Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Configure One (2nd nomination)


 * 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.  Sandstein  10:28, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Configure One
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The previous discussion was closed (quite poorly, in my opinion) as "no consensus" by CAPTAIN RAJU who has since been topic banned from closing AfD discussions.

The company fails WP:GNG and WP:CORPDEPTH due to lack of in-depth coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. By far, the best source is an article in the llinois Business Daily which is based on quotes by the company's employee and thus fails WP:ORGIND. Rentier (talk) 14:49, 15 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep - On December 8, the AfD was closed as no consensus. On December 15, another editor slapped the AfD tag on the page again. Maybe instead of slapping the same tag on again, we should give the article some breathing room to improve. Regardless of the policies and guidelines that we all get so focused on enforcing (I believe the rules are preventing the page’s author in this instance from improving Wikipedia (see WP:IGNORE). I would be in favor of more companies and organizations, rather than less, be apart of Wikipedia. I support Wikipedia’s page “Wikipedia:Purpose” (WP:AIM), which states “Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by acting as an encyclopedia, a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge within its five pillars.” I think the passage about “contains information on all branches of knowledge” should encourage the Wikipedia community to step back and truly focus deletion efforts on articles that are nonsensical, don’t have any sources, etc., of which there are plenty in existence with no AfD tag. In my view, the inclusion of this company Configure One in Wikipedia doesn’t harm this encyclopedia in any way. Not sure why there’s such a strong effort (a second AfD effort immediately following the closure of the first AfD effort) to shut it down. Thanks for reading. --Michael Powerhouse (talk) 14:35, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:02, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep' from what I’ve read there’s a deletion review page, can’t you post there if you have an issue with the closing?
 * Delete spam used by spam sources, what's new? Corporate spam by corporate agenda. Hey you, yeah you! (talk) 02:38, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Sock !vote struck. Lepricavark (talk) 01:20, 29 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete as failing WP:CORP. Although I do agree this probably should have went to deletion review.--Rusf10 (talk) 03:22, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree regarding DELREV. My bad. Rentier (talk) 11:39, 22 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Same reasoning as provided in previous AfD - we need two intellectually independent references and this topic doesn't have the required number. Other arguments are irrelevant. -- HighKing ++ 14:16, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:40, 28 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete -- an unremarkable private company going about its business. Fails WP:NCORP / WP:CORPDEPTH. Content like this strongly suggests it's WP:TOOSOON for an encyclopedia entry:
 * "Configure One has 56 employees in Illinois. It also has a location in Harlow, United Kingdom. The company is making plans to expand into Asia in the future.[2]
 * K.e.coffman (talk) 02:35, 28 December 2017 (UTC)


 * delete It's highly questionable that the Illinois Business Daily article is significant and independent coverage. Even if it is, that's only one source and not enough to meet WP:GNG or WP:NCORP. Sandals1 (talk) 15:52, 28 December 2017 (UTC)


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