Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leonard Kim (2nd nomination)


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The result was speedy delete. G4 and G11, will salt  DGG ( talk ) 20:07, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Leonard Kim
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The sources seem uniformly terrible, so that notability is questionable at best. (I just removed some of the worst offenders, like Quora questions about Pokemons by the subject...)

Furthermore, there are COI concerns on the article (paid editing). I do not have access to the Entrepreneur article where Kim apparently admits to paying for his article, however.

I'm sure having a Wikipedia page is part of this "branding" thing, but that's not what WP is here for. — Gamall Wednesday Ida (t · c) 07:11, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * If this should result in a delete decision, as the previous AfD did, I suggest WP:SALT as well. — Gamall Wednesday Ida (t · c) 07:13, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Pinging, and link to topic on COI noticeboard. — Gamall Wednesday Ida (t · c) 07:16, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist  (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 07:32, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
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Comment. This guy got cited as both a "former car salesman" and a "business growth expert"  in the same year. That tends to confirm my suspicion that if I hired a personal branding guru then I too could become a go-to expert on Pokemon Go or used car buying or any number of other random things in an alarmingly brief period of time. Whatever I think of that, is he notable? I can't tell, which is why we need more stringent notability requirements for living people. There is biographical material out there, if this interview is reliable. Aside from notability, this article has recurring problems with both COI editing and unsourced negative BLP additions, so it needs to be watched. Geogene (talk) 01:48, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

* Delete. Fails notability guideline for biographies, lack of multiple independent reliable sourcing on the person. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 12:26, 1 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Changing to Speedy Delete per CSD G4 in addition to failing to meet GNG. Salt as suggested above. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 14:22, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as bio spam -- wikipedia is not a speaker bureau. Salt due to persistent recreation. K.e.coffman (talk) 22:36, 4 July 2017 (UTC)


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