Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matador Network

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 23:18, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Eddie891, my name is Nickolaus Hines, and I'm the new managing editor at Matador Network. I'm sorry to see that there was some bad sourcing and promotion done in the past. I'd like to revisit the page deletion and see if there's a way to have a Wikipedia page that has proper sourcing? I'm not aware of how or why the link spamming was done in the past, but I believe the publication has enough influence in the travel industry and as a resource for travelers and creators that a Wikipedia page is warranted. I'm including a few authoritative sources talking about the site below, and I'm happy to discuss this further or provide more information.

Here are recent links to the mention and awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association: https://www.natja.org/awards/annual-competition/2021-awards-winners/ and https://www.natja.org/news/north-american-travel-journalists-association-announces-29th-annual-award-winners-for-excellence-in-travel-journalism/

Awards in 2020 from the Society of American Travel Writers, including gold in a travel writing award and honorable mention for best travel writing websites: https://satw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lowell-Thomas-Awards-2020.pdf

An interview with founder Ross Borden in the communications industry publication Campaign: https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-chemistry-matador-network-ceo-ross-borden/1724029

A 2019 press release about the ad partnership between Southwest Airlines and Matador Network: https://www.southwestairlinesinvestorrelations.com/news-and-events/news-releases/2019/08-06-2019-170115812

A Q&A with founder Ross Borden in the publication Bay Street Bull: https://baystbull.com/ross-borden-ceo-matador-network/

An interview I did with the publication Voyage Denver about joining on as managing editor: http://voyagedenver.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-nickolaus-hines/

A 2015 Fast Company story that talks about Matador Network: https://www.fastcompany.com/3042140/why-hotel-legend-chip-conley-is-building-a-lonely-planet-for-festivals

The Crunchbase profile for Matador Network: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/matador-network Matadornetwork (talk) 20:19, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Matador Network

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Sources are terrible, I'm not finding anything via google, and the creation/maintenance is just a long series of redlink SPAs, many of whom have edited other articles about corporations in the digital media industry. I think this is undisclosed paid editing and probably socking, possibly an organization that is hiring experienced editors, as the tone/language don't set off alarms. —valereee (talk) 16:33, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. —valereee (talk) 16:33, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:56, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:56, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete with prejudice. Blatant spam. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:23, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the article is clearly meant to be promotional through ref bombing. Nothing about it passes either WP:GNG or WP:NCORP though. --Adamant1 (talk) 03:40, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Purely promotional and spammy as well due to the tons of references to the same few sources Dq209 (talk) 18:00, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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