Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whisher

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. -- Cirt (talk) 06:10, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whisher[edit]

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Reason for Nomination: Article has been prodded for Notability since September 2008. Fails to establish notability. Does not meet guidelines set out in Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) KVIKountry (talk) 21:40, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Added several references that indicate notability. The company achieved a high level of recognition for its contribution to the WiFi sharing communities, and is one of two WiFi related companies in Spain. Nullzeronull (talk) 19:08, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:03, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Another potential source.

That is a reproduction of the CNET source that was already in the article. It exists twice in the article now.--NortyNort (Holla) 11:07, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Phil Bridger (talk) 14:45, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:17, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question Is there enough for notability if the negative BLP material sourced only to an industry blog is removed? DGG ( talk ) 02:28, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:48, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barest of keeps: If I were writing the article, I'd think I'd have just barely crossed the bar of notability with the present sources, but I'd also keep working, cut back the unsourced comments, and find more sources. Alternately, move and expand to Wifi.com, enh, maybe. Relist it another week. JJB 07:32, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Delete per WP:CORP. Coverage of company died down in 2008. Also, the reference for "several press mentions and awards since its inception" is a blank page along with the wording being vague. --NortyNort (Holla) 11:07, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:CORP claims of notability are a BLP-problematic (not to mention rather run-of-the-mill) financial lawsuit, and a vague claim of recognition which, as noted above, is sourced to a blank page. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Fixed the reference to the press mentions and awards by pointing to other sources. Also added one other source of ongoing information regarding the lawsuit, which is not run-of-the-mill, as it involves Swisscom, one of Europe's largest telecommunications operators, with public participation by the Swiss government. The BLP negative info is not untrue nor libelous, but based on factual information.Nullzeronull (talk) 14:50, 25 September 2010 (CET)

I didn't see it recieving an actual award in any of those references, just being a finalist. The press mentions along with the sources are from 2007-2008. With that, my concern remains that this company drew some attention at its launch but didn't follow through. The law suit section has two reference, one of which is from the company and not independent. I can't find much else on the law suit issue aside from what you added. That is why I question the comapany and its lawsuit's notability.--NortyNort (Holla) 14:24, 25 September 2010 (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.