Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Instabase

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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator (WP:SKCRIT#1). (non-admin closure) — Newslinger talk 04:23, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Instabase

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Cannot see how this can pass WP:NCORP. Any citations in RSs are routine announcements (fails WP:CORPDEPTH). Lack of WP:SIGCOV. Edwardx (talk) 19:05, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

• Withdrawn by nominator By a strange coincidence, significant coverage in reliable sources was published the very day after my nomination! Edwardx (talk) 11:09, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:10, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:10, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Strong Keep Meets WP:NCORP. Seems like it's one of the unicorn companies with high profile media coverage. The company does have independent in-depth coverage (please see below). WP:ASSERTN

• Bloomberg News: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/instabase-achieves-unicorn-status-and-finally-explains-what-it-does
• Bloomberg TV: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-21/the-business-model-behind-silicon-valley-s-newest-unicorn-video
• CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/14/andreessen-horowitz-leads-23-million-round-in-instabase.html
• WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00120150831eb8vati2m
• San Francisco Business Times: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/10/21/s-f-startup-snags-105m-and-unicorn-status-on.html
• Economic Times: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/with-instabase-anant-bhardwaj-gives-us-a-brand-new-unicorn/articleshow/71698424.cms

Helloanant007 (talk) 18:49, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 06:58, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:05, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

• Keep. The references are just about sufficient for notability, and I am rather skeptical about that for company article these days. DGG ( talk ) 10:28, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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