Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacob Gold


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The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  18:56, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Jacob Gold

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No indication of being notable. Fails WP:SIGCOV. Sock.  scope_creep Talk  07:51, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
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Keep per the sources currently in the article. I get the skepticism of the reliability of sources on fake business gurus in recent years (especially with paid pieces on magazines like Forbes and Fortune), and I wanted to say delete just for that stupid author name alone. However, looking at the sources currently in the article, I really don't get why the nominator thought there was no significant coverage. He has a full article on him in The Wall Street Journal, and he has been interviewed for his financial experiences and advice in sources like the Time, CNN, MSNBC, and US News. Searching on Google News also gives me this Patch article listing him as one of the worst New York City landlords of 2016, a New York Times article interviewing him, another Wall Street Journal, another one, and the fact that one of his books got published by Wiley is also pretty significant. I know, with that last one, WP:Notability is not inherited. But, look at that mixed with the other evidence I provided. If that first WSJ profile I mentioned happens to be a paid piece (where I don't know if it is, hopefully not), I'll change my decision to a moderate keep. 👨x🐱 (talk) 13:21, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The first one is fairly decent, but the rest are very weak. One looks like a paid profile, another one is a statement-based, passing mention, the bad landlord is a passing mention. All in all, they are pretty weak in terms of depth. Certainly, coverage i'd say, but the seems on the surface fairly weak, more so because of the link with his dad, has received it. See what happens. Could be wrong.    scope_creep Talk  15:25, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Honestly, some of these sources do actually interview him for opinions and advice. I wouldn't consider those just passing mentions. 👨x🐱 (talk) 15:33, 21 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep Between the NY Times profile piece, multiple non-self-published books, and then many many articles where te subject is interviewed by various journalists as parts of broader financial articles, this subject seems notable. Most importantly, going by the spirit of GNG (remember when guidelines had a purpose?) it seems reasonable to conclude for rhese reasons that enough sources can be reasonably presumed to exist to build a decent article. Hyperion35 (talk) 22:37, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * A lot of presumptions in there without an actual examination of references. Where are the book reviews to satisfy WP:AUTHOR? The coverage is minor and insufficient to satisfy WP:SIGCOV. Interviews and profiles don't cut it and are dependent.   scope_creep Talk  23:20, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * What is there seems to go back into the 1970's. That is worth a look. Sustained coverage over years is certainly notable.   scope_creep Talk  17:26, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. The WSJ profile is a solid source but all the other sources that I have looked at (the sources in the article and the sources mentioned above, including the NYT piece) are too weak. They quote his opinions about something but don't really cover him "directly and in detail" as WP:GNG requires. For satisfying WP:GNG or WP:BIO I'd want to see a few more sources with the kind of direct coverage that the WSJ source provides. Nsk92 (talk) 18:50, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The fact that he's interviewed by sources like CNN for financial info at all, I would say, makes him notable, but I could understand the concern about coverage not being about himself. 👨x🐱 (talk) 00:31, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 18:38, 29 April 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 21:18, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep: Per sources surfaced as part of this AFD. I wanted to vote to delete after reading the article but it seems there's a decent argument for notability. DocFreeman24 (talk) 06:03, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


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