Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BioSpring
- 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 delete. Liz Read! Talk! 20:42, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
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Sources are mainly expansion announcements, funding rounds, partnership announcements and business listings. I am unable to find any independent, in-depth coverage that isn't WP:ROUTINE. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:01, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Business, and Germany. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:01, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Jeraxmoira:, did you check the sourcing at the original German article de:BioSpring Gesellschaft für Biotechnologie as well? TSventon (talk) 19:31, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- I’ve checked now. Sources in the DE article are the same as the ones cited here and they’re all routine news coverage of expansion and funding rounds. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:44, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- German has 6 sources, whereas English has 15. ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 20:29, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- You added them now and it's the same coverage about the expansion, but from different news providers. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 05:36, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
- German has 6 sources, whereas English has 15. ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 20:29, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- I’ve checked now. Sources in the DE article are the same as the ones cited here and they’re all routine news coverage of expansion and funding rounds. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:44, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:12, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: Celjski's table was saying mostly coverage of expansion in Offenbach. Should I change the topic to the expansion? ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 16:02, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete, none of the existing or newly added sources are of any quality.
| Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Appears to be part of the Financial Times |
I assume so; has byline |
 Brief article about new Offenbach factory |
✘ No | |
| Biospring's corporate website |
Biospring's corporate website |
Boilerplate corporate career web page |
✘ No | |
| Parent company "delivers meaningful industry content and integrated marketing solutions targeting professionals in the scientific community." |
Copy of Biospring press release at https://www.biospring.net/news/biospring-and-pantherna-agree-on-strategic-cooperation-in-the-field-of-genome-editing |
|
✘ No | |
| Appears to be a repository of industry press releases |
Page confirms in footnote that information comes from press release at https://www.pantherna-therapeutics.com/biospring-and-pantherna-agree-on-strategic-cooperation-in-the-field-of-genome-editing/ |
|
✘ No | |
| Biotech industry annual conference |
Biospring is a gold sponsor: https://informaconnect.com/tides/sponsors/ |
|
✘ No | |
| BCNP Consultants is a consulting firm specializing in biotech, chemistry, nanotech & pharmaceuticals |
Author is a consulting firm |
 Cannot access book |
✘ No | |
| Biospring's website |
Biospring's website |
|
✘ No | |
| Parent company runs B2B portals and newsletters |
No byline |
Article about new factory in Offenbach |
✘ No | |
| Authors are Biospring employees |
I assume so. |
Cannot access book |
✘ No | |
| Commercial real estate marketing platform |
The website even warns: "data may have changed in the meantime. A liability or guarantee for the topicality, correctness and completeness of the information provided can therefore not be assumed." |
~ Article is mostly about new factory in Offenbach | ✘ No | |
| ~ Published by the American Chemical Society | I assume so, large and respected |
Two sentences about new factory in Offenbach |
✘ No | |
| I assume so; Appears to be local newspaper |
I assume so; has byline |
Article about new factory in Offenbach |
✘ No | |
| Well-known major newspaper |
Well-known major newspaper |
Article about new factory in Offenbach |
✘ No | |
| Publisher is a B2B e-media marketing firm |
Let's assume so, article has byline |
Article about new factory in Offenbach |
✘ No | |
| This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}. | ||||
Celjski Grad (talk) 15:28, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
Delete, routine coverage as the citation analysis above shows, article does not indicate its suitability for inclusion in the enclyclopedia. Nayyn (talk) 15:49, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete - Sources do not add up to WP:CORPDEPTH. Most are routine coverage of announcements, mentions, etc. which fall short of WP:ORGCRIT. There are a few book mentions but those also do not cover the company in-depth. --CNMall41 (talk) 17:24, 13 August 2025 (UTC)
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