Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AWK Solutions


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. The "keep" arguments by the Special Purpose Accounts are not convincing. MelanieN (talk) 23:39, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

AWK Solutions

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Rejected PROD. Very promotional;potentially non-notable article. I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 21:15, 10 February 2016 (UTC)


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 * Delete: Does not meet WP:GNG. References are mostly self-published or press releases and do not establish notability. ubiquity (talk) 21:39, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see significant coverage in reliable sources.  Google results are mostly unrelated or social media.  The article is no help, as it's just press releases. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:41, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete: Companies that "deliver solutions" do not belong on Wikipedia. . . Mean as custard (talk) 10:26, 11 February 2016 (UTC)


 * KEEP:I would like to contest this deletion on the below grounds.If this article is very promotional in nature, then how come the below articles are still available in wiki without any deletion or proposed deletion. Most of the below mentioned articles have external references, that is not relevant at all.

Most of them are solution provider, but they still exists here

a) Cashkaro.com

b) Buyhatke

c) Mysmartprice

d) Abhibus.com

e) Cardback

f) Amrita Learning

g) Quikr

Please help me understand why this selective approach for proposed deletion in case of my article ? Where as many other are published without any problem. If you want i can give you more examples like that. --Startupindia (talk) 12:47, 11 February 2016 (UTC) — Startupindia (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Can you really not see the difference between self-published material and solid sources? Your article has 12 references -- 2 from AWK's home page, 4 from social media, 3 press releases (published on sites that exist solely for the publication press releases), a directory entry, and two that don't mention AWK at all. None are from indendent, reputable sources. Looking at the others you mention, we see:
 * Cashkaro.com &mdash; 16 sources including The Hindu and The Economic Times. No home pages, no social media.
 * Buyhatke &mdash; 18 sources including The Hindu and The Times of India. No home pages, only one reference to social media.
 * Mysmartprice &mdash; 13 sources including Business Today and The Times of India. One ref to home page, no social media.
 * Abhibus.com &mdash; 2 sources: Financial Chronicle and The Times of India. Nothing self-published. OK number of refs for such a short article, IMO. However, I noticed someone had tagged it for notability. If you want to nominate it for deletion, go ahead, but my guess is it would survive with those references.
 * Cardback &mdash; 15 sources including The Economic Times and Business Standard. No home pages, no social media.
 * Amrita Learning &mdash; 4 sources, mostly The Hindu. No home pages, no social media.
 * Quikr &mdash; 14 sources including The Hindu and The Economic Times. No home pages, no social media.
 * I hope you can see from this that no one is being "selective" -- the AWK article simply does not meet the general notability guidelines. ubiquity (talk) 17:14, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

If you are considering Business Today The Hindu and The Economic Times as neutral & reputable views, I totally agree with you. This company also have mentions on The Hindu. Getting it on Business Today is matter of 48 hours. Please give me a day's time, I will take confirmation from the owner and include those links as reference.

So I hope that this can be considered for non deletion, after the references had been updated on the article. --Startupindia (talk) 20:26, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * KEEP: according to the ground level reality. This company has got a lot of attention because of their unique delivery techniques and improvised solutions. Although media coverage is not much, but still it has got references in many business journals. Hence my support to keep it . . .--116.212.178.147 (talk) 10:04, 17 February 2016 (UTC) — 116.212.178.147 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:35, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete: This is obviously self-promotional and non-notable, all of the "news" sources are links to the same press release from the company. --OpenFuture (talk) 09:01, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete: WP:OTHERSTUFF is no justification for keeping a non-notable promotional article larded with marketing-ese.  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  23:01, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * KEEP: Although the press releases refer to the same event, their is nothing wrong in it. The company is known for this niche capability and sp this event has got a wide level of coverage across many press release platform. So the question of notability is a very relative term and in the article i could see that the focus has been given on the niche development capability and not on the company promotion.--Anilpillai32 (talk) 19:49, 19 February 2016 (UTC) — Anilpillai32 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * STRONG KEEP: The coverage is quite good enough. further this company has quite a big coverage in local media and newspaper, which don't have any online presence. If sources like The Hindu is considered as a source of reputation, then the references provided in the he article also needs to be considered as a source of reputation. Because The Hindu also lives solely on press releases. I think it is time to reconsider the list of reputable sources for India.--Rajanmittal21 (talk) 20:09, 19 February 2016 (UTC) — Rajanmittal21 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete I have to go with what I see from the US search perspective -- which is only social media and the company's own web site (which I can barely access because it acts oddly in my browser). The sources cited here are all press releases, from what I can tell, and eight of them have almost exactly the same title, meaning that if they aren't press releases, they are re-hashed press releases. The text is highly promotional, with statements like: "their solutions and development are perhaps the best in the segment" "delivered some of the best solutions in this new dimensional segment". I honestly think the article would be speedy deleted as PROMO. LaMona (talk) 02:24, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep - Going by the popularity in the sub continent area. I think this is quite a notable company, but even more the improvised solution they are building for their clients. one thing I wonder is how Pollard's Chicken survived in wikipedia and this article is being debated for deletion ? --Jemes16 (talk) 05:05, 25 February 2016 (UTC)" — Jemes16 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Keep - I would argue that this article isn't promotional. I would strongly argue that a client base of 200+ in addition to a timeframe of 24 months is worth being notable and credible. These facts certainly needs to be considered in the Wikipedia tests for inclusion. Again, examples of lesser publicized companies that have met Wikipedia's test and have long standing in the encyclopedia community.--Vcom1983 (talk) 11:28, 25 February 2016 (UTC) — Vcom1983 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


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