Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Habib Haddad


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The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  12:54, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Habib Haddad

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I did what I could to remove the promotionalism here, but I can not get the article to a state that is not promotional but still shows notability--the notability is too borderline. His various roles have been most co-founder, co-... which does not make it clear his actual contribution. I left in the awards, but I think the two alumni rewards are utterly useless as far as notability is concerned--a person is not notable because his own university thinks he is. I see no reason to think the Arab Creativity Awards notable, and I would take the MIT award much more seriously if it had been from the university, not the university magazine, and not been under-35; and had not been limited to "pan-Arab". I cannot figure out how many people they called "top innovator" because the link does not work & is not the main university site or the magazine site. .  DGG ( talk ) 04:53, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

- removed what can be "promotional" - added links and citations to all claims - broke down & reorganized information for more clarity - clarified importance of contribution through citations & additional information (notability particularly related to Middle East, youth, entrepreneurship) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:184:4880:5771:5D67:7F58:F9F2:A4DC (talk) 19:38, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I went through the article and made edits to:
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 04:31, 20 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete -- still a promotional CV; Wikipedia is not LinkedIn. Achievements / coverage are not substantial to warrant a encyclopedia article. The language such as "nascent entrepreneurship ecosystem" is typical marketing-speak. K.e.coffman (talk) 18:16, 20 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep -- The promotional elements have been removed, all that's remaining is appropriate reference to his achievements as required for notability. For contribution, it states he founded Yamli (acquired by Yahoo!), YallaStartup, and Relief Lebanon, besides the others. The MIT award was given through the MIT Technology review which is fully run and published by the MIT university, and also it is important as an award granted to young minority entrepreneurs. The specifications of "under-35" and Arab do not exclude the recipients of the award from being deserving and notable. User:ellcoEllco (talk) 16:59, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment -- still highly promotional with copy such as Habib's work in the MENA region is credited with playing a key role in strengthening its entrepreneurship ecosystem. Still nn per available sources. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:10, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 07:01, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - Borderline. I'm leaning for yes due to scarcity of Lebanese high-tech figures (which has also garnered him some coverage).Icewhiz (talk) 18:46, 3 May 2017 (UTC)


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