Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ValidSoft (2nd nomination)
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Spammy article about a company that does not appear to meet WP:NCORP sourcing. It was soft deleted following a low-participation AfD discussion in 2021, and then undeleted upon the request of an SPA who [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion&diff=prev&oldid=1013969322 claimed] that there were new citation to prove its notability, but the article is still supported by the same four references that supported the deleted version - nothing new has been forthcoming. These are: a blog run by an affiliated company, a deadlink to a (presumably self-authored) profile on Bloomberg, another blog by an affiliated company, and a press release - nothing at all that is independent, reliable and secondary. Girth Summit (blether) 17:38, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Software and United Kingdom. Girth Summit (blether) 17:38, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Language like "world leader of solutions" was clearly written by a marketing person, pure promotion. W Nowicki (talk) 20:48, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- Note: I have opened an SPI on the three users who recently made the same revisions within an hour: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Littlepeach1. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 21:23, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- Note: IP 2605:A601:A3A9:A400:A126:5DAE:7CFC:98A0 has just removed the AfD notice on the page while discussion is still ongoing. I've put it back. -- NotCharizard 🗨 16:49, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
::*Also note that User talk:Littlepeach1 [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/ValidSoft&diff=prev&oldid=1083773437 attempted to delete] a portion of the first AfD discussion. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 15:29, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete No coverage in reliable sources. If the company was indeed a "world-leader" I would expect to see a bit more coverage. Simply spam. AusLondonder (talk) 13:54, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete: As the nomination says, the current references are weak, and fall far short of demonstrating encyclopaedic notability. Searches find recent announcement-driven coverage of an appointment [https://findbiometrics.com/validsoft-looks-expand-with-new-chief-growth-officer-012403/],but that falls under trivial coverage at :WP:CORPDEPTH. The firm is also among the vendors mentioned in a recent sector report by Opus Research [https://www.biometricupdate.com/202201/opus-research-highlights-biometric-fraud-prevention-leaders] (with whom the company had previously jointly published a study: [https://www.retailbankerinternational.com/uncategorized/voice-biometrics-key-to-fighting-fraud-opus-and-validsoft/]) but I don't see these as sufficient to demonstrate attained notability. AllyD (talk) 17:04, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete None of the references meets the criteria for establishing notability, topic fails WP:NCCORP HighKing++ 11:52, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
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