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DesignContest

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No significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Fails WP:CORP, WP:WEB and any number of guidelines.

The article certainly seems impressive. But lets look at the references:

^[1] http://www.designcontest.com/designers-join-us// :primary source - useful for giving information about the subject, but not to establish the notability of the subject of the article.
^[2] http://www.designcontest.com/blog/why-crowdsourcing/ :primary source again.
^[3] http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2011/04/06/improving-our-capacity-to-manage/ : WSJ blog, but with no mention of the subject of the article.
^[4]The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki: is there a mention of the subject of the article in this book? I doubt it.
^[5] http://www.crowdsource.com/blog/2013/08/the-long-history-of-crowdsourcing-and-why-youre-just-now-hearing-about-it/: certainly about crowd-sourcing, but with no mention of the subject of the article
^[6] http://www.designcontest.com/testimonials////: primary source. The purported testimonials include those from:
- http://vaporcreations.com.pandastats.net/ ; http://www.vaporcreations.com/: nothing except a front page
- "property search real estate": no website of or near this name exists
- a reputable commercial enterprise that prints tickets, but TinEye can find no images of these ticket designs outside the designcontest•com website
- a "miracle pain spray" manufacturer, but again TinEye finds no images of the spray-can design outside the designcontest•com website
- there appears to be no business of or near the name "Lightning Rods C.C." in Houston TX, nor in the rest of the world
^[7] https://www.designcontest.ru/////: the website in Russian. While this may serve as evidence that the business has a website in Russian, this does not assist the claim of notability.
^[8] http://www.designcontest.com/forum/forum.php///: A primary source again.
^[9] http://www.designcontest.com/blog/: A primary source again.
^[10] https://www.designcontest.com/help/index.php?/Knowledgebase/List///: A primary source again.
^[11] http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2098861/digital-efforts-draw-crowd: No mention of the subject of the article.
^[12] http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110128/twelve-sites-that-will-put-you-to-work-now: Bloomberg Businessweek is without doubt a reliable source for business news. There is no mention of the subject of the article there, or anywhere on the BusinessWeek website.
^[13] http://www.lookatme.ru/mag/industry/industry-interview/197309-designcontest: ru:Look At Me indicates that it contains mostly user-generated content. A reliable source? It would appear not to be so.
^[14] http://www.the-village.ru/village/city/transport/133351-logotip-metro: Again, appears to be mostly user-generated content. Shirt58 (talk) 11:49, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]