Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paystack

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The result was redirect to Stripe (company). Spartaz ^Humbug! 16:18, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Promotional UPE article for a G11 borderline eligible page about a non-notable organization that lacks in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources hence do not satisfy WP:ORGCRIT. Asides hits in Tech Crunch which are all mere announcement I am unable to find anything concrete following a WP:BEFORE search asides mention of a recent $200m dollar company sale which are all like said earlier mere mentions & nothing in-depth. I believe toosoon applies here as well. Celestina007 (talk) 16:01, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep and improve - largest startup acquisition in Nigerian history (the largest economy in Africa), with multiple, significant secondary coverage in Nigerian RS from 2018, e.g. [1], [2], along with current coverage on the Stripe acquisition in the FT [3], TechCrunch, Irish Times, etc. Stripe appears to be retaining the Paystack branding, and independent operation (per Reuters [4]), so the article's got potential for future expansion. Captain Calm (talk) 04:05, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve This article is not promotional, I dont see the use of any promotional text or tone in its content, does it need to be Improved, Yes? This is Nigeria's Largest startup acquistion for Gods sake.Haylad (talk) 13:46, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi Haylad (and Captain Calm) - if it is notable, someone will have written about the company. Are there are references which say that they were Nigeria's largest startup acquisition (that meet WP:CORPDEPTH and WP:ORGIND)? I can't locate any so far, most are based on announcements and/or interviews. HighKing⁺⁺ 21:20, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The TechCrunch ref, cited in the article. See also [5]. But its notability isn't contingent merely on it being the largest startup acquisition. There is easily sufficient coverage to meet WP:CORP. Captain Calm (talk) 21:54, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Stripe (company). None of the references meet the criteria for establishing notability as they are based on announcements or leaks from "related sources" and do not contain any Independent Content. For example, it is notable that the articles announcing the Stripe acquisition all use the same phrases and descriptions and occurred as this announcement appears on the Paystack website along with similar announcements on the Stripe website. "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. Topic fails GNG/NCORP. A redirect to the acquirer makes the most sense. HighKing⁺⁺ 10:05, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Stripe (company). Not separately notable. 1292simon (talk) 07:49, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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