Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of on-demand companies


 * 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 Move to list of gig economy companies. While the number of !votes is close, the voting pattern - some delete votes, then a substantial improvement to the article, then exclusively keep votes, including a withdrawal from the original nominator - is a clear sign to keep. Based on the suggestions from Cunard and 4meter4, and the current content of this article, I will go ahead and move to list of gig economy companies. I believe that these updates to this article also address the comments from each of the delete voters, who all found the previous definition of "on-demand companies" vague and inconsistent, one even citing Gig economy as a more clear term. ST47 (talk) 21:38, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

List of on-demand companies

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Arbitrary and poorly defined list. Rathfelder (talk) 19:45, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Rathfelder (talk) 19:45, 18 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete The article does not represent a world-wide view, is vague (On-demand can mean a number of things such as TV streaming), and is not notable. The basis is original research. AmericanAir88(talk) 23:14, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Absurdly poorly defined. Shopping at my local grocery store and ordering delivery from Pizza Hut are on demand too, right? Gig economy is far from on-demand. Reywas92Talk 17:25, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - Needs to be clearer in scope and definition. Either that, or I vote to add Pizza Hut for Reywas92. What defines "on-demand?" It's too subjective without any type of definition that can be followed. --CNMall41 (talk) 23:55, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Keep and rename to list of gig economy companies per the significant coverage in reliable sources. The subject passes Notability, which says, "One accepted reason why a list topic is considered notable is if it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources, per the above guidelines; notable list topics are appropriate for a stand-alone list." I will show below that "gig economy companies" has been treated as a "a group or set by independent reliable sources". Sources   The article uses the Congressional Research Service's definition of the gig economy as: "the collection of markets that match providers to consumers on a gig (or job) basis in support of on-demand commerce. In the basic model, gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to company’s clients. Prospective clients request services through an Internet-based technological platform or smartphone application that allows them to search for providers or to specify jobs. Providers (gig workers) engaged by the on-demand company provide the requested service and are compensated for the jobs." The article further notes: "The gig economy is generally charac terized by short-term engagements among employers, workers, and customers. In this sense, the gig economy is not new. Instead, it represents a digital version of the offline atypical, casual, freelance, or contingent work arrangements characteristic of much of the economy prior to the middle of the twentieth century and that have reappeared in the past thirty years. What differentiates work in the gig economy is that it operates in a new work ecosystem that is managed by online platforms, which broker work between employers and workers. Hence, digitization is fueling a new peer-to-peer schema that has important implications for the nature of work and the quality of jobs. The majority of gig companies can be located in one of four categories of work platforms: crowdwork platforms, transportation platforms, delivery/home task platforms, and online freelance platforms. The form and function of companies within each platform are relatively homogeneous, suggesting an organization field that is becoming more established (Aldrich and Ruef 2006)." The article provides a list of gig economy companies in each of four categories. It lists gig economy companies that are "crowdwork platforms" as: mturk.comcrowdflower.com<li>crowdsource.com</li><li>clickwork.com</li></ol> It lists gig economy companies that are "online freelance platforms" as: <ol><li>upwork.com</li><li>freelancer.com</li></ol> It lists gig economy companies that are "delivery/home task platforms" as: <ol><li>handy.com</li><li>taskrabbit.com</li><li>Amazon Flex</li><li>instacart.com</li></ol> It lists gig economy companies that are "transportation platforms" as: <ol><li>uber.com</li><li>lyft.com</li></ol></li> <li> The article is published by the United Nations agency International Labour Organization and lists these companies in a table titled "Principal platforms and apps in the gig-economy": <ol><li>Uber</li><li>Lyft</li><li>Sidecar</li><li>Handy</li><li>Taskrabbit</li><li>Care.com</li><li>Postmates</li><li>Amazon Mechanical Turk</li><li>Crowdflower</li><li>Crowdsource</li><li>Clickworker</li></ol> The table is sourced to: "Smith, R.; Leberstein, S. 2015. Rights on Demand: Ensuring Workplace Standards and Worker Security in the On-Demand Economy, New York, National Employment Law Project."</li> <li> The book notes on page 5: "Gig work is not just limited to Uber, Lyft, Deliveroo, TaskRabbit, or UpWork." <li> The article discusses the gig economy companies: <ol><li>Uber</li><li>Instacart</li><li>Lyft</li><li>Postmates</li><li>UrbanSitter</li><li>DoorDash</li></ol></li> <li> The article notes: "This week, the California state senate voted 29-11 to approve AB5, a measure that requires gig economy companies like Uber (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), DoorDash and Postmates to treat their workers as employees, rather than contractors."</li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow the subject to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 08:54, 23 September 2019 (UTC) </li></ul>


 * Comment: I rewrote the article. The article previously had 0 sources. It now has 33 sources. The article previously did not have a clear definition of "on-demand companies". I have reframed it to discuss "gig economy companies" and provided a clear definition of what the "gig economy" is from the public domain source the Congressional Research Service.  The list previously almost only had American companies. I have added companies based in Australia, China and the United Kingdom.  The article no longer violates Notability. It instead now clearly passes Notability.  Cunard (talk) 08:54, 23 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Greatly improved thank you. I am happy to withdraw my proposal.Rathfelder (talk) 17:11, 23 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:HEY. Rockphed (talk) 18:22, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY and rename to list of gig economy companies. Nice work User:Cunard!4meter4 (talk) 20:11, 26 September 2019 (UTC)


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