Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uniswap


 * 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 keep. Geschichte (talk) 09:04, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Uniswap

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This software/product fails WP:GNG, Lack WP:SIGCOV. More than that, Earlier I have nominated this page for speedy deletion WP:CSD. Since it has been contested by the creator as well as another user. So, I guess an AfD discussion would be the right way to derive a general consensus. - Hatchens (talk) 12:09, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Hatchens (talk) 12:09, 29 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment – Although not plentiful, other notable mentions in sources do exist. The potential might be there, but I'm not sure there is enough to say it is notable and worthy of getting a dedicated article yet. Uniswap is only 2 years old after all. Here are the examples I've found in a quick search:   H iddenL emon  //  talk  05:59, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. In the world of ERC-20 tokens, where half the tokens claim the same applications, I think it would be more encyclopedic for Wikipedia to attempt to cover the individual features instead of covering every single token as if it was a separate company. In this case, the defining feature seems to be that Uniswap is is built on "liquidity pools", but we don't have any in-depth coverage of what that even is. There is an incentive for each token to prop up itself as the one true solution, and media is apparently not discerning enough to cover the background, instead they do churnalism, re-reporting company-sourced metadata like how this-and-such token was the first to achieve 50k users, or how it was the first to apply for SEC regulation 1.8.42 (not actually a real regulation, just making an argument here). Uniswap could mentioned in a sentence on an article on "liquidity pools". If we can't find sufficient coverage for "liquidity pools", I'd prefer Wikipedia did not cover the token at all. Since I think our less-popular cryptocurrency articles are overwhelmingly sourced with churnalist metadata instead of documenting the actual innovations. On our page for the steam engine, do we redirect the reader to 50 articles, each sourcing press-releases from 50 different companies on how their steam engine will revolutionize transportation? No. Of course mechanical engineering is not hype-driven to the same degree that cryptocurrency is. But it isn't acceptable for Wikipedia to fall victim to such trends. --Ysangkok (talk) 18:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Generally agree, although the subject of the article isn’t the Uniswap token, rather the protocol and application as the UNI token is recent and not an inherently requisite part of the Uniswap DEX. In terms of significance the standalone article has merit but there doesn’t seem to be enough notable RS out there. Perhaps merging to another relevant article as a short snippet may make sense though?  H iddenL emon  //  talk  19:51, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * This article is about the decentralized exchange. Uniswap does have an ERC-20 token but that is not what makes it notable nor is the reason for the article. HocusPocus00 (talk) 07:01, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Decentralized exchange per Ysangkok's comment. I think just this one sentence from the intro would be a relevant bit of information at the end of the Overview section there:"Uniswap is estimated to be the largest decentralized exchange and the fourth-biggest cryptocurrency exchange overall by daily trading volume, according to Bloomberg News."Short and sweet, doesn't add any undue weight in target article given current state of notable RS on Uniswap and size of target article.  H iddenL emon  //  talk  04:31, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete If it stays "the largest decentralized exchange" it may get more coverage then get its own article. Coin (talk) 20:51, 6 December 2020 (UTC)