Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SoundGate

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 delete. Secret ^account 18:57, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SoundGate

This article is about a company that fails both the general notability guidelines and the business notability guidelines. All hits seem to be either unrelated companies or advertisements. The only relevant google news hit is a passing mention in an article about a technology conference. Notability is not established by references in the article, nor is any real claim of notability made in the article. May deserve a tag for speedy delete, but thought I would bring it here as it has existed for over a month. In that month, however, no significant edits have been made to improve the article, so the article has certainly been given a chance. Theseeker4 (talk) 17:45, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - For the above reasons stated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BritishWatcher (talk • contribs) 17:53, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – I believe the company has generated enough coverage in such publications as PC Magazine - Twice and Techtree, as shown here [1], to establish Notability. ShoesssS ^Talk 18:19, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Please note in searching that there is a company in Sheridan, WY that has the same name, SoundGate, and that not all hits are for the Stillwater, OK company the article describes. I have been unable to find significant coverage of the Stillwater company to justify inclusion. Theseeker4 (talk) 18:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - No, I saw that. In fact, that looks like a great lawsuit brewing. I based my opinion on just what I read about concerning SoundGate. I’ll see if I can improve as this Afd wines its way through. Thanks. ShoesssS ^Talk 18:48, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Hello Theseeker4 I did some more checking with regards to the two companies and found out that in fact they are one in the same, as shown here. [2]. With this in mind, in that all the source listed are in fact for the same company, I believe they should be able to be used inter-changeably, though I agree by the bare minimum, enough coverage to satisfy Notability. Also - A merge/redirect to Kicker (audio) maybe more in order at this time. Thanks ShoesssS ^Talk 14:37, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The nominator said it best -- this article does not meet WP:CORP requirements. Ecoleetage (talk) 18:39, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Article is unencyclopedic and non-notable; it comes off more as advertising. sixtynine ^{• spill it •} 00:21, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:17, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect - Kicker (audio) See comments above. ShoesssS ^Talk 14:45, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:50, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Change nomination to Merge/Redirect Considering the information shoessss found regarding the aquisition of Soundgate by Kicker (audio) and the fact that the two Soundgates appear to be the same company, I support Shoessss's suggestion to merge/redirect and withdraw my nomination for deletion. Theseeker4 (talk) 20:34, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.