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Chaayos

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Non-notable cafe chain. The article was created by a SPA and later expanded by another SPA, which indicates possible UPE & COI. The subject clearly fails WP:CORP & WP:ORG notability guidelines.

The cited sources consist largely of routine coverage, primary interviews, promotional pieces, and non-independent features that do not provide the significant, in-depth coverage required for notability. There is no sustained analysis of the company’s impact, controversy, or influence within third-party reliable media. Zuck28 (talk) 18:51, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Food and drink, Business, Companies, India, and Delhi. Zuck28 (talk) 18:51, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Per nom. Svartner (talk) 09:33, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Explurger

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Much time having been wasted over this whole affair, I won't bore you by repeating the details. Sources are press release after press release of the most SERIESA/WP:CORPROUTINE content you'll find.

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Source	Independent?	Reliable?	Significant coverage?
"Social media travel app 'Explurger' with AI-based features launched, here's what it does". HT Tech. 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2025-10-08.		–	WP:CORPROUTINE launch, minimal analysis.
"Actor Sonu Sood Wants To 'Make People Addicted In A Good Way' With His Social Media App Explurger". Outlook Business. 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2025-10-08.	Content is interview answers
"Explurger secures $4.5 million in Series-A funding led by Affle". The Times of India. 2024-02-15. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-10-08.			RSNOI applies, this is fairly routine churn of funding round press materials
Release, ANI Press (2022-07-15). "Sonu Sood's fans invite 11 crore people on Explurger". Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 2025-10-08.	This is, at least, clearly marked, as shown by the author
Team, DNA Web. "Sonu Sood launches his new social media app, Explurger: Know its key features". DNA India. Retrieved 2025-10-10.			Again, very minimal content beyond the launch announcement
"Building Better: Founders, Futures, and the Power of Vision". ET Now. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-09.		Listicle from Bizz Impact, no evidence of reputation (No ET Now Journalists are involved in creation of this article)
Roy, Kumar Shankar (2021-12-08). "Social media app Explurger raises $1 million funding". BusinessLine. Retrieved 2025-10-08.			Quotes from funding announcement again
"Explurger raises $4.5 million in funding round led by Affle". The Economic Times. 2024-02-14. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2025-10-08.			Honestly, you see the funding round article once, you see them all.
"Explurger Answers PM Modi's Call for Homegrown Innovation in Social Media". The Wire. Retrieved 2025-10-08.	No idea what the letters "P" and "R" here could stand for. Totally. None at all.
Rest of it is also pretty much press release, press release, press release. At least some of them, like Tribune, are marked.

Alpha3031 (t • c) 09:43, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies, Technology, Software, and India. Alpha3031 (t • c) 09:43, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Delhi-related deletion discussions. Wikishovel (talk) 10:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Travel and tourism-related deletion discussions. Wikishovel (talk) 10:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete : I was leaning towards "weak keep" as the sourcing was only slightly unsatisfactory, but upon examining the collapsed content, I agree with the proposer than the sources of this article are not of an acceptable quality. Kvinnen • dispatch an owl 11:33, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I don’t really see a valid reason to delete, because the subject meets WP:GNG, and it is a service not a company so we can apply WP:NORG but only through WP:PRODUCT, and for software programs, GNG is the relevant notability criteria; also there are enough reliable sources covering this topic in details, including 1, 2, 3 and more, but the article has promotional content that needs cleanup. Pasados (talk) 16:51, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's very interesting. Do you have time to talk about it now? Alpha3031 (t • c) 21:11, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am seriously asking this question, and I do not retract it. I would consider it good form to explain why you think two funding announcements and a launch announcement are anything but routine coverage, which is covered under both Wikipedia:Notability § Common circumstances and the subject specific listing of such circumstances, WP:CORPROUTINE. I will revise my assessment given an appropriate answer, but I do need an answer from you. Alpha3031 (t • c) 22:20, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remember that not all third-party sources are reliable. It's very common for companies at this stage to make press releases and funding announcements. In many cases, these announcements are made via PR firms that they contract. These sources are not independent and cannot count towards notability. Please be more careful going forward. HyperAccelerated (talk) 20:58, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – The CEO of the company doesn't seem particularly noteworthy on his own, but the company appears to have enough to WP:NCORP. Svartner (talk) 21:47, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You have provided no justification for why we should listen to you. HyperAccelerated (talk) 20:59, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I did a WP: BEFORE and could only find routine coverage. You know it's bad when the top Keep !vote claims that they found quality sources that will save the article, and they all fall into WP: CORPROUTINE. HyperAccelerated (talk) 20:56, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 01:23, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination. Like Kvinnen above, I was leaning toward a week "keep", until I checked the source analysis. A WP:BEFORE search only turned up more of the same WP:NEWSORGINDIA puff pieces about how it's "putting India on the map", interviews, etc. It's a startup, and best of luck to them. Wikishovel (talk) 05:31, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletions (WP:PROD

Delhi Metroneo (via WP:PROD on 1 September 2005)