Talk:Grant Easterbrook

Hi everyone -

I'm new, so apologize if I didn't do something properly.

As I mentioned on the other page, I left it generic with “leading” and didn't get into too much detail since those how-to pages say don’t be too promotional… thoughts?

I made this page because Grant is pretty much the guy in this space, I see him in the news on fintech all the time, but I’m not sure what the most Wikipedia-friendly choice of words/level of detail is.

HuronHal85 (talk) 00:21, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

This page should not be speedy deleted because...
This page should not be speedily deleted because I want to get some feedback first! But if that is an idiotic, 1st-time Wikipedia user thing to say then sorry about that...

Did anyone get a chance to look at my questions?

I'm going to try re-formatting the page now.

--HuronHal85 (talk) 01:58, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

I re-did this page, is this better?
@Runarb I fixed up the references that gave you the impression that this was a test page .. is this better?

As I mentioned previously, I left it generic with “leading” and didn't get into too much detail since those how-to pages say don’t be too promotional… thoughts? I made this page because Grant is pretty much the guy in this space, I see him in the news on fintech all the time, but I’m not sure what the most Wikipedia-friendly choice of words/level of detail is.

RE: the personal stuff, I’m pretty sure that (again thanks to Google) he’s related to Gregg Easterbrook, played football at Bowdoin (see http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/007953.shtml) and was the class president (see http://collegenews.org/news/2011/440-degrees-awarded-at-bowdoins-206th-commencement.html). Maybe this is puff that isn't relevant for Wikipedia, but most articles I see have something about personal lives so I figured I’d include it.

Again, trying to figure out what Wikipedia-friendly choice of words/level of detail is. Any advice is appreciated!

HuronHal85 (talk) 02:18, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

RE: general notability guideline
I guess I'm trying to wrap my head around what counts as notable by Wikipedia standards ... I feel like there's always Wikipedia pages for leading analyst -types always quoted in the media. Plus, this guy has some famous relatives.

Compared to some of the other stuff I see on Wikipedia of questionable notability (articles about what some Star Wars character had for breakfast in a fan fiction story) I didn't think it'd cause an issue, so sorry about that.

Maybe I should be more detailed? I thought I'd leave it with "leading" and link to 15 odd examples of him quoted rather than get into details because it's too promotional? I'll try tweaking it now.

Anyway, if fellow users think it isn't notable enough, then oh well. I copy/pasted the formatting of the text, if he takes off even more I'll give it another try.

Thanks!

HuronHal85 (talk) 05:40, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

RE: general notability
I googled it again, looks like he was in Reuters and HuffPo this week. Does that make a difference?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/19/us-column-miller-fiduciary-idUSBRE98I07V20130919

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/online-money-management-tools_n_3935987.html

Anyway, if this page is a no-go, not trying cause trouble here ... if it gets deleted then oh well.

HuronHal85 (talk) 21:33, 21 September 2013 (UTC)


 * This is a close one, but based on the criteria listed here, I would say that this individual is notable.

TiMike (talk) 02:51, 27 November 2015 (UTC)