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Sia (software)

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Non-notable product (software) of an equally non-notable company. Chrissymad ❯❯❯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 19:40, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

• Comment While this article does have no references it was tagged with a PROD and then an AfD within a relatively short amount of time of the article being created (hours), not giving the editor much time to improve the article (they did remove the PROD so they must be aware of the issues). I would suggest userfication here to allow the editor due time, to avoid coming across as bitey. Garchy (talk) 20:57, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
• Keep for now. As the article is less then 24 hours old, let's give some time to get up to standards. Sario528 (talk) 21:44, 11 January 2002 (UTC)
• Keep, in blockchain storage projects, Sia is considered one of the major players and is very well known. robvanmieghem (talk) 23:10, 11 January 2017 (UTC)— robvanmieghem (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

comment They are well known by who? Nothing in the article indicates this. Chrissymad ❯❯❯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

• Keep, Siacoin is a great piece of software that allows people to share files easily in an anonymous way free from surveillance. It is a leading project in its industry and has partnered with the HP minebox project which is quite big. Sia his constantly being worked on and has a large community.alexpimania (talk) 23:24, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

— alexpimania (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• Delete A WP:BEFORE internet search has not produced any substantial coverage in reliable, independent sources. There is a company that uses a similar name but it's not the same as the subject of this article. I've noted that two of the users above, robvanmieghem and alexpimania are Single Purpose accounts working with the creator of the article. As a side note, the speed of filing an AfD has no bearing on any discussion - I don't know how long people really expect articles about non-notable subjects to remain on Wikipedia but there's no minimum cooling off period, particularly in the case of an article that's promotional in nature. Exemplo347 (talk) 23:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

• Comment, The sia website is sia.tech. It is running and there are currently hundreds of users of Sia. There will soon be a lot more thoug as a result of the new minebox collaboration.alexpimania (talk) 2:26, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

• Keep Sia is a notable application and cloud storage network. It is the first, fully functional decentralized, peer-to-peer, zero-knowledge cloud storage network. The complexities of building this platform cannot be underestimated. The lead-developers of the software, Nebuluous Inc., was recently highlighted as a Top 2017 Boston area startup. They received $750,000 in venture capital seed funding in 2016. One of the lead-developers, David Vorvick, is a respected authority on blockchain technology and has spoken at several conferences on topics such as distributed storage and blockchain optimizations. None of the article authors, including myself, are affiliated with Nebuluous Inc in any capacity. Pmknutsen (talk) 09:08, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Wait, how do you know that the other authors aren't affiliated with the company unless you're all working together on this article, about a niche software product that isn't mentioned in any reliable sources? That's very strange. Exemplo347 (talk) 10:11, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

First, your assertion that Sia is a "niche" software that isn't mentioned in "any reliable source" is provably false. You can find media coverage of Sia here, here and here among other places. I can only assume that your internet search came up empty as a search for "Sia" only shows hits on a popular singer called "Sia". I know that the other author is not affiliated with Nebuluous Inc because s/he is not listed as an employee. I am not affiliated with Nebuluous Inc. either, in any capacity whatsoever. I have not been paid by them, or asked by them, to contribute to this article. Other than this, your assertion that I am lying about my non-affiliation with Nebuluous Inc. is offensive and comes off as bitey. pmknutsen (talk) 12:45, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Firstly, let me get "bitey" out of the way - that's for new editors and you've been here since 2015. Secondly, you have access to a list of employees but you have no connection to the company? Exemplo347 (talk) 13:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

This is public information (if you care to look). For company employees, see here, here, and here. Which one of us is either of those people? pmknutsen (talk) 13:56, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:49, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

• DeleteWhile I was initially supportive of userfication it has become clear this is being used solely for promotion, and User:alexpimania has been blocked indefinitely for being a spam/advertising-only account. Garchy (talk) 14:39, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

• Keep Per above comments. --Rezonansowy_akaRezy (talk | contribs) 19:23, 12 January 2017 (UTC)