Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slowly (app)

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The result was keep. Tone 09:12, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Slowly (app)

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Non notable app. A before search doesn’t show the app has been discussed in any reliable sources. Celestina007 20:27, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete does not appear to be notable. I could not find any reliable sources discussing this app. TheAwesome Hwyh 22:07, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep: Notability can be established by the following reliable sources per WP:RSP:

Bhagat, Hitesh Raj. "Slowly review: The app lets you revive the pen-friend experience". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
"'Kind Words' is the rare social network where everyone is nice". Engadget. Retrieved 2020-08-07.

This should be enough but here are a few other sources where the app has been covered:

Editor (2019-03-22). "Take it SLOWLY". Varsity. Retrieved 2020-08-07. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
"App of the week: Slowly". The Eyeopener. Retrieved 2020-08-07.

The app has gained recognition by Apple App Store's editors as "App of the Day". The featured story included an exclusive interview with the app's founder. It has also won a Google Play Award of the year 2019. Sources for these are available in the article. Idell (talk) 05:58, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think these sources show notability. Varsity and The Eyopener are just student newspapers, the Engagenet source barely mentions this app. I'm unsure about The Economic Times, but even if that is a good source, that's only one source. TheAwesome Hwyh 14:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Both the first two sources are considered perennial reliable sources. I’m sure both of them more than "barely" mention this app, rather, they speak highly of it. Engadget recommends it over other apps, including the one the webpage is about, for a good pen pal experience. I have also cited the South China Morning Post (SCMP) in the article. I have included Varsity and The Eyeopener considering the "general" reliability of their content upon a quick inspection; we don’t have to blindly trust them. Furthermore, this application has won particularly highly esteemed awards and recognitions at both the platforms (ignoring the web app) it exists on.

…editors might…keep it if the article cites…newspapers to prove it won awards.
— HELP:AFD

Idell (talk) 08:02, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Engadgenet article isn't about this app though, its about a different app which it compares to this one. Again, I haven't looked into the South China Morning Post, but even if that is reliable it's only two sources. Looking a bit deeper at the student papers, The Eyeopener does not look reliable to me, Varsity read like an ad. And I don't think the App of the day is a award prestigious enough to add notability, nor is Google Play's "best breakthrough app" award. TheAwesome Hwyh 14:41, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: References #2, 6-11 in the article are reliable. Per analysis done by Idell, the article is good enough to pass WP:GNG. ASTIG😎 _{(ICE T • ICE CUBE)} 09:30, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: per sources cited above. // Timothy :: talk 02:35, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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