Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SuperSonic (ISP)

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The result was merge to MTN Group. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:33, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SuperSonic (ISP)[edit]

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Fails WP:NCORP. Reference are routine annoucements. This is the last of these 7 articles made up 4 were csd'd, one was proded, 1 is at Afd for del and this. scope_creep^Talk 11:54, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:02, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:02, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. I wish there was a lot more to turn my !vote into a Strong Keep, given that it's the leading ISP in South Africa we are talking about. However, the coverage does seem to be from reputable sources on telecommunication technology and nontrivial, plus I would not consider award wins from leading Broadband institutions (MyBroadband) to be routine. 👨x🐱 (Nina CortexxCoco Bandicoot) 17:01, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm all for a Merge too, however. 👨x🐱 (Nina CortexxCoco Bandicoot) 16:54, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I also felt the TechCrunch and Developing Telecoms sources appeared independent, though admittedly not very in-depth. The 5G-backed service appears to be fairly major, I don't think those announcements are merely routine. NemesisAT (talk) 17:09, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It is neither a leading ISP, nor is the major services any different from any other ISP. It is the same kit, same protocols. None of the kit they offer, nor the protocols they use are developed in house. They are internet RFC's, so it a generic company. And both of you haven't addressed the WP:NCORP concerns, which are predominate, particularly the awards that are non-notable, and the routine coverage that fail WP:CORPDEPTH, WP:ORGIND and WP:SIRS. scope_creep^Talk 17:35, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Another ISP article, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wondernet, is also up for deletion. NemesisAT (talk) 17:40, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Noting for the closer, NemesisAT and HumanxAnthro haven't pointed to a single reference that meets the criteria for establishing notability. scope_creep^Talk 18:02, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Literally all the MyBroadband refs, plus TechRadar, plus this. They are discussing announced events from an independent perspective and covering it within the context of South Africa's broadband industry. They all establish notability. I think the problem comes down to this: how are we defining "routine" in this discussion? I will say the Briefly ref looks like a press release copied from Supersonic and probably should not be cited here. 👨x🐱 (Nina CortexxCoco Bandicoot) 18:47, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to MTN Group - SuperSonic is functionally just the brand name of MTN's ISP operations. - htonl (talk) 18:05, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge & Redirect - agree with Htonl. It might be notable enough in the future to have it's own page, but for now redirect it and incorporate some of the notable information into the MTN Group page. FiddleheadLady (talk) 15:35, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to MTN Group - doesn't qualify on its own. Chelokabob (talk) 04:42, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to MTN Group makes the most sense as per WP:ATD. On its own this topic fails NCORP. HighKing⁺⁺ 20:56, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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