Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Birnbaum


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The result was   delete. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 04:10, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

David Birnbaum

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I created this article and wrote most of it in a late-night moment of keen interest, but the next day had second thoughts. Meanwhile a COI IP account showed up and began adding additional sources. On my suggestion that it was probably not notable, they eventually agreed it probably was not, and also would like to delete it.

Rationale: Non-notable author and businessman per WP:GNG & WP:AUTHOR. I'll go through the 7 sources used in the article:


 * Harvard Business School sources. Since Birnbaum is a Harvard alumni they are dependent sources, unreliable.
 * The BBB is a primary source database. OK for fact checking but not notability, most businesses are listed at BBB, unreliable sources.
 * Book reviews from 1990 and 1993. They are reliable sources, but two book reviews in little-known journals are not enough to establish notability per WP:AUTHOR.
 * Chronicle of Higher Education (COHE) and The Guardian. These are in depth and reliable. Birnbaum has had a 31 year career, there is very little else about him other than these sources centered around a WP:ONEEVENT Bard College conference. They tell much the same story and event. Even if one were to argue these sources show notability (for what?), two sources are not enough for WP:GNG.


 * -- Green Cardamom (talk) 17:25, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:29, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Speedy delete per WP:BLP1E. jps (talk) 22:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
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