Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thenextweb

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The result was delete. Black Kite (talk) 11:09, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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No in depth coverage in reliable independent sources, fails WP:GNG. The event hosted by this website might be notable if the claim that it receives more than 12,000 visitors is true, but the sources [1] [2] claiming that do not appear to be reliable, as they are promotional and one of them is a Huffington Post blog post. I tried to find coverage of the event in reliable sources and couldn't find anything, but perhaps a Dutch-speaking editor could turn up something.

Previously nominated for PROD by DGG, Deprod by Kvng, claiming that the sources cited above demonstrate notability. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 23:43, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. ^Falling_Gravity 02:01, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. ^Falling_Gravity 02:02, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:41, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here is my assessment of the sources;
- ref#1 (Alexa): "We don't have enough data to rank this website"
- ref#2 (Entrepreneur): It's an inverview with the founder, so not independent for the purpose of establishing notability
- ref#3 (Huff Post): This is a blog, so not considered RS. Besides, the article is about the conference, not the website, and notability is WP:NOTINHERITED
- ref#4 (Silicon Canals): Article about the conference, not the website.

On that basis, the website is not notable. The conference seems to be of some importance (from gbooks, for instance "The Next Web conference is known as one of the best networking events in Europe") but it is hard to see how that can be worked up into a worthwile article. It is easier to cover this in other articles rather than as a standalone. However, I'm at a loss to say where. We have a category for this, but no main article or list. Perhaps it's time to create one. SpinningSpark 10:42, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Spinningspark: There is a typo in the Alexa citation in the article. If corrected, [https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thenextweb.com the report says 5,868 global rank, and 3,074 US. — Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 21:42, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: does not meet WP:NORG / WP:NWEB; significant RS coverage not found. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:09, 19 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. There are significantly more sources than those identified above, finding them is a matter of filtering the site itself from search and noting the conference is in Amsterdam where people speak Dutch. Sources include; [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]. Not enough on the website to pass WP:GNG, the conference appears notable in the Dutch news. — Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 21:27, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:33, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep the default action here at AFD is keep. There's not convincing demonstration of a valid reason to delete this. ~Kvng (talk) 23:44, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I agree with SpinningSpark's evaluation of the sources. I also checked out the sources provided by Frayae and none of them impress me as being sufficient; it's mostly routine coverage in niche industry outlets. My own searching failed to turn up anything better. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:00, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above comment and analysis by SpinningSpark. Nomination is clear and therefore should definitely be a delete. Redditaddict69 ^(talk) ^(contribs) 05:06, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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