Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emerdata

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Merge into SCL Group. There is a clear consensus that this should not exist as a separate article. bd2412 T 13:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Merge discussion on Talk page appears opposed to a merge but notability is not inherited and this company does not seem notable in its own right, outside of Cambridge Analytica or company officers. References fail to provide any significant coverage or rely on company officers or company announcements, failing WP:ORGIND. At best, this should be a footnote at Cambridge Analytica until it is notable in its own right. Topic fails GNG and WP:NCORP. HighKing⁺⁺ 16:18, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep or merge. Subject of article has received

1. significant coverage in
2. multiple
3. independent,
4. reliable,
5. secondary sources.

As such, it meets WP:ORGCRIT (and therefore also WP:GNG). As such, it should be kept. Zazpot (talk) 11:17, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:52, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:52, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, this is a separate company to Cambridge Analytica (as are the 8 other companies registered at the same address) so not really suitable for merging. There are also 100s of news stories where Emerdata is a subject (more than mentioned in passing). John Cummings (talk) 14:06, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into SCL Group, since Emerdata is also being shut down, according to Bloomberg. ^Falling_Gravity 16:50, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@FallingGravity: Bloomberg themselves haven't made such a claim. They merely reported that someone involved in the matter did so, which is quite a different thing. Bloomberg is a pretty reliable source; the execs of CA and associated companies, arguably less so, especially if they have a clear incentive to deflect attention. In any case, such a claim is WP:CRYSTALBALL unless it actually comes true, and as such should not be rested upon, in a deletion discussion or any other serious discussion, as being anything beyond provisional. I don't mean this in a hostile way, I just mean that perhaps you should reconsider your rationale here. Zazpot (talk) 23:33, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. ^Falling_Gravity 16:53, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. ^Falling_Gravity 15:38, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to SCL Group, the parent company, and pick up anything useful from the article history. The merge opposition was re: Cambridge Analytica, so the concerns do not apply. Not indepedently notable; separate articles are not required. "List of directors" appears undue. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:08, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@K.e.coffman: without people having been asked to express an opinion about whether they object, one can't very well claim that they don't. If a discussion exists that shows consensus for Emerdata being redirected to SCL Group, please could you link to it? Otherwise, please let's not assume that such a consensus exists. Thanks. Zazpot (talk) 23:52, 18 August 2018 (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.