Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Almostfamous

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 05:48, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Almostfamous

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Rely critically on non-credible media sources. Merely Press Release on media. Article is written only for website promotional and advertising purposes. No significant coverage by independent media. Nothing significant or notable about the website to be here. does not meet notability criteria. Light21 16:32, 18 September 2016 (UTC)Light2021 (talk) 14:53, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

delete per nom, not even almost-notable. Also apparently dead for at least the past year - David Gerard (talk) 16:45, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: judging by the founder's LinkedIn profile, the company ceased operations in June 2012. Richard3120 (talk) 20:10, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. David Gerard (talk) 16:53, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. David Gerard (talk) 16:53, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: Does anyone have access to the cited Wall Street Journal source? I'm not a subscriber so I can't see the article, but I'm wondering if anyone else can so we can see if it's a good source. Safehaven86 (talk) 19:05, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- If you search the first sentence, you'll find copies on other News Corporation properties, e.g. Fox News. It doesn't mention Almostfamous at all - David Gerard (talk) 20:02, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  - In that case, Delete: With no WSJ source, the only remaining plausible RS is the Miami New Times blog, and that's not a particularly strong source anyway. Safehaven86 (talk) 20:04, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    - Safehaven86, David Gerard: I'm not sure whether the Fox News copy is the entire article. If you look at the bottom there is a link that says "click here to read more on this article", which suggests that there is more available on the WSJ website. Richard3120 (talk) 20:13, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      - I googled on the second sentence and that let me view the entire article if I went to it from the Google search results. Almostfamous, Tedd Bernard or Jon Barchan aren't mentioned in it - David Gerard (talk) 20:17, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
        Also, when I search wsj.com for Almostfamous, Tedd Bernard, or Jon Barchan, I get zero hits (hits would come up even if they were just previews for subscriber-only content). Safehaven86 (talk) 20:32, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: David Gerard, you are correct – I did a Google search on the first sentence, and that didn't bring up the same results as you got with the second sentence. But I can see now that the whole article talks about the University of Miami's entrepreneur support fund, which financially backed AlmostFamous among other start-ups... but doesn't mention Almost Famous itself, so it's no use as a source. Given that the company no longer exists, appears to have had no lasting notability, and there are no good sources available, I agree it fails WP:NCORP. Richard3120 (talk) 20:53, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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