Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The University Network (TUN)

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The result was delete. Missvain (talk) 07:29, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The University Network (TUN)

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There is no evidence of notability. Sources are to one FOX news article and a press release. FeralOink (talk) 17:26, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

→ Hello FeralOink, There are multiple sources, one being NECN - a major news television network owned by NBC. However, I didn't realize that one of the links had gone bad, but It has been replaced and all the other links are working. Is there something more specific you were looking for? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TUNdiscounts (talk • contribs) 19:33, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, TUNdiscounts, there are many other issues, such as accuracy, missing information and ambiguity. I have listed my concerns below.

Accuracy- See InFocus® Announces Sale of The University Network in 2006. TUN has been extant for much longer than the WP article says ("launched in 2011"). Here it says that TUN was founded in 2003, Big Network On Campus, TUN Has Them Tuning In.

Ownership- Who owns the company? Scott Goryeb? Peter Corrigan JD, formerly of Submedia and Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP? If so, please state the CEO's name in the article. How many employees does TUN have? What kind of company is it, e.g. an LLC, S-corp, something else?

Ambiguity- Where is TUN located? New York City or Memphis ("Based in Memphis, Tenn., The University Network (TUN) is a leader in campus communications, offering a Web-based plasma screen messaging system to reach students at educational institutions. The narrowcast communication systems are placed in high traffic areas such as student unions, recreation centers and dining facilities. A large format plasma screen displays university information and commercial messages, utilizing advanced Internet technology to communicate with this very mobile and hard-to-reach audience. The University Network currently has more than 100 installations across the contiguous U.S.")?

Is it an app or is it hardware?

I only got 26 search results from Google when I checked on it. That doesn't seem notable for an e-commerce company to me.

Do you need to declare a COI, given your user name of TUNdiscounts as author of this article titled, TUN? I'm not making an accusation, merely inquiring.--FeralOink (talk) 11:10, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:44, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:44, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

→ Hello FeralOink, Thank you for your comments. I will update the Wikipedia page. TUNdiscounts (talk) 18:30, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Coverage by Fox News and NECN are sufficient to establish notability. There is also brief coverage by NBC News. The creator's COI doesn't affect notability. Pinging @Graeme Bartlett: who accepted this at AfC for input. --ThaddeusB (talk) 20:07, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I checked that coverage in at least two independent sources supported the topic, showing that it passed WP:GNG. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:52, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Pure advertising. I would even be willing to consider G11. DGG ( talk ) 07:29, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per DGG. Does anyone find it odd that the primary advocate for this article is User:TUNdiscounts? Hlevy2 (talk) 11:25, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Tone can be fixed via editing, though, and a COI is not a sufficient reason to delete. --ThaddeusB (talk) 16:27, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:ADMASQ. Pax 01:22, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. I'd never have guessed that students spent 30% of 545 billion dollars a year on things including haircuts without this article to repeat its source verbatim to us. Haircuts. Who knew? —Cryptic 00:17, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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