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Note: {{u|Personalwiki97}} has made a blatant attempt to rig the result of this discussion by substantially changing {{u|Robert McClenon}}'s contribution to make it appear that Robert said things very different from what he actually said, and by removing a comment by {{u|Adamant1}}. I have reverted Personalwiki97's blatantly dishonest changes, but I am suspicious that some other edits may have been sockpuppetry. It also seems likely that some other edits posted after Personalwiki97's vandalism may have been influenced by the misleading content posted by Personalwiki97.''' JBW (talk) 08:49, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Since I wrote the comment above, I have investigated further, and I am now certain, rather than suspicious, of sockpuppetry in this discussion. JBW (talk) 09:37, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

InstaShop

Non-notable electronic commerce company. There have been two copies of this article, in article space and in draft space, and has been gaming of titles by changing the spelling. The draft has been declined twice. The article has been moved to draft space and moved back to article space. The article has been reference-bombed with non-independent sources, which on inspection all are press releases, interviews, or directory entries.

class="wikitable" ! Number !! Reference !! Remarks !! Independent !! Significant !! Reliable !! Secondary
1	CNN.gr	Reads like a press release	No		Yes	No
2	Bloomberg	Corporate directory information	No	No		No
3	Relationship Science	Corporate directory information	No	No		No
4	Khaleej Times	A press release	No			No
5	Insite OOH	Reads like a press release	No		Yes	No
6	Wamda	Reads like a press release	No		Yes	No
7	Khaleej Times	A press release, same as 4	No			No
8	Bloomberg	A press release about acquisition	No	Yes		No
9	Yahoo	A press release about acquisition	No	Yes		No
10	SME10X	A press release about acquisition	No	Yes		No
11	Irish Times	Interview with executive	No	No		No
12	Bloomberg	Interview with executive about acquisition	No			No
13	Business Live.co.za	Press release about acquistion	No			No
14	Forex News	Press release about acquisition	No			No
15	Gulf News	Interview with executive	No			No
16	Petrol Plaza	Announcement by founder	No			No
17	Arabian Business	A press release about acquisition about charitable activity	No			No
18	Financial Times	A press release about acquisition	No			No

Robert McClenon (talk) 03:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Arab Emirates-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

• Delete for lack of sourcing in RIS. Mccapra (talk) 11:14, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
• Keep since the page has been updated with new and reliable sources. Personalwiki97 (talk) 14:32, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

• Delete per the lack of independent reliable sources. I'm not sure what else there is to say about it then that. --Adamant1 (talk) 05:31, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
• Keep - User:Robert_McClenon has reviewed the sources well! Besides, I found [https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1162961/pm-meets-with-instashop-founder/ Kathimerini], [https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries-technology/470076-why-female-led-entrepreneurs-need-to-embrace-digital-payments ArabianBusiness.com], [https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business-technology-review/the-masala-king Khaleej Times] these recent sources on InstaShop. Mommmyy (talk) 13:40, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

• Keep Google search has shown that this Arabian company is notable to include in wikipedia. All most all the independent secondary reliable sources have talked about it with a significant coverage. It haven't see anything press in these newspapers company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 102.91.4.220 (talk • contribs) 22:01, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:22, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

• Keep - This is a notable company with more than twenty independent sources CNN https://www.cnn.gr/tag/instashop, The National Newspaper https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/generation-start-up-instashop-eyes-global-expansion-for-its-grocery-delivery-app-1.979277, The Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-delivery-hero-m-a-idUSKBN25N0JI, The Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/ce77d370-b195-41cb-9101-a24b0d298a54, The Gulf Insider https://www.gulf-insider.com/redefining-grocery-shopping-an-interview-with-john-tsioris-founder-ceo-of-instashop/, The Kleej Times https://www.khaleejtimes.com/technology/to-deliver-success-learn-from-the-past, The Arabian Business https://www.arabianbusiness.com/technology/444848-covid-19-instashop-sees-business-surge-amid-coronavirus-pandemic etc and all of them have coverage. It's a notable company, probably the nominator don't know Arabian independent sources Mukaigurin(talk) 22:29, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
• Redirect to Delivery Hero as per WP:ATD or Delete.

