Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/College Ave Student Loans

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. J04n(talk page) 13:54, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

College Ave Student Loans[edit]

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Fails WP:NCORP as written, sources fail WP:CORPDEPTH as either routine coverage or not about the company. PROD contested by article author. shoy (reactions) 18:39, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. shoy (reactions) 18:40, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To rebut the keep !votes below, here is a breakdown of the sources in the article:

1-3 and 6-9: Fail CORPDEPTH as routine coverage of business activity

4, 5, and 11: Not independent

10: Directory listing

12-14: Namedrops, two lines or less

15-20: Not about the company

There is literally not a single independent RS among them. shoy (reactions) 13:03, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This has been covered by sources such as CNBC [1]. It passes WP:NCORP, although the promotional nature of the article should be corrected. PFAStudent (talk) 19:35, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Does not fail either WP:NCORP or WP:CORPDEPTH. Very visible company in its niche. PsychoMaple (talk) 19:45, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete doesn't meet WP:CORPDEPTH. The existence of the article is inherently promotional. Coverage such as [2] is trivial. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:02, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not sufficient coverage. Concerns about some of the involved accounts. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:24, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete inadequate sourcing, as already explained. PsychoMaple is a declared paid editor for this article. The obvious COI affects the !vote, as presumably they will have to refund the money when this gets deleted. DGG ( talk ) 18:39, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Looking at notability only - not taking editor behavior into account despite there clearly being a COI issue - this one absolutely fails WP:CORP. After getting through the WP:CITEKILL, I conducted my own search and found nothing in-depth other than the funding information. The rest are brief mentions, quotes, unreliable sources, etc. Company is likely to be notable in the future, but not at this time. --CNMall41 (talk) 17:15, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails WP:NCORP and WP:CORPDEPTH.--SamHolt6 (talk) 04:30, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.