Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Block, Inc.

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 11:48, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Block, Inc.

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This page appears to be a duplicate of the existing Square (financial services company) article. I propose that the article be reverted to the redirect that it was prior to 1 February. Chrisclear (talk) 18:07, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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See Talk:Square (financial services company)#Splitting proposal for more info DownTownRich (talk) 18:24, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Square (financial services company) because this is just a duplicate of it. ThePremiumBoy (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 07:55, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The company has changed its name. The page should have been moved to the new title instead of copy-pasted at the new title.— Diannaa (talk) 15:30, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment As nominator, I agree with ThePremiumBoy, that Block, Inc. should redirect to Square (financial services company). Chrisclear (talk) 16:37, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per nom - DownTownRich (talk) 17:07, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, and then move the Block article to this title, which will leave the redirect around the other direction. W Nowicki (talk) 19:11, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect because it is a duplicate.Fulmard (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Move Square (financial services company) to Block, Inc. (and I mean this title) since Square, Inc. has already been renamed to Block, Inc. The article's title should reflect to the company's current name. (EDIT: I mean, Move to this page, but use the old page as a redirect) 20chances (talk) 14:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment @20chances: Do you mean (1) Redirect Square (financial services company) to Block, Inc. or (2) Move Square (financial services company) to Block, Inc.? If you are advocating for (1), the outcome is that (a) a lot of content from the Square (financial services company) will be deleted and (b) the page history for the surviving Block, Inc. article will only start in December 2021. Chrisclear (talk) 10:04, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment @Chrisclear: I think I was trying to say is that we should keep all of the Block, Inc. article from Square (financial services company) and rename it to its current name. Hopefully I got the clarification right. Also, I was aware about the consideration from what it should be named. I think I was the first to propose to naming it to Block, Inc. though some have thought of renaming it under "Block (company)". I may consider Block, Inc. though I HAVE used it for an infobox for the company. 20chances (talk) 15:21, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - Comment @20chances: It sounds like what you are advocating is option (2) from what I wrote above, ie., Move Square (financial services company) to Block, Inc.. While it may sound pedantic, this is quite different to what you wrote previously, which was "Redirect Square (financial services company) to Block, Inc.". If my assumption is correct, would you mind amending your post with the timestamp of 14:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC)? Chrisclear (talk) 15:34, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      - Comment @Chrisclear: Yeah, I was trying to get the meaning right but yeah. I got that adjusted And apologies if I forgot the timestamp on the last one. I forgot to mention, as for the naming of the article, are we going for "Block, Inc." or something else? 20chances (talk) 16:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TzarN64 (talk • contribs) 15:31, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. While I agree with the redirect !votes above in principal, it appears this company has indeed changed its name, so this article should be deleted, and then Square (financial services company) should be moved to this title. The page should simply have been returned to a redirect, and then Moved. This is a cut and paste move, and should have been handled without coming to AfD. If an admin takes a look at this I might suggest a speedy close, since this is all housekeeping at this point. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 21:57, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment In principal, I agree with most of what you have written. Furthermore, I agree that Square (financial services company) should be moved to Block, Inc., to reflect the name change. However, in practice, that move was proposed on 14 December and (unfortunately) rejected on 21 December. There is also a practical consideration as to what the article should be titled, eg. Block, Inc. or Block (financial services company) or Block (company) or something else. Chrisclear (talk) 09:47, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect - how, User:Chrisclear isn't a duplicate article, always a redirect - which doesn't need an AFD. Nfitz (talk) 00:42, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ Redirect - With the acquisition of Afterpay by Block Inc. closing on 31 January there is now another significant business unit under Block Inc. that is not Square (payment system) and it is time to have Square (financial services company) become a redirect to this page. Is there somewhere that a combined discussion taking into account all of the pages can take place?Gusfriend (talk) 11:12, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment1 With regards to your last sentence - a discussion is taking place at The talk page for Square (financial services company). Chrisclear (talk) 11:26, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment2 Regarding your suggestion to "keep" and "have Square (financial services company) become a redirect to this page" would mean that (1) A lot of content from the Square (financial services company) would be deleted, including but not limited to edits made to Square (financial services company) since 1 February, and (2) The history of the Block, Inc. article would only commence in December 2021. I believe that a better solution would be a two-part process. Part 1: redirect Block, Inc. to Square (financial services company), which is covered by this deletion discussion. Part 2: move Square (financial services company) to Block, Inc.. This would ensure that (1) content is not deleted unnecessarily and (2) page history is maintained. Chrisclear (talk) 11:31, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - I will make a comment on the talk page of Square (financial services company) that it should be renamed and recommend a redirect, possibly with protection, of this page whilst we are waiting for the page rename.Gusfriend (talk) 22:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a copy/paste move. Move the Square article here and perform a history merge if needed to preserve attribution. Star Mississippi 00:14, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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