class="wikitable" ! Number !! Reference !! Remarks !! WP:ORGIND !! WP:CORPDEPTH !! PASS/FAIL WP:NCORP
1	[https://www.cnn.gr/oikonomia/story/270221/synantisi-mitsotaki-me-ton-synidryti-tis-instashop-to-thayma-poy-petyxe-i-elliniki-etaireia CNN.gr 1]	Founders meet Greek President	Yes	No	FAIL
2	[https://www.cnn.gr/oikonomia/epixeiriseis/story/232197/instashop-exagora-rekor-gia-ellinikon-symferonton-startup CNN.gr 2]	Acquisition entirely based on [https://www.deliveryhero.com/newsroom/delivery-hero-acquires-instashop-and-publishes-h1-2020-report-2/ this Announcement]	No	Yes	FAIL
3	[https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/generation-start-up-instashop-eyes-global-expansion-for-its-grocery-delivery-app-1.979277 The National]	Entirely based on Interview with the CEO	No	Yes	FAIL
4	[https://www.ft.com/content/ce77d370-b195-41cb-9101-a24b0d298a54 Financial Times]	See 2 above	No	Yes	FAIL
5	[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-delivery-hero-m-a-idUSKBN25N0JI Reuters]	See 2 above	No	Yes	FAIL
6	[https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/26/on-demand-grocery-startup-instashop-acquired-by-delivery-hero-for-360m/ TechCrunch]	See 2 above	No	Yes	FAIL
7	[https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143200/https://www.gulf-insider.com/redefining-grocery-shopping-an-interview-with-john-tsioris-founder-ceo-of-instashop/ Gulf Insider]	Relies entirely on an Interview with executive	No	Yes	FAIL
8	[https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/innovation/startups/ioanna-angelidaki-co-founder-of-instashop-is-riding-the-wave-of-an-e-commerce-boom Forbes Middle East]	Relies entirely on an Interview with executive	No	Yes	FAIL
9	[https://www.khaleejtimes.com/technology/to-deliver-success-learn-from-the-past Khaleej Times]	Puff Piece, relies entirely on info provided by execs	No	Yes	FAIL
10	[https://www.menabytes.com/instashop-acquisition-jabbar-venturefriends/ MENAbytes]	Article 3 days after acquisition.	Yes	Yes	Potential PASS because journalist posts their own opinion/analysis but is it a WP:RS?
11	[http://legacy.totaluae.com/tags/dubai-grocery-delivery/ Total UAE]	Based on funding announcement	No	Yes	FAIL
12	[https://arabianmarketer.ae/forbes-promising-uae-startups-2016/ Forbes Middle East]	Inclusion on Top10 list	Yes	No	FAIL
13	[https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/284474 Entrepreneur]	Based on company announcement	No	Yes	FAIL
14	[https://gulfbusiness.com/souq-com-invests-grocery-app-instashop/ Gulf Business]	Based on company announcement	No	Yes	FAIL
15	[https://gulfnews.com/technology/justmop-wants-to-be-the-trusted-on-demand-home-cleaning-firm-1.2068732 Gulf News]	Based entirely on Interview with executive	No	Yes	FAIL
16	[https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/278875 Entrepreneur]	Article about a different company, mention in passing	Yes	No	FAIL
17	[https://www.executive-magazine.com/entrepreneurship/e-groceries/lebanese-delivery-apps-eye-growth-in-grocery-e-commerce Executive Magazine]	Analysis on the overall market	Yes	No	FAIL
18	[https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/list/top-100-startups-in-the-middle-east-2018 Forbes Middle East]	Inclusion in Top12 list	No	No	FAIL
19	[https://gulfnews.com/business/how-did-instashop-win-over-350000-monthly-active-users-1.1572357945304 Gulf News]	Based entirely from an Interview with executive	No	Yes	FAIL
20	[https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/how-covid-19-impacts-consumer-behavior-leading-to-a-53-growth-of-instashop Khaleej Times]	Based entirely from an Interview with executive	No	Yes	FAIL
21	[https://www.arabianbusiness.com/technology/444848-covid-19-instashop-sees-business-surge-amid-coronavirus-pandemic Arabian Business]	Based entirely on info provided by company	No	Yes	FAIL
22	[https://gulfnews.com/business/retail/instashop-sees-new-trends-emerge-in-online-shopping-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-1.1589354847608 Gulf News]	Based entirely on info provided by company	No	Yes	FAIL
23	[https://capital.com/germany-s-delivery-hero-acquires-grocery-app-instashop-for-360m Capital.com]	See 2 above	No	Yes	FAIL
24	[https://www.eu-startups.com/2020/08/delivery-hero-acquires-instashop-a-leading-online-grocery-marketplace-in-mena/ EU Startups]	See 2 above	No	Yes	FAIL
25	[https://www.arabianbusiness.com/transport/451257-berlins-delivery-hero-acquires-dubai-on-demand-delivery-app Arabian Business]	Based entirely on info provided by company	No	Yes	FAIL
26	[https://www.arabnews.com/node/1725316/business-economy Arab News]	See 2 above	No	Yes	FAIL
27	[https://techstartups.com/2020/08/28/instashop-hyperlocal-grocery-app-startup-founded-2015-two-college-students-sold-deliveryhero-whopping-360-million/ Tech Startups]	See 2 above	No	Yes	FAIL

