Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kristian Leif Andersen


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete Kristian Leif Andersen, Eric Tobias, and Mike Fitzgerald (entrepreneur) per the unanimous consensus of the discussion. (Note—since I don't see it mentioned below—that a previous article on Eric Tobias was deleted in 2013 as a result of Articles for deletion/Eric Tobias.) I'm leaving Scott Dorsey undeleted for now; it can be renominated by itself if anyone so desires, as can High Alpha if it survives the prod. Deor (talk) 16:30, 14 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I've removed the AFD from Scott Dorsey and closed it as No Consensus, since - functionally - that's the close (Kept, can be relisted immediately, etc). UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 15:28, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Kristian Leif Andersen

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This is a quadruple-nomination for four related biographies, for the same reason (plus a request for a second opinion on two others).

Each one is a "vanity article" (aka Self-promotion and Publicity), written by someone with a potential conflict of interest to High Alpha. The creators and only major editors of these articles are user:Ekruko (whose sole contribution to WP is the Andersen article) and User:Dbeechler (whose only contribution to WP is to create the other three biographies). Each biography is primarily a list of the companies that they've worked for, only some of which are notable in their own right, with the salient information actually discussing those companies rather than the person. Therefore I do not believe that they meet the basic notability criteria for biographies because the sources that mention them are neither independent of the subject nor independent of each other, and also that the reliable sources which are cited only mention these people in passing. The awards which are cited in each of the biographies are awards that would not be considered notable by Wikipedia's standards (e.g. "Indianapolis Business Journal's 40 under 40" (although I do acknowledge Dorsey having a list of more significant awards received).

Regarding the articles' authors, I believe these are paid promotions. After a quick google search, I found that Ekruko and Dbeechler have potential conflicts of interest with High Alpha.

Relatedly... There are also two articles about companies that relate to this nomination that, if commenters on THIS AfD thought warranted specific scrutiny, I could nominate separately:


 * The article on High Alpha itself is of very questionable notability and was ALSO created by Dbeechler. I note that as of its very first edit it was marked as a "good article".
 * The article on High Alpha's main investment, TinderBox Inc. is similarly questionable. It was created by user:Alester10 who has a potential conflict of interest. Note that the usertalkpage has several previous warnings for COI editing

-- Wittylama 18:45, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: I have left a message on the talkpage on each of the named editors here about this nomination. Wittylama 12:19, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. sst✈(discuss) 01:53, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. sst✈(discuss) 01:53, 7 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete at best as I looked at all of the articles and the sourcing was simply not solid enough to suggest better established notability and improvement here. Notifying past users and  (both from Mike Fitzgerald) and also  who asks to be notified of AfDs where he may have some familiar input.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:43, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: The primary sources cited are not enough to establish notability of all four subjects. Promotional phrases and Google bomb are evident. —OluwaCurtis »» (talk to me) 08:45, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Relist Scott Dorsey separately--he is much more notable than the others, having been ceo of a 1 billion dollar company; there's plausible notability here. Delete'' the others: they are non-notableand promotional, and the sooner we remove them the better. DGG ( talk ) 17:09, 8 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the comment DGG - I agree that Dorsey is the least problematic (as mentioned in the nomination re. awards), so I think keeping him and deleting the others is a very viable solution - without necessarily relisting him here separately (if people prefer it that way). However - could you (and others) please also comment on the two articles about the companies: High Alpha and TinderBox - and whether I should bother listing them for nomination here too? Wittylama 19:53, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I nominated TinderBox for G11; ; I'm trying Prod on High Alpha; if it's removed, we'll need AfD. They can't really be includued here--they're too different.  DGG ( talk ) 23:30, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yes - so we agree. by "here" I meant in AfD (in their own separate nomination), not here within this nomination. That's why I mentioned them as related but separate articles for comment upon in my nomination text. Wittylama


 * Delete 3 of the 4. Agree with relisting Scott Dorsey. The rest are promotional and non-notable.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:05, 14 December 2015 (UTC)


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