Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Path Solutions (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Killiondude (talk) 02:52, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Path Solutions
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References provided are either mentions-in-passing (fails WP:CORPDEPTH) or rely almost exclusively on company produced material and/or quotations (fails WP:CORPDEPTH and/or WP:ORGIND). Lack of WP:SIGCOV. Promotional article, created by a WP:SPA. Article has already been deleted, in August 2017. Delete and salt please. Edwardx (talk) 01:58, 3 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete and salt. Someone is trying hard to get this company on Wikipedia. Previous  createors were all  blocked for  spamming. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:31, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Happy New Year!!! Baby miss  fortune 03:22, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
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 * Hi, I'd like to defend the article for consideration here. I'm not a spammer, and am not getting paid for this article. I don't work for this company (I am an American, my home address is in Texas) but I met someone from the company briefly (no friendship exists) while traveling abroad and they told me about their issues with an old article on Wikipedia. I thought it'd be a good experience to try making a new article for the company. I'm a graduate student with a degree focusing on Middle East culture and religion. I've never dealt with Islamic banking issues before and don't know much about the Sharia compliance part of it so wanted to learn while researching it, and also help them with their page on Wikipedia. I've edited some other articles on Wikipedia too to see how to do edits and give back to the community, but this was my first article I attempted because the company seemed to be unique enough in the Middle East to have one, and the previous page they had was pretty bad with a lot of ad-style content, and I thought it could be good bridge-building for an American to help out a local company here when there's so much tension between my country and this part of the world. Please don't delete it if instead you just have some suggestions how I can make it better! Prospectiveperspectives (talk) 10:45, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt as per above and previous nom. Störm   (talk)  14:28, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt per nom the sources do not meet Wp:CORPDEPTH, additionally very advertorial in tone. jcc (tea and biscuits) 15:15, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Articles new sourcing is shaky, being made up of press releases and a CEO interview, and so the outcome of the previous AfD should stand. Article still fails WP:CORPDEPTH. SamHolt6 (talk) 09:45, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per my analysis at COIN which I repeat here: The article sources look weak to me (who is bankingtech.com? IBS Journal?) and the COI template on an earlier draft doesn't exist on the final product. Spot checking sources like this press release and this CEO interview shows that source problems remain. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:06, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep I had edited out advertorial content and the article should comply with WP:GNG. References remaining in the article are sourced from reputable sources, and since the company does not have a presence in the USA references should exist in additional languages.  From a quick check on the Internet their software seems to be one of the core banking platforms for Islamic Banking.  Hagennos (talk) 18:13, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hagennos has only material. How does this address  WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:SIGCOV concerns of the majority of !voters or as his edit summary states "make article comply with WP:GNG"? ☆ Bri (talk) 16:05, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I did not think the article had issues with WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:SIGCOV as there are more than 12 references from various sources and publications regarding the banking system adopting the software in question as their main Core Banking platform. Right now the article barely clears WP:GNG but could be improved by the community.  Hagennos (talk) 17:35, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You may be confusing two different standards for references. WP:RS is the standard for a "reliable source" and most information and data from a reliable source can be included in an article. For example, some factoids from an interview with the CEO printed in the NYT may be included in the article. But there are higher standards for references that meet the criteria for notability and for companies, these are explained at WP:NCORP. You'll see in both WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:ORGIND sections that material that relies almost exclusively on company-produced material (such as, for example, an article that merely prints an interview with the CEO) fails these criteria. So, you may have 12 references from reliable sources, but they may still fail the criteria for establishing notability.  HighKing++ 14:44, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete As per nom, fails GNG, references fail WP:CORPDEPTH and/or WP:ORGIND.  HighKing++ 14:44, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


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