Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leonard Tan (entrepreneur)


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The result was delete. North America1000 23:45, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Leonard Tan (entrepreneur)

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Fails WP:GNG. Rather self-promoting without significant coverage by independent secondary sources. justexamples 06:23, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Observation Since when did Singapore become a part of China? --Lemongirl942 (talk) 09:02, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep this suggests he may be notable.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:23, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Speaking as a local, I agree with the nominator here. I went back to look at the SG Newspaper archives and I'm not convinced that the individual is notable. Firstly, this is a BIO1E - the subject seems to known solely for starting PurpleClick Media - company in Singapore. The references are not convincing and many of them are passing mentions or primary sources or plain not reliable. For example, the NUS Biz alum page tends to solicit suggestions for alumni - and it is pretty easy to get an article up there. The SBR periodically publishes these "10 hottest..." lists and it thrives on suggestions by local companies (I'm also not comfortable using SBR as an independent source due to their close links with companies in Singapore). That leaves the Singaporean/Malaysian media. As far as I could search, I didn't find any mentions in Malaysian media which generally tend to cover notable Singaporean personalities. In Singaporean media, I see that essentially we only have 2 distinct articles in the Straits Times (and their reprints in AsiaOne which makes it appear 4, but it isn't). 2 articles in the same newspaper is pretty weak for someone who claims to be notable. I'm also concerned that this article is essentially being used for promotion by the company. Overall, I will go with a delete. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:27, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete With The Straits Times' article since 12 February 2011, it appears that after 5 years there isn't sustained attention WP:SUSTAINED, where "If reliable sources cover a person only in the context of a single event, and if that person otherwise remains, or is likely to remain, a low-profile individual, we should generally avoid having a biographical article on that individual.". The context with which he was featured in Straits times as a "Serial Entrepreneur" also lacks notability as a subject/topic itself, let alone being only featured in one credible source. Many other serial entrepreneurs would be in the same boat and could be begging for articles. Falsepredictions (talk) 16:54, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete by all means as I frankly consider this G11. SwisterTwister   talk  06:04, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:PROMO; this is strictly a vanity page. Sources are insufficient to meet GNG. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:15, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete A cursory search only gives coverage of someone else with a same name. --Antigng (talk) 05:49, 28 August 2016 (UTC)


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