD; notified 01:44, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Per WP:NOTNEWS this token (now defunct) shouldn't be covered, since it is, and can only be interesting for its single appearance in news stories. Only notable source is the NYTimes which researched and covered this event. While well-researched, it does still not warrant an article, because it is just a single event.
 * Daniel Larimer nominated at AfD; notified 04:54, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, using primary self-published sources like github, other sources are not primarily about Larimer
 * Vinny Lingham nominated at AfD; notified 15:55, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, sources are not reputable, the reuters article is not actually covering Vinny Lingham, it is about Civic (the company mentioned in this article)
 * Category:Blockchain people nominated at CfD (CfM); notified ; merging to: Category:People associated with cryptocurrency 16:10, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: All of these people are associated with cryptocurrency, so it makes no sense to have a separate category.
 * NEM (cryptocurrency) nominated at AfD; notified 22:52, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established, only reliable sources are Japan Times and Wired, and they only cover it in their isolated pieces. The Japan Times piece is just reporting on a crime, and it doesn't provide any citable in-depth coverage of NEM. The Wired piece relies on statements by people involved in NEM, and Wired is a pop magazine, they cannot be trusted to verify claims about distributed consensus. The Forbes source is a blog, it cannot be cited. Sources must be satisfy WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:ORGIND, but they don't. See also the arguments of the previous deletion debate.
 * Zebpay nominated at AfD; notified 15:47, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability per WP:ORGIND and WP:CORPDEPTH not established, sources are not reputable (bitcoin.com), primary blogs (zebpay blog), or not in-depth with no independent research (businesstoday.in)
 * Ran Neu-Ner nominated at AfD; notified 16:04, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, sources are mostly unreliable and the rest are dead or not covering NeuNer. The only reputable source, CNBC, does not cover NeuNer himself, but simply quotes him. The other CNBC source is just a list of articles. The awards he received are not proof of notability. The Entrepreneur Magazine reference is dead. The Alumnus Profile reference is dead.
 * Hamdan Azhar nominated at AfD; notified 16:29, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established, not covered by reputable sources. Huffington Post, which is only sometimes reliable, features him in a long list of quotes, he is not the primary subject of the article. Other sources are mainly about the emoji paper, not about him. Having written just a single paper which got picked up by news does not satisfy WP:NACADEMIC. Sources like banks.am are covering an event in Yerevan. It is industry media, covering an event that the owners of the website are likely affiliated with. It is therefore partial and not reputable.
 * Margaux Avedisian nominated at AfD; notified 18:51, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, sources are not reputable, only reputable source is the single WSJ article, which is not enough to establish notability. The three sources mentioned by User:Kvng in their deprod are also not sufficient for establishing notability. The forbes source is written by a contributor, not a staff writer; it is more like a blog that she's been paid to write, there is no editorial oversight. The article isn't even about Avedisian, it just quotes her. Another link provided by Kvng is TheNextWeb. Note that TheNextWeb is a perennial source. This source is not in-depth either, stating things like "Avedisian has played a part making Bitcoin more accessible and mainstream." without detailing how, suggesting that simply because she was a comedian, she has done that. The section is all based on quotes by Avedisian, and TheNextWeb hasn't done any original research on Avedisian. The last source provided by Kvng, siliconangle is from a site dedicated to covering emerging tech. Because it only covers "emerging" phenomenons, coverage there cannot be seen as establishing notability; the purpose of the site is to be too early. The article contains dubious quotes like "The founders of two biggest ICOs — Bancor and Tezos — are females." without explaining what constitutes an ICO, and where this information comes from. The bar for crypto sources is higher, and all these sources are sub-par, I don't think they establish notability. Sites like these are covering a new person in the ecosystem every week. Wikipedia cannot contain articles about every single one of them. Titles like "queen of Bitcoin" makes her sound important, but this is just clickbait. In technology, notability should not be automatically established because someone is female. Technology media has a tendency to prop up women in a male-dominated field as "the only one" (which is something "queen" implies). It is a gimmick of technology media, and as can be seen, not even the WSJ is sober enough to abstain from it.
 * Verge (cryptocurrency) nominated at AfD; notified 20:06, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, sources are not researching, the Mashable source mentioned in the previous AfD is sourcing Bitcointalk and Twitter, this cannot be considered reliable journalism. Also, there is no guideline saying that if a coin gets hacked twice and it gets covered, Wikipedia must include the article. There are tens of coins like this one. I am tempted to mention how the value of the coin has collapsed and almost no development is happening, but that is not how notability is established. Simply by applying the guidelines for reputable sources that we have, this article has no ground to stand on.
 * MazaCoin nominated at AfD; notified 20:22, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, all sources are unreliable. The sources by Tekobbe/McKnight and Alcantara/Dick are primary, so they cannot be cited. Mashable is a blog, it has covered dozens of blockchains, but it sources forums and twitter, without doing any independent research. Indian Country Today is local news, only covering MazaCoin because it was supposed to be for the tribe. Newsweek is the only reputable source, but a single source isn't enough to establish notability.

