Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zerocoin (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:24, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Zerocoin[edit]

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Delete, this did not even become a business and was connected to Bitcoin, as a failed proposal should be included in that article at the most but I believe it should be deleted outright. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 17:27, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:33, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:33, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:33, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Whether it's a company or not, and whether it succeeded or failed, are not grounds for article deletion. Perhaps you meant that the subject fails to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines? Agyle (talk) 19:09, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It's an interesting technological protocol innovation which is certain to have future implications. It's not just another Bitcoin copy. Cloudswrest (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 21:18, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Merely being interesting and being the subject of some niche media attention does not establish enduring notability. WP:ORG is clear: at least one regional, national or international source of media coverage is necessary, which I cannot find. Wikipedia does not and cannot have articles on each subject of a post on Gizmodo or Forbes, nor can it have an article on every university research project. Articles must have enduring notability, beyond the spurt of coverage that happened on the launch of this product, and the occasional blog or forum post, or random mentions as a "competitor to Bitcoin". Richard Ye^talk 21:26, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep for now, based on previous discussion in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zerocoin. Would potentially like to review in a year or two. Richard Ye^talk 21:29, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, previous secondary source coverage discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zerocoin. — Cirt (talk) 14:19, 13 March 2014 (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.