Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hu-manity.co


 * 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 - David Gerard (talk) 14:23, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Hu-manity.co

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Non-notable company which fails WP:Notability. Tinton5 (talk) 15:18, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:30, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 16:03, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: To allow discussion of the coverage alleged by. Please link to these articles so that they can be evaluated.
 * Delete, Too soon as they're only formed this year, so not significant enough coverage yet. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:50, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:TOOSOON. The company was formed just this year and currently lacks enough coverage for passing WP:GNG. MBlaze Lightning  17:43, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep This company is notable due to the amount of press coverage it has received. Per the company's Crunchbase entry, Hu-manity.co has been covered in TechCrunch, Forbes, NPR, Inc., the Washington Post, and others. 01:10, 2 January 2019 (UTC)JimMacLeod (talk) — JimMacLeod (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * This user has an undisclosed financial conflict of interest regarding this topic. As such, I have terminated his editing privileges under WP:GS/Crypto. MER-C 12:52, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   17:03, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Articles about Hu-manity.co TechCrunch 1, TechCrunch 2, Forbes, NPR, Inc., VentureBeat 1, VentureBeat 2, The Washington Post, and others. JimMacLeod (talk) 17:45, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment Jim MacLeod is listed as "Associated Founder: Brand Excellence" at https://hu-manity.co/who-we-are/ Џ 05:34, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete: typical startup coverage -- Forbes.com/sites, TechCrunch, VentureBeat -- along with passing mentions do not establish notability under WP:NCORP / WP:ORGIND. Promotionalism only. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:40, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment NPR, The Washington Post, television coverage, invite to the UN, deal with Liberia, IBM partnership, and a deal with Syracuse University are not “typical" of startup coverage JimMacLeod (talk) 02:20, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) NPR: "Hu-manity.co is also trying to establish a system in which people can sell their medical data to pharmaceutical companies." - Just a mention, not significant coverage. 2) Washington Post: Two sentences about the company and two sentences about the co-founder's opinion, Richie Etwaru. It's one of six interview bits included in the article amongst the names Adam Tanner, Jodi Daniel, Roger Wilson, Jennifer Miller, and Steven Joffe. 3) Television coverage: An interview with the co-founder on a local ABC channel - not independent coverage. 4) Invite to the UN: A Business Wire press release. 5) Deal with Liberia: It's on the AP News website but it isn't from an AP writer, it's labeled as a Business Wire press release. 6) IBM partnership: Is "according to the press release" from IMB. 7) Deal with Syracuse University: Straight from the University website. Џ 23:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep - the coverage displayed within the reliable sources (note, for a couple of interviews there's significant non-interview bits in the latter half) is well beyond that of WP:ROUTINE in enough of the sources to allow WP:NORG to be satisfied. n.b. This !vote is made in awareness that my sole fellow keep !voter is certainly a COI. Nosebagbear (talk) 13:17, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Џ 23:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 10:26, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - [I am the activist behind the 31st human right & CEO of the company] Lots of comments here about validity. This is a movement/company that has thousands of customers, relationships with Fortune 500, relationship with academic institutions globally, contracts with governments, and a team of dedicated and passionate people from all over the globe. By all means delete if this is the general consensus, but wanted to address validity. As a data point, we have one of the lowest CrunchBase scores of most startups (currently 785). We have applications in both Apple and Android stores, users in over 70 countries, and have presented at the UN.Richieetwaru (talk) 22:28, 14 January 2019 (UTC) — Richieetwaru (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep very important company. Book luver36 (talk) 06:10, 16 January 2019 (UTC) — Book luver36 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Though voting my way, I feel I should point out that Book luver36's vote is both non-justified, and also the only edit made by this account. Nosebagbear (talk) 17:59, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Team, I do not know who Book luver36 is although he/she voted in our favor.67.88.213.2 (talk) 21:29, 16 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment for notability Hu-manity.co was mentioned on Fox Business on 17 January 2019 during a segment focused on Apple CEO Tim Cook's commentary on data privacy. The analyst stated that Cook's views do not go far enough to protect users. He mentioned that Hu-manity.co is working to solve the issue of data ownership.  JimMacLeod (talk) 19:52, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That mention is no good "R. 'Ray' Wang, MPH, CEO at Constellation Research, Inc., and Hu-manity.co Advisory Board member" Џ 01:38, 20 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment for user Џ with questionable motive It should be noted that the user Џ is anonymous, has only posited negatively on other blockchain companies, and positively on one. For the group's consideration. First post from Џ after the Hu-manity.co post was created, and most of the "activity" are highly easy to make - deletes.50.29.194.50 (talk) 02:19, 20 January 2019 (UTC) — 50.29.194.50 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Besides being completely wrong, it should be noted that this IP is from New Jersey, which is where the company is located. Џ 02:55, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You are right, this is Richie Etwaru. Not sure why it does not show my name. Here is my address and phone number. I stand behind the entry, and the claims made my others. I live at 22 Crown view, court, Sparta, NJ, 07871. I can be reached at 1.917.403.0642. And if it makes sense, richie@hu-manity.co. I want to reiterate, if the entry does not meet policy, lets delete. But we CANNOT be trolled by biased Џ. Richieetwaru (talk) 03:16, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
 * One of the cornerstones of Wikipedia is to assume good faith. User Џ is acting on what they think is best to protect and grow the encyclopedia, so words like "trolled" and "biased" should be used sparingly. You seem to have the makings of a good editor if you are not a one-issue (or one company) user. And you may want to nix the personal data above. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 04:48, 20 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Mild Keep, (EDIT: although not if the page was started by someone who gets a paycheck from the company) seems to have established sourced notability. And per above comments. Would urge the main editor to take the UN declaration edits to its talk page and not revert (see Wikipedia bold, revert, discuss guidelines). Randy Kryn (talk) 04:31, 20 January 2019 (UTC)


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