November 2020

 * Dragonchain nominated at AfD; notified 19:49, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: exclusively bad sourcing, these do not establish notability. mostly churnalism. The most reputable are also not sufficient: The Forbes source is written by staff, but it is a list of 50 different projects, with just a single sentence for each of them. There is no original research, that can't have been the case if the "article" covers 50 projects. The Fortune article is not primarily covering Dragonchain, it is just a shout-out; and there is no citable info, the blurb does not establish notability. The Bloomberg source is a reprint from BusinessWire, which is simply printing whatever companies would like them to. This is not considered a reliable source elsewhere, we have had many examples of this. The article implies that it is written by Vision Tree Media which seems to have been contracted to do various PR projects for Dragonchain.
 * POSaBIT nominated at AfD; notified 17:49, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, cannabis media cannot be used for notability, businesswire is churnalist, POSaBIT is not the primary focus of the remaining sources, there is not sufficient independent content for an article
 * Steem nominated at AfD; notified 17:23, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, sources are primary, self-published (Github), or do not contain any citable information about Steem (the Wired piece only lists the market cap, the rest is about Steemit). Investopedia is not neutral as can be seen from the tabloid headline (the link is also dead). Express.co.uk is a tabloid, cannot be trusted. SteemPeak is obviously not independent coverage. A block explorer cannot be cited, it is primary. FourWeekMBA is a owned by a venture company and cannot be trusted to be independent.
 * Voatz nominated at AfD; notified 00:51, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, only in-depth coverage from reputable media like WSJ, Vox, Fortune and CNN is related to the hacking incident, which shouldn't be covered on Wikipedia per WP:NOTNEWS. The WSJ source doesn't even mention Voatz, as far as I can see.

December 2020

 * DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit: nominated at AfD; notified 18:21, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, see arguments of previous successful AfD

February 2021

 * INX (company): nominated at AfD; notified 06:20, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, "first registered token IPO" does not warrant notability. sources are not guaranteeing notability. A mention in Calcalist or Globes is expected for any token launching from israeli initiative. these are all run-of-the-mill PR pieces that you can find covering every single token out there, it should require more to assert notability.

March 2021

 * Hashgraph: nominated at AfD; notified 20:50, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: notability not established, no in-depth coverage by reputable media exists. See also arguments on previous AfD (result: delete), which are still valid.

April 2021

 * Chainlink (cryptocurrency): nominated at AfD; notified 21:18, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established, tech blogs and Forbes/Bloomberg cannot be used to show notability. The sources cited do not contain original research, they are equivalent to PR reprints.

August 2021

 * Panorama9: nominated at AfD; notified 15:44, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Notability not established, tiny company with lots of industry media sources that cannot be trusted to be unpartial

July 2023

 * Aldor: nominated at AfD; notified 11:37, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: Only primary sources exist, which is not sufficient. Notability contested for a long time with no sign of notability likely to appear for defunct research project

December 2023

 * Bitcoin Core: nominated at AfD; notified 23:18, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) * Reason: See previous discussion. Since Bitcoin Core defines a large part of what Bitcoin is, it makes no sense to have the distinction. In particular, I don't understand how the previous decision was overturned with no discussion