Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carla Walker-Miller


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The result was keep. Girth Summit  (blether) 12:45, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Carla Walker-Miller

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Earlier speedy was declined on the basis that the article had meanwhile been improved (which it had, TBF); however, this remains essentially a vanity piece: the noteworthiness is at best borderline (business exec included in the local business hall of fame, that sort of thing), and the sources are weak — ignoring the close and primary ones, what's left are one Forbes interview and a very short profile in Inc.com, which aren't enough to satisfy WP:GNG / WP:BIO notability. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:17, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Several sources were brought up mid-discussion. Hopefully a consensus can arise with further discussion on them.
 * Delete I work in work force services in the city of Detroit, so I can say with confidence the claims that her work has been in any way actually impactful in the overall labor market is just rubbish. This is an overly promotional article that makes large scale claims that would not bear out under close scrutiny. It is full of buzz words and does not actually show that Walker-Miller is a significant figure.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:55, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep This person has received significant coverage in Forbes, Detroit Free Press, Yahoo! Finance's news section, Crain's Detroit Business, and on TV on CNBC's Squawk Box. The Detroit Free Press and Yahoo! Finance pieces are traditional and presumably fact-checked news articles, not in interview format, so even if interviews get no weight here due to questions of independence from the subject, there are still multiple articles with a significant focus on this person. This satisfies WP:BASIC and thus this person should be presumed notable, whether successful in her endeavors or not. GenomeFan92 (talk) 00:14, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BEFORE and WP:SIGCOV. Oddly, her social media presence is limited, but her news coverage seems to be significant. Bearian (talk) 18:22, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — MarkH21talk 02:21, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BASIC/WP:GNG as noted above, and other WP:SUSTAINED coverage that includes: Linda Apsey, President and CEO, ITC Holdings Corp. and Carla Walker-Miller, Founder and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services, join The Henry Ford Board of Trustees (YahooFinance, 2020), How the 'pandemic within the pandemic' creates disparities for Black businesses (YahooFinance, 2020), Warren Buffett to Detroit small businesses: 'You're in the right city' (MLive, 2019), Small business owners take next step (MSNBC, 2014), Michael Bloomberg: Detroit Is Just Like 1970s New York, And That’s A Good Thing (HuffPost, 2014), How A Young Community Of Entrepreneurs Is Rebuilding Detroit (Fast Company, 2013). Beccaynr (talk) 22:43, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, for the reasons of those who want this article kept. Davidgoodheart (talk) 22:55, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


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