Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesse Sartain


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The result was   delete. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:39, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Jesse Sartain

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This is not a person of import. It is a salesman who has added himself to the Wikipedia. He actually is not a chef, he is a salesman pretending to be a chef, but basically selling flim flam. Additionally, all of the information on this page is incorrect: Jesse Sartain has won no awards, and all the businesses he claims to have founded are no longer in existence, having been taken apart by the IRS, or tangled in courts over laws broken around payroll and taxes. This man should not be in the Wikipedia, he is simply a criminal boosting his Google juice. Also, he edited his own biography. Vonguard (talk) 21:56, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable due to lack of WP:Reliable Sources. Also, a clear WP:CoI. Xenocide  Talk undefined Contributions  23:02, 24 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - All of the things the nominator is saying may be true, although I'd like to see some sources for that. But none of those are reasons for deletion.  -- Whpq (talk) 13:01, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - For reference, here is an archive of over 130 comments from his former employees. It's not pretty, but it's basically 150 comments detailing his shady business practices and discussing his reputation as a flim flam salesman. There are not "official" sources on his editing his own biography. But I can provide witnesses of that act. cache of comments on Sartain from former employees -- vonguard — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.81.52.25 (talk)
 * Comment - I used to work for him also. I can attest to his use of the Web for his own gain. I know this article says he is a famous chef, but he is not. He is infamous, not famous. He was once thrown out of Emeril's first restaurant for throwing a temper tantrum. If that makes him worthy of inclusion, so be it, but I know for a fact he was paying his employees to set up fake blogs and a Wikipedia entry for himself. Notice the Beard award is not a valid link, and the "Hall of Fame" he's in is just a Web site, not a real Hall of Fame. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.187.71 (talk)
 * Delete No WP:Reliable Sources sighted. Link to Beard Website is broken, and would only link to "Who's Who," not award winners. WP:CoI is also clear, as page was obviously derived from other sites owned by Sartain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.101.62.88 (talk)
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