Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TappyToon

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. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:13, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

TappyToon[edit]

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Does not meet WP:ORGCRITE, WP:GNG, no in depth coverage in independent reliable sources. Provided sources are all press releases or blogs.

[1] Is a Forbes contributor post, which are not considered RS
[2] is a press release
[3] is a kickstarter page
[4] is a blog, albeit possibly a reliable one, but the article is mostly about Manhwa, not TappyToon and by itself does not satisfy WP:ORGCRITE.

Previously nominated for PROD, dePROD by article creator. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 07:06, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:48, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:49, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Webcomics-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:49, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – Bleeding Cool (as listed) is a reliable source. Another source I was able to find is e27, but I am unfamiliar with the website. Other sources are indeed primary sources, such as press releases and blog posts. It's not the strongest deletion case ever, but the sourcing is just too sparse. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 11:28, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Do not Delete - This is an important publisher of translated webtoons and one of only two with the other being Spottoon. They are the only two companies that license webtoons and translate them into English. Deleting this page would be like deleting Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse, or Yen Press. This page uses the same type of sources as the one for Spottoon which has been around longer than TappyToon's. I genuinely don't see a valid reason to delete this page since the claims made earlier about all the sources being from press releases were wrong. AquilaXIII (talk) 04:43, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The "other stuff exists"-argument mainly just makes me look at our Spottoon article. It uses The Korea Herald and Observer.com, which I think are considered reliable (and independent) sources. The sourcing there is pretty weak too, though. Comparing these two websites with Marvel and DC certainly seems silly, as pretty much everyone in the world knows of those two companies at this point. Surely the notability doesn't really compare. Regardless, no one has claimed that all of the sources are press releases. A few of them are blogs, which are also typically not considered reliable. What we're mainly interested in are articles written completely independently from the subject and published by a publisher that employs (typically paid) experts in the field and had an editorial policy. If you find one more source that is anything like that, I would honestly be happy to reconsider, as I generally find three sources just barely enough to write an article on. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 05:27, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I admittedly did accuse all of the sources of being press releases when I originally nominated for PROD because I mis-evaluated the blog. That was a mistake and I don't intend to represent the sources as such in this discussion. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 05:44, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 23:33, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. No claim to notability. Ifnord (talk) 15:31, 7 November 2018 (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.