Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Squaremouth (2nd nomination)

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The result was no consensus. WP:NPASR. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:13, 25 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Squaremouth

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Non-notable company. When the article states that "The company has been featured in publications such as ..." what it really means is that the company president was reached to provide a single line of background information in articles about travel insurance in general, but not about this particular company. List of awards largely unverified, and largely insignificant. (Being fast-growing is not, in itself, a cause of notability.) WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:09, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The article Squaremouth has been edited per the comments left by WikiDan61. The below changes have been made:

Removal of all publications which mentioned Squaremouth
Corrected citation of Inc. (magazine) recognition
Added recognition from TopConsumerReviews.com. This refers to Squaremouth's travel insurance website, rather than the company's growth. It proves notability of Squaremouth

Mes06c (talk) 17:36, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:49, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:49, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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~~Keep~~ Significant company information has been added. It is all cited by unbiased, third-party sites:

Historical details about the company has been added, they are cited by the Tampa Bay Business Journal and the Tampa Bay Times.
Publications that simply mention the company have been removed
Company products have been added, they are cited by Fox Business, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

Mes06c (talk) 19:22, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment None of the reference on the Squaremouth page represents significant independent coverage of this organization. The references fall into several categories:
1. articles about travel and travel insurance in general, in which Squaremouth gets mentioned in passing, but is not the topic of the article;
2. local articles in the Tampa Bay business press (regional business press does not usually indicate widespread notability);
3. review sites of questionable status
4. business directories
5. Inc. 5000's lists, which do not provide significant independent coverage, but generally link to a brief, company-provided profile.

Failing better sourcing, I don't see how this company can be considered notable. Find a couple of independent articles in some of the bigger national or international travel magazines, and you might have something. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 19:34, 9 April 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, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:40, 10 April 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, Randykitty (talk) 14:12, 18 April 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.