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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 keep. The concerns of notability appear to have been addressed. (non-admin closure) Kharkiv07 (T) 01:11, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Spark Energy

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Questionably notable and improvable as the links I found were only this and this for the Houston, Texas company and the also this, this and this for the Selkirk, Scotland company. If at all, it seems there's somewhat more coverage for the Scottish company but all in all, both also seem questionably keepable. Notifying author Victorgrigas and also DGG who lists to be notified of these subject AfDs. SwisterTwister talk 07:57, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 07:58, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 07:58, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 07:58, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep - I have added some sources to show that the company based in Scotland has grown rapidly and received quite a bit of coverage. I consider that there is enough for it to have WP:CORPDEPTH. The article had just contained a small amount of information on the Scottish company until 12 October when there some material added to the article which related to a separate US company. I have removed this from the article and put it on the talk page- it consists of a couple of press releases and a page on a listing site. The US company began as Spark Energy Ventures in 1999 and was incorporated in 2014. Drchriswilliams (talk) 16:25, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. The references all seem to indicate it is not yet notable. It's odd that according to an over-literal interpretations of the notability guidelines 2 or 3 references saying or implying that something is not notable could make it notable for our purposes. I do not accept such a irrational result. In this case, they show the firm is just a minor competitor in the field and showing its relatively low funding, and received an award for being fast-growing(which almost always implies still very new. DGG ( talk ) 18:14, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor Talk! 03:07, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Jkudlick tcs 03:06, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per the significant coverage in reliable sources.
    1. Wright, Scott (2015-08-12). "Spark Energy launches job drive". The Herald. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

      This article provides substantial coverage of the subject.

    2. Wright, Scott (2015-01-23). "Spark sees profits soar beyond £1 million". The Herald. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
    3. Neal, John (2013-12-23). "Spark Energy 'impersonated customers' to remove 'debtors'". You and Yours (BBC). Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2015-12-06. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
    4. "Selkirk-based Spark Energy investigated by Ofgem". BBC. 2013-06-28. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
    5. "Selkirk firm Spark Energy to pay £250,000 for rules breach". BBC. 2015-02-16. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
    6. Jeff, Dominic (2014-01-23). "Spark Energy lands Morgan Stanley contract". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
    There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Spark Energy to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

    Cunard (talk) 06:38, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article looks better and an article for the Scottish Spark Energy may be notable and acceptable but I'll still hear any more comments if they come before this AfD ends. SwisterTwister talk 06:41, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Drchriswilliams (talk · contribs) did excellent work sourcing, expanding, and cleaning up the article. Cunard (talk) 06:43, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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