Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laurie Coots


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The result was   delete. The Bushranger One ping only 04:58, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Laurie Coots

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I do not think this is a notable career, but it certainly is a promotional article She claims a "lead role: on a very famous commercial, but there's no third party documentation of that. She's been CEO only of a small firm. She's written short sections of several books, but no book of her own. She's given talks--in fact, she goes to the trouble of saying who  her agent is, which is pure promotionalism.

Bein g an advertising person, she's made sure she;s been interviewed. I consider none of the sources sufficiently independent or substantial for notability. The article came here from AfC  DGG ( talk ) 04:19, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. I'm tempted to just go with DGG and say that we should nuke this article.  It uses all the classic WP:PROMO tricks: she is friends with famous people, she is tangentially related to famous works, and she has primary sources to prove that she did something at famous events.  However, the fact remains that she was able to engineer a certain degree a notability for herself (unsurprising for a marketing executive), and there are probably enough legitimate Google hits out there to satisfy the GNG.  Maybe we should invoke WP:TNT and start over again. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:56, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
 * A delete close permits a new creation unless we specifically close to salt, which is relatively rare, and which i am not suggesting here,  DGG ( talk ) 10:05, 15 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment/Delete - I reviewed this article shortly after I started participating at AfC. I should have waited until I had more experience, as, in retrospect, the article has a promotional tone and the references are lacking.  However, while she wasn't the CEO of the TWBA/Chiat/Day, she was the COO, and it's not a small firm, as evidenced by 1 billion in billing in 2008.  JSFarman (talk) 15:14, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete Promotional fluff article. We very rarely have articles on COOs, even at very large firms.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:18, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
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