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The result was delete. Sandstein 19:26, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cardano (platform)[edit]

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Questionably notable blockchain platform/cryptocurrency. For the past few weeks some editors have been adding material, and other have been removing it due to poor sourcing. It seems probable that no reliable sources exist, in which the topic does not pass the general notability guidelines. BenKuykendall (talk) 05:16, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 05:25, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 05:25, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fails WP:GNG, all the sources I can find are just price info from various cryptocurrency tracking websites. Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 07:19, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete without prejudice - it's an interesting project with some good coverage, but only in the crypto blogs - nothing in RSes for notability. A quintessential WP:TOOSOON at this stage - David Gerard (talk) 09:45, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Article should remain for several reasons. My main reason is that when I looked-up this topic I couldn't find a page offering rudimentary infos. Wikipedia is not printed on paper. Even as a Stub article should remain, due to the circumstance that Cardano is listed consistently in the Top10 at https://coinmarketcap.com That primarily scene sources write about the topic should not be used as an exclusion argument. Many of the articles on the topic appear to be listed at Google News, which is at least an indicator for some sort of establishment. prokaryotes (talk) 10:20, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- This is not a policy-based reason. Do you have RSes, and not just crypto blogs? - David Gerard (talk) 10:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - When I last edited the page it looked like this, contained references to Forbes or Bloomberg, among a couple of other scene posts. prokaryotes (talk) 12:56, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    - The Forbes is a contributor blog. I added the Bloomberg mention (that the price peaked at the top of the crypto bubble) - David Gerard (talk) 14:09, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    - reliability and notability-conferring of the Daily Dot is questionable, and this piece in particular seriously reads like an advertisement - David Gerard (talk) 14:15, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment added "not a ballot" - the previous AFD was trashed by a flood of SPAs - David Gerard (talk) 10:55, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Best I can find is several mentions in Bloomberg articles. Example: Up to Two-Thirds of Bitcoin Transactions Have No Economic Value which only says "At one point, 98 percent of transactions on the digital token Cardano had no economic value, Coinmetrics said." No good for notability. @Prokaryotes: As I'm writing this Cardano is no longer in the top 10. It's about 5 million less than Monero and because of Bitcoin Cash forking there is now "Bitcoin SV" at #9 which puts Cardano at #11. Morgan Ginsberg (talk) 06:58, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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