Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LendUp

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. The article has been supported by adequate WP:RS and passes WP:GNG (non-admin closure) ~ Amkgp 💬 19:19, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

LendUp[edit]

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Fails to pass WP:GNG and WP:NCORP. No credible citations are available. Hatchens (talk) 16:44, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Hatchens (talk) 16:44, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Hatchens (talk) 16:44, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Is there a reason to discount the three WSJ articles listed as sources where the company is the subject, in my experience the WSJ is reliable? Are they promo pieces I can't see that on the source. PainProf (talk) 17:59, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In this whole article, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat and The Christian Science Monitor are seems to be only reliable sources for three-four inline citations which are providing just general news reporting (sometime a passable mention). A good article needs in-depth coverage (as per WP:SIGCOV) from multiple reliable sources as mentioned in this list - Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. And, currently this entity is lacking such coverage. However, if you can add few relevant sources, then please do feel free to add and update us on this AfD discussion thread. -Hatchens (talk) 02:49, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Lendup appears to be the subject of the article in the WSJ article^[1]. I checked the university library which helpfully keeps a list of PR sources. It looks like many of the sources are simply churnalism. PainProf (talk) 14:26, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep that was premature based off this in depth criticism in the ft. We need to neutralise this article as COI editors are more likely trying to suppress criticism than promote in this case ^[2] PainProf (talk) 14:34, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep All Things D is also a reliable source.^[3] As is The Christian Science Monitor.^[4] And Marketplace (although it is not exclusively about Lendup). ^[5] That said, a significant amount of the most credible press is related to the CPB fine (and the text of the article minimized the charges). ^[6]

Above added by JSFarman, a major contributor to the article. -The Gnome (talk) 09:28, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. I neglected to sign my comment. Is this a bot-activated message? (I reviewed and published the article in August 2013 and edited it a couple of days ago to reflect my comment above.) JSFarman (talk) 12:55, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 19:06, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 14:26, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The two TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and CSM articles are fairly substantial. While many of the other sources are press releases or churnalism, IMO there's enough to pass the GNG. -M.Nelson (talk) 23:15, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ hollis.harvard.edu https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,Lendup&tab=everything&search_scope=everything&vid=HVD2&lang=en_US&offset=0. Retrieved 2020-07-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-07-19. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
^ "Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures Fund Payday Loan Alternative LendUp". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
^ "Payday loan alternative LendUp to pay $6.3 million for misleading customers". Christian Science Monitor. 2016-09-30. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
^ "The online game of borrowing money". Marketplace. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
^ Koren, James Rufus (2016-09-27). "Google-backed LendUp fined by regulators over payday lending practices". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-07-19.

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[1] hollis.harvard.edu https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,Lendup&tab=everything&search_scope=everything&vid=HVD2&lang=en_US&offset=0. Retrieved 2020-07-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-07-19. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

[3] "Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures Fund Payday Loan Alternative LendUp". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2020-07-19.

[4] "Payday loan alternative LendUp to pay $6.3 million for misleading customers". Christian Science Monitor. 2016-09-30. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2020-07-19.

[5] "The online game of borrowing money". Marketplace. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2020-07-19.

[6] Koren, James Rufus (2016-09-27). "Google-backed LendUp fined by regulators over payday lending practices". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-07-19.

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