Talk:Valnet

Proposed merges

I propose that Collider, MovieWeb, Screen Rant, and XDA Developers be merged here, as all are merely subsidiaries of Valnet, which are noteworthy to be discussed in this article, but of questionable individual notability. BD2412 T 03:35, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

• Support merge of all 4. Not much notability for either of them on their own and, when coupled together, there would be more benefit to a singular parent article. Trailblazer101 (talk) 03:44, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
• Weak support – I think if one looked hard enough, they might be able to add more sources to arguably meet GNG, but it may still be beneficial to have a unified parent article per WP:NOPAGE. If certain publications amass as much notability as Comic Book Resources, they can always be re-split. I should note that MovieWeb has previously been AfD'd, so this discussion will bypass/supersede that one. InfiniteNexus (talk) 05:57, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

• Support (except Screen Rant) since I believe other sources exist to qualify them for their own page. I will do a quick search on the company, if I cannot find them, then I will strike this tangent. BarntToust (talk) 17:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Oppose per WP:Recentism. Mentioned websites were founded in 1995, 2002, 2003 and 2005, so we need to look at the notability independently. Moreover, I question whether Valnet passes WP:NCORP. IgelRM (talk) 08:14, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

@IgelRM: I am frankly not concerned about the notability of Valnet, as it has received sufficient coverage for each of its acquisitions, some of which inevitably goes into greater depth about Valnet as the acquiring company. As to the others, the point of the merge proposal is that they are not demonstrably independently notable, no matter how many years before their acquisition they came into existence. WP:RECENTISM does not enter into the equation, because the subsidiaries were never notable in the first place. At the same time, they are obviously noteworthy for inclusion in the Valnet article, because their acquisition by Valnet was reported in reliable sources. BD2412 T 12:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Coverage of acquisitions is different from company notability, it would suggest a "List of acquisitions by Valnet". As pointed out above, MovieWeb still barely survived the previous AFD. If they are deemed not notable, deletion or redirection is the procedural outcome. What if Valnet decides to sell of these sites, do we need to rename the article to whatever is next then? IgelRM (talk) 15:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Strong Support - Nothing to really support the individual sites as being notable unto themselves. Best solution is to merge. Rambling Rambler (talk) 14:06, 16 September 2024 (UTC)