Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shopzilla

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 no consensus. While it's odd that the only reliably sourced coverage of the company seems to be about its sale, this coverage is enough to make the "keep" arguments appear to be not entirely meritless. Sandstein 07:50, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shopzilla

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Advertisement for a non-notable webcompany. damiens.rf 20:29, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:38, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:38, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:38, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Assertion of notability includes that it was purchased for $525 million!!!! I personally have seen the "bizrate" more frequently in practice; i think it is still actively used. It would be fine if anyone wanted to improve the article, but there's no assertion that wp:BEFORE has been performed. I think it is notable. Search also on Bizrate, anyone doing research, please. Bizrate is currently a redirect to Shopzilla. --do ncr am 02:44, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 17:46, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. This bizjournals.com article is one which refers to the fact that the company sold for $525m to Scripps. Shopzilla / Bizrate is notable. And its former CEO Chuck Davis is also notable, methinks. There will plenty coverage available about both in reliable sources. --do ncr am 19:34, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Does not obviously meet Wikipedia:Notability (web) or WP:GNG. The source provided by doncram above is not about this organization, but only mentions this website. USD $525 million is a lot of money and it is really odd that this much money could move without creating a source which meets WP:RS, but without some good sourcing being identified and presented I say this article should be deleted. Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:46, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Umm, there is plenty of sourcing available on that. What an AFD is about, is not enforcing cleanup, but rather determining notability. The nom does not include any assertion of wp:BEFORE. I have simply pointed that there will exist a lot of sources, of course, given some facts like a $525 million value. --do ncr am 03:56, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agree that there is no assertion of WP:BEFORE. The advertisement issue, I'm not seeing that problem, either. Unscintillating (talk) 04:54, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Confirm deletion. I did WP:BEFORE. Here is a great source about the half billion. The selling of this website is news for the buyer, not for the website. This purchase was 10 years ago and there is not newer information being asserted here. Merge any salvageable content to the E. W. Scripps Company. Notability is WP:NOTINHERITED from association with a notable organization. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:35, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the New York Times reference, i added that to the Shopzilla article where it works fine as a source about the "website". Shopzilla is a company with history, far from merely being a website, and certainly not "inheriting" notability from Scripps. And, it won't work to merge it to Scripps as further news added to the article includes that Shopzilla was sold by Scripps to Symphony Technology Group for $165 million. If you don't like the source about that in the article, fine, but I am rather confident that reliable sources will exist on Shopzilla and the pretty big-sounding story that Scripps lost a ton of money related to it. Confirm my "Keep" vote. --do ncr am 15:04, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I'm not seeing the deletion problem here. Last I heard, half of a billion dollars means something. Unscintillating (talk) 04:54, 19 August 2014 (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.