Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darkcoin

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. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:50, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Darkcoin

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Doesn't demonstrate notability, fails WP:GNG. Citation Needed | Talk 18:01, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:19, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:19, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:19, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

• Keep. Significant coverage in a multiple reliable sources establishes notability. I'm listing some recent stories from news.google.com; some sources are a bit sketchy, but most are solid. As an aside, if I knew how to nominate User:Citation Needed for deletion, I would; AfD discussions like these are spurious wastes of time. Nominators should go through the AfD guidelines' checklist at WP:BEFORE before nominating articles for deletion, which require at least a cursory check for notability, which this nominator seems to routinely ignore.
  • Greenberg, Andy (May 21, 2014). "Darkcoin, the Shadowy Cousin of Bitcoin, Is Booming". Wired.
  • Eudes, Yves (May 28, 2014). "Monnaies électroniques, la mode du « Dark » [Translation: "Electronic currencies, the mode of 'dark'"". Le Monde (in French).
  • Jing, Shi (May 23, 2014). "Darkcoin：私密性更高的虚拟货币 [Translation: "Darkcoin: privacy higher virtual currency"]". The Wall Street Journal Chinese edition (in Chinese).
  • Deshev, Martin (May 22, 2014). "Криптовалутата Darkcoin се превръща в новия хит на дигиталните пари [Translation: "Kriptovalutata Darkcoin becoming the hit of digital money"]". Дневник [Dnevnik] (in Bulgarian).
  • "Криптовалюта Darkcoin подорожала в 12 раз за месяц [Translation: "Kriptovalyuta Darkcoin risen 12 times in the past month"]". Хакер (in Russian). May 22, 2014.
  • "Darkcoin, uma alternativa anónima ao Bitcoin, está «a bombar» [Translation: "Darkcoin, an anonymous alternative to Bitcoin, is 'pumping'"]". Diário Digital (in Portuguese). May 22, 2014.
  • Hill, Kashmir (June 3, 2014). "The First 'Bitcoin 2.0' Crowd Sale Was A Wildly Successful $7 Million Disaster". Forbes.
  • Feinauer, JJ (May 23, 2014). "Digital currency just won't go away". Desert News.
  • Gola, Yashu (May 22, 2014). "Why Darkcoin Value is Surging Constantly?". ForexMinute.
  • "Meet Darkcoin - Bitcoin's Shadowy Cousin". Sky News. May 22, 2014.
  • Cuthbertson, Anthony (May 22, 2014). "What is Darkcoin? Bitcoin's Secretive Cousin Explained". International Business Times UK.
  • Brenneis, Friedemann (May 27, 2014). "Die dunkle Seite des Coins [Translation: "The Dark Side of Coins"]". The Coinspondent (in German).
  • Higgins, Stan (May 23, 2014). "How True Anonymity Made Darkcoin King of the Altcoins". CoinDesk.
  • Higgins, Stan (May 28, 2014). "Darkcoin Price in Turmoil Following Emergency Fork, Network Issues". CoinDesk.
  • Higgins, Stan (May 30, 2014). "All Things Alt: Darkcoin Duels XC and the Demise of McDogecoin". CoinDesk.

--Agyle (talk) 08:00, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Some other sources to consider (cointelegraph.com and cryptocoinsnews.com are particularly iffy reliable sources):

• Gola, Yashu (June 8, 2014). "Darkcoin Team Makes New Developments in Masternode Payments". ForexMinute.
• "Keiser Report: Bitcoin's nefarious cousin Darkcoin (E606)" (YouTube video). Keiser Report. Russia Today. May 27, 2014.
• Wilmoth, Josiah (June 9, 2014). "Darkcoin Price Falling". Cryptocoinsnews.com.
• Scott, Allen (May 14, 2014). "Darkcoin Rising". Coin Telegraph.
• Scharr, Jill (May 28, 2014). "What is Darkcoin? An FAQ". Tom's Guide.
• Bautista, Christian Brazil (May 22, 2014). "Meet DarkCoin, the newest cryptocurrency for all your shady transactions". Digital Trends.
• Londis, Dino (23 May 2014). "Bitcoin Friday – Welcome To The Darkcoin Side". Invests.com.
• Sampson, Tim (May 21, 2014). "Darkcoin aims to be the anonymous cryptocurrency Bitcoin isn't". The Daily Dot.

--Agyle (talk) 22:06, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

• Keep. Why hasn't this request for deletion been closed yet? The article is clearly well referenced. Darkcoin is now constantly in the top four crypto-currencies by market capitalization since mid-May. I request, Argyll, that you do basic research into the subject matter before flagging articles up for deletion that are obviously in the public interest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.32.133 (talk) 16:21, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Deletion discussions generally remain open for at least seven days, to allow time for time for people to respond. I didn't nominate the article for deletion; my vote above was to keep it. Agyle (talk) 22:06, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

• Keep Agyle's good reference finds in reliable sources like Wired and WSJ demonstrate notability of the coin. --Mark viking (talk) 15:50, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

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