Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaana.com (2nd nomination)

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The result was no consensus. This is very much a replay of the first AfD, with much the same arguments, and some of the same players. There's plenty of sources, but the contention is that the sources are either not independent (due to common ownership by the Times Group), or don't show the depth of coverage required by WP:NCORP. It seems unlikely that relisting this again would resolve that. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:29, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:NCORP.That, this was launched by Times Group, it automatically discounts any coverage of the website in the newspapers/media-sources (Times of India, Economic Times et al) owned by them as non-independent.

Barring that no significant non-trivial coverage is located.Some mere mentions as a noted player in the specific-domain.

It made some news, when it was hacked by a Pakistan-based-entity but that hardly suffices any notability for the company. ∯WBG^converse 14:41, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Article is too promotional in tone and style.TH1980 (talk) 19:34, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment — @TH1980: I am afraid that may not be a valid reason for deletion, see: WP:Alternatives to deletion; article deletion—if I infer the aforementioned policy correctly—should generally be considered a last resort, an article should not be deleted if it can be salvaged through adding references, copyediting, cleanup et al. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 03:09, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep — So, I did a bit of research and was amazed to find that there are not a lot of RSes covering Gaana, considering the relative grandeur of their advertising. But, I did find some coverage in non-The Times Group reliable sources. See—

1. Bhattacharya, Ananya. "Amazon, Spotify, and Tencent, now have a keen ear for Indian digital music — Quartz India". Quartz. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
2. "Apps to bust stress & rekindle enthusiasm". The Hans India. Asian News International. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
3. Varma, Shobhit (2018-05-01). "Apple Music vs Google Play Music vs Amazon Music vs Gaana and Others: Which Is the Best Music Streaming Service in India?". NDTV Gadgets. Retrieved 2018-09-29.;
4. Peermohamed, Alnoor (2018-02-23). "Times Internet infuses Rs 2.48 bn into Gaana to battle Amazon Prime Music". Business Standard. Bengaluru. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
5. S. H., Salman (2017-11-27). "Saavn, Gaana tie up with independent artists to produce, market original music". Livemint. Bengaluru. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
6. John, Cyrus (2018-03-12). "Amazon Music, Google Play Music or Gaana? The 'Paisa Wasool' App". The Quint. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
7. Sangwani, Gaurav (2018-02-28). "Gaana.com raises $115 million from Tencent Holdings and Times Internet". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2018-09-29.

Considering all this, I would prefer for this article to not be deleted. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 03:09, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

SshibumXZ, I was actually borderline, as to my nomination.Post strengthening of our NCORP guidelines, we seek significant coverage in an intellectually independent source and typical coverage of funding/startup-fund-raisers don't count for any notability.In light of the above points and your sourcing, it seems to barely scrape through our notability guidelines.

I'm wishing to see a single source that satisfies the condition of intellectual independence as well as significant coverage.Let's see:-) ∯WBG^converse 08:24, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Winged Blades of Godric, yeah, admittedly news about funding don't establish notability, but, to rectify that, there are other stories from reliable sources that I have listed. I don't know what your definition of 'intellectually independent' is, but, sourcing from non-The Times Group reliable sources should suffice, in my view. I do agree that Gaana just barely qualifies WP:NCORP. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 04:06, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep passes WP:GNG is one of the three leading digital music players in India and per SshibumXZ .The Hindustan Times calls it Gaana, one of the leading India music streaming services as per this. The Financial Express states that "The digital music landscape is currently dominated by three players — Times Internet’s Gaana.com, Bharti Airtel’s Wynk and a lesser-known Saavn run by an NRI Vinod Bhatia — but it’s the fight for leadership between the the first two which is set to take the industry by storm." as per this Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 13:03, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep A top Indian streaming site from Category:Streaming music services Which is counted as one of the "major" players in the world[1] Clearly passing notability. Also agree with Pharaoh of the Wizards above --DBigXrayᗙ 09:16, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  Whilst POWizards is good enough, this is not a RS by any margin.Better efforts, please. ∯WBG^converse 10:14, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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