Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jennifer E. Flanagan


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The result was delete. Courcelles (talk) 20:32, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Jennifer E. Flanagan

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Paid press release. No notability except with respect to Actua, which is mildly notable, and the bulk of the material here duplicates the material there. This sort of duplication is a hallmark of promotional editing.

The material is what one would expect in a press release: praise of the organization, unsourced adjectives of praise, appeals to the intrinsic social value of the work, the typical jargon. Long sections of just where she has presented lectures -- and presenting lectures not only doesn't show notability but is usually not even mentioned if the person is actually notable. List of board memberships, which again is not usually worth mentioning. List of organizations where she has volunteered. All of this is essentially puffery. If the person were actually highly notable, the puffery could be removed, but in this case there would be nothing much left.

The refs are mainly about her organization, not her, and most of them are in any case press releases or mere mentions.

There are  thousands of articles like this in WP accepted in earlier years when the standards were lower. It may take a long while for us to remove them, but the least we can do is not add to them. Do you want your organization to be a good example, or another bad example?  DGG ( talk ) 21:29, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. North America1000 23:35, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. North America1000 23:35, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete or redirect to Actua as my searches found nothing to suggest better sourcing and improvement. SwisterTwister   talk  03:20, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ☮ JAaron95  Talk  15:19, 24 August 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ☮ JAaron95  Talk  13:33, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete I started going through the references. A number of them have no mention of her, and some do not even mention the company. What I did find with her name was the usual "executive quote" or a name-check. To truly analyze this article all of the irrelevant references would need to be removed so that it would be possible, with a reasonable amount of time invested, to see if there are any reliable sources. I definitely didn't find any. LaMona (talk) 02:26, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Actua -- this ain't LinkedIn. Quis separabit?  01:13, 5 September 2015 (UTC)


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