Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PayTech of Things


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The result was delete. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  15:19, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

PayTech of Things

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apparent neologism. I can not find any actual use of the full term. There are uses for PayTech in the sense meant here, such as ref 2. But it is also the name of a payroll processing firm and a financial transactions intermediate, neither notable and I think altogether unconnected.  DGG ( talk ) 05:42, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Cabayi (talk) 07:52, 16 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Cabayi (talk) 07:53, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Cabayi (talk) 08:04, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

The article has been updated to include reference to the term used by Tony Craddock, the Director General of the Emerging Payments Association (EPA). It refers to use of the term within the EPA, which is the leading trade body representing senior business leaders and thought leaders across the electronic payments industry.JbanksBTM (talk) 08:37, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately what you have added appears promotional for your organization. Do you have evidence of its use in general publications or even trade publications to describe the class of objects?  DGG ( talk ) 04:54, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

I would like to clarify that I am not employed by the Emerging Payments Association (EPA) or a member of their organisation. The EPA is a professional membership body and so does not produce or sell any products related to the Paytech of Things. Mr Craddock is speaking in his professional capacity as the Director General of the EPA and is summarising the content of conversations he has conducted among members. As requested, I have found an additional reference to the term in an article published in RealWire, the respected payments news website. I apologise if I did not provide adequate information initially. JbanksBTM (talk) 13:12, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * , Realwire is a press release website, not a news website, and comes nowhere near the standards required by Wikipedia's view of reliable sources. Also, could you explain your relationship to User:PayTechGuy since you seem to have copied his sandbox to mainspace for this article, robbing him of the attribution required? Cabayi (talk) 14:38, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Apologies for the confusion over the User name. I am PayTechGuy and have clearly managed to press a wrong button when publishing the page. I am happy to correct this if necessary if you could direct me to some instructions for how to do so. Many thanks. JbanksBTM (talk) 13:54, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * , There's no problem in starting afresh with a new account. But stick to the new account, don't use both. WP:SOCK explains the rules. Happy editing, Cabayi (talk) 14:31, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

The financial services news service called Bob's Guide also referenced the PayTech of Things. JbanksBTM (talk) 14:58, 20 July 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Onel 5969  TT me 12:07, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * delete Search is hampered by "see also" links of current pages for old things but from what I can see the phrase appears only in a couple of Craddock articles all published in the last week or two. Maybe it will catch on, but at the moment it is a very fresh neologism of a single person. Mangoe (talk) 12:34, 21 July 2017 (UTC)


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