Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brad Jacobs (entrepreneur)


 * 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 keep. There seems to be some agreement that this is a borderline case with regards to GNG, but a consensus to delete clearly isn't forming. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 11:38, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Brad Jacobs (entrepreneur)

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Bringing this here for discussion as this article has a long history of draft space moves, socking and COI editing. The most recent have disclosed and are absolutely acting in good faith, and I don't have an issue with 's AfC acceptance as it absolutely meets the "maybe" barrier needed for AfC. While his companies have been deemed notable (or potentially merge worthy) at recent AfDs, it does not appear to me that Jacobs is notable as a businessperson. Much of the coverage is interviews, or about his companies rather than him as a person, and I cannot find evidence he's notable outside of his work with them. Thoughts? Star  Mississippi  17:08, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  Star   Mississippi  17:08, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rhode Island-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:34, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Relisting comment: I note that passing AFC does not necessarily mean that an article is notable, that would resemble using WP as a source. I also would like to as who they mean when in their comment they talk about "we". Given the low participation here, a relist seems warranted to get more opinions. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 18:05, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep Most of the references are pay-walled. The first Forbes piece is a contributor, so non-RS. The one from 1996 seems ok. On the whole, I think it's at GNG. Not a slam dunk, but we have references in enough RS to get it past the bar. Oaktree b (talk) 20:13, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Hi all, In working on this draft we went through the AfC process, and we appreciate you calling out that we are working in good faith.  I am sure I am not supposed to vote with my COI, but I thought I could provide some additional information that might help. In the AfC process, we took out some information as possibly being promotional, but maybe it would help. This information covered that he is on the Forbes Billionaire list with additional reported information about him: https://www.forbes.com/profile/brad-jacobs/?sh=49deef5820bb. He was ranked #10 on Barron's top CEO list, was named a Top CEO by Glassdoor in France and the UK. Also there are other articles where he is mentioned as well such as the CT Insiders Billionaires list: https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/forbes-richest-2022-ct-17473008.php#:~:text=He%20also%20built%20the%20company,married%20and%20has%20four%20kids.  Do you think we should add that information back to the article? Please let me know what you think and if I can provide any additional information. Freightguy1975 (talk) 23:12, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @Freightguy1975. You're absolutely welcome to vote as long as you disclose, which you have done. I leave the question as to whether that information should be added back to others to weigh in as they advised your (former) colleagues to do so and don't want to mislead. Star   Mississippi  23:21, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep The page was submitted through the AfC process and approved. See above Comment. Thank you @ Star   Mississippi  . Freightguy1975 (talk) 00:30, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Thank you for your question Randykitty. We was just my way of saying that myself and other editors worked on the draft to get it approved in the AfC process- I didn't realize that would raise any concern. Do you have any thoughts on adding the additional sourcing materials I listed above to the article? Freightguy1975 (talk) 23:15, 22 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep meets WP:GNG Justwatchmee (talk) 21:45, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * can you please let us know how you came to be aware of this discussion? THank you. Star   Mississippi  00:24, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Weird question, but sure. I was in AfD Debates (biography) Projects and saw it there. See history. Justwatchmee (talk) 23:43, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying. Strange to see an account suddenly come active after four years, which is why I was curious. Star   Mississippi  00:23, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: a lot of the sources present in the article fail to qualify for attesting notoriety as per WP:GNG, but they're still useful for referencing content. The central issues is whether there are at least 2 references that quality for establishing notoriety, and I think there are: TIME and WSJ. Rkieferbaum (talk) 13:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


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