:I've copied the table from above and gone through all of the references from the article. The templates for tables all appear to be designed for vanilla GNG but for companies/organizations we have to look at NCORP which applies a stricter set of criteria especially for what can be considered "Independent Content". In summary, WP:NCORP requires multiple sources (at least two) of deep or significant coverage with in-depth information *on the company* and (this bit is important!) containing "Independent Content". "Independent content", in order to count towards establishing notability, must include original and independent opinion, analysis, investigation, and fact checking that are clearly attributable to a source unaffiliated to the subject. That means, nothing that relies on company information or announcements or interviews, etc. There was one article that potentially meets NCORP because the journalist provided their own opinion in places but the website is menabytes.com and I have a question mark over whether this is a reliable source. Either way, one reference doesn't meet the criteria and since none of the other references in the article meet the criteria and I have been unable to find any other references that meet NCORP criteria, topic fails WP:NCORP. HighKing⁺⁺ 19:07, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

• Keep - I honestly don't understand how some of the above references can be defined as "FAIL" or "non-independent content". I agree that a few articles contain interviews, but in most of these (as specified in the first table) journalists provided their own opinion. I, therefore, agree with most of the comments here: InstaShop is one of the best-known companies in the United Arab Emirates with numerous accredited sources that talk about it. PS: by visiting the Delivery Hero page you will notice how Redirect InstaShop there would make no sense, as the big companies owned by this holding have their own page.Mahir1994 7:35, 4 Novembre 2021 (UTC)

:Sockpuppet comment struck JBW (talk) 09:39, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

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• Delete As per Robert McClenon and HighKing. DMySon (talk) 17:55, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
• Delete - undisclosed paid-for spam. The shenanigans with this AFD prove this is not a good faith attempt to write an encyclopedia article. MER-C 20:02, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and MER-C. Sources are spammy. Miniapolis 22:55, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
• Delete - paid-for spam, non-notable company. -- Euryalus (talk) 10:19, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
• Delete - Promospam, fails NCORP. Consider salting, given the nature of the paid promo and socking. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 13:38, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
• Delete. This is an advertisement, plain and simple. I would also salt because of the socking and UPE. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 21:14, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
• Redirect to Delivery Hero, which contains information about the topic. I support WP:30/500 or full protection for the redirect to prevent article recreation. feminist (+) 16:04, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

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