Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PowerTech Information Systems

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The result was keep (nomination withdrawn). The nominator withdrew the nomination, and consensus here was strongly in favor of retaining the article on Wikipedia. (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:28, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PowerTech Information Systems

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No sources to establish notability. Just another ISP. Joja lozzo 12:50, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now - I am highly biased, as I work for them - but PoweTech Information Systems is the oldest ISP i Norway. We were the second to be established, but the only older ISP (Oslonett) only existed for a few years. We are still an independent ISP, and all the original founders are currently working here on a daily basis. Wether this is enough to keep an article in english wikipedia is not my up to me, but I believe we are more than "Just another ISP" (Ola T. 2012-04-16 15:22 CET) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.159.6.21 (talk)

It may well be worthy of an article in Norwegian Wikipedia, but it's been here for about three years and no one's felt it was worth more than the two un-noteworthy, uninformative, and founder-promoting sentences that it had when it was created. Even Norwegian Wikipedia (where it's been for seven years) has the same brief text and no sources, not even from the Norwegian press! Joja lozzo 14:31, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Article is about an ISP in Oslø. The article basically says so, lists the date of founding, and the four founders, noting that they were teenagers when they started this business. I'm not sure this even gets past minimal significance for a business, much less significant effects on history, technology, or culture. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:00, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:14, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:14, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:14, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I found articles entirely on the business in Aftenposten and E24 Næringsliv (both major media sources), and there is one in Digi Teknologi about their 15th anniversary, but that site appears to be down; and so does Dagbladet, with which they co-owned Start.no, so there are presumably articles there about the company. In any event, articles specifically about the company in 2 major national media outlets demonstrate notability (Aftenposten also interviewed the founders in 1994, the year after they started the company, but that interview probably requires a subscription) and the contents have enabled me to flesh out the article and show that the company is important in its sector of the Norwegian market. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:12, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Being Norway's oldest ISP it would be a pity of this would have to go. Now with the detective work conducted by Yngvadottir this is hopefully no longer something we need worry about. __meco (talk) 21:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep notability established thanks to Yngvadottir. Arsenikk ^(talk) 21:06, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Notable as per above. SL93 (talk) 21:27, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw Proposal - Thank you, Yngvadottir. Joja lozzo 00:25, 17 April 2012 (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.