Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/General Catalyst


 * 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. Liz Read! Talk! 07:44, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

General Catalyst

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Venture capital company doesn't seem to meet WP:NCORP - coverage is largely WP:ROUTINE announcements for a company in this industry. MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:55, 7 January 2023 (UTC) Relisting comment: Ineligible for soft deletion: previously kept at Articles for deletion/General Catalyst Partners. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:02, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:56, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Finance, California, Massachusetts,  and New York.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 00:06, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete - per WP:NCORP - the article is based on trivial coverage and mostly low-quality sources (e.g. TechCrunch, PEHub, Xconomy, www.bizjournals.com) in addition to the company website, because the reports are about the hiring [...] or departure of personnel, mergers, and capital transaction[s], such as raised capital. An online search finds similar (e.g. 2007 NYT brief coverage of a funding announcement; 2021 Forbes funding announcement, interview with "the firm’s sole managing partner", mention of a non-notable award; 2021 Bloomberg interview with "Chairman & Managing Director"; various press releases, e.g. 2022, 2021; a 2022 WSJ report on an announced capital transaction; and a brief 2016 Boston Globe report about a capital transaction, past transactions, and past employment of Charlie Baker and related local controversy. I cannot access the full version of this 2021 StatNews source, which is about the hiring of personnel, but seems to include at least some depth about the company. There seem to be a lot of low-quality sites churning announcements/PR, but there do not appear to be multiple sources with WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:ORGIND to support notability. Beccaynr (talk) 23:05, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Sources found are all form Global Newswire and Business Wire, PR sources. Nothing I find can be used for GNG. Oaktree b (talk) 00:05, 16 January 2023 (UTC)


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