Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peerflix

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 merge/redirect. W.marsh 22:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peerflix

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Non-Notable company; very few links; most of the article is a "how to use the service"; The only link to an external source refers to a industry-related publication, a single mention when the company was created. Stellatomailing 18:44, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete/Merge - There is a bunch of companies in Online trading community. Per the notability of this company, merging or deleting it outright sounds better. Stellatomailing 20:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I remember seeing a report about it (whether it was online or on TV, I don't recall). It is a struggling company, not nearly as large as traditional online rental services. Peerflix was described as unique because of its trading model, whether that makes it notable according to Wiki rules, I have no idea! Pendragon39 20:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• Merge - add core details of Peerflix to Online trading article. Pendragon39 21:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. 16 employees. Not exactly IBM. The business model is different, but half the companies in existence have a unique buisness model. Herostratus 20:43, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Because of the nature of online trading, their membership claims (200,000 ? in the US) are more significant than the number of employees. Having fewer employees simply means they have lower operating costs. The advantage of using Peerflix is one of cost (for trades in lieu of rentals) and convenience (for selling). Pendragon39 23:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Would we be having this discussion if it were shown that Peerflix had a membership comparable to Netflix or Zip.ca in Canada? Pendragon39 23:52, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

• Keep, lots of Google News Archive results, and appears to be a "first" of its kind. John Vandenberg 07:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. Article created by a single purpose account User:Dvlevy who also created the now deleted article Daniele levy. The text of the article was userfied and then later deleted at this MfD [1]. User contributions are here [2] and this company summary [3] shows Daniele Levy as Vice President, Marketing for Peerflix. Incidentally, Venturebeat reported that Peerflix is laying off employees http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ so maybe this problem will go away on its own :) Paxse 18:16, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

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.