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Tinychat

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Articles about companies must meet WP:NCORP requirements. This one clearly fails them.

1. [1] Puff piece by WP:TECHCRUNCH, an outlet infamous for its COI articles

2. [2] Very brief and clearly promotional article, even including calls to action with a link to the website. Fails WP:ORGIND.

3. [3] non-independent interview article, doesn't say anything of substance about Tinychat.

4. [4] reads like a routine announcement, not deep enough coverage to satisfy ORGDEPTH.

5. [5] Reproduction of another WP:TECHCRUNCH puff-piece.

6. [6] Routine announcement, doesn't say anything about the company in any depth (WP:ORGDEPTH). Also relies on TechCrunch.

Other sources I found were PR articles and top 10 lists. This article was also created by an editor with the same name as a co-founder of this company [7]. Badbluebus (talk) 23:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Business, Companies, Internet, and Websites. Badbluebus (talk) 23:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 08:09, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Delete: Couldn't find any good sources either. I found this article that alleges that two celebrity investors used the software to "flirt with underage girls", but the article states that these are merely "rumors". At best, this source is unreliable, and at worst, it's a violation of WP: BLP and should not be added to the article. I also found a book called "Introduction to Omegle" by Gilad James, PhD. I thought that this source would be reliable, but the author's LinkedIn profile indicates that their PhD was obtained from a "distance learning institution". This, regrettably, makes the book an unreliable source. HyperAccelerated (talk) 05:35, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:49, 12 December 2024 (UTC)