Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liz Elam


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The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 19:03, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Liz Elam

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Promotional autobiograph with very borderline notability at best.. Contributor has resisted an effort to even tag it with a pressrelease tag, so I'm bringing it here as unfixable, which I probably should have done in the first place. It's a particularly bad representative of what has come here from AfC

"represented the coworking community as a spokesperson through major media channels and government summits" in the lede is pretty diagnostic. The entire sections 2, 3 and 5 are minor material that nobody would rationally care about but herself, her friends...and, mostly, her commercial associates. (note the photo of her undistinguished workspace in section 3.) Section 4 is out and out advertising for her projects. I note the sentence "Link Coworking is open from 9am until 6pm Monday through Friday",

I see nothing that resembles a usable reference. I see local business papers, which have a reputation for printing  press releases they get from local businesses; I see some  specialized  trade newsletters, which do the same; and I see a few undisguised press releases from PRweb.

Some recent edits in the subject's own name have added a few more conferences. Even if the subject did not interfere, I would not try  to fix this, because there's not enough notable substance.  DGG ( talk ) 01:06, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for the information. I'll remove section 4. I would argue that Coworking is a rapidly emerging industry with 200% year over year for the past 8 years and is newsworthy. I would argue that Creative Morning, NY Times, SXSW, Forbes, Business Insiderand more. Are all press releases deemed bad? Thanks, for your help, just trying to understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizelam (talk • contribs) 17:37, 7 February 2014 (UTC) PAGE''' ]] ) 17:48, 25 February 2014 (UTC) 
 * Delete as failing to cross the notability threshold. While there is possibly sufficient coverage of the company to warrant a small article, the mentions of the subject herself are either glancing or in non-independent sources. (Press releases can sometimes be used for verifiability but they cannot prove notability.) If it's kept, the article needs a major re-write, but that's a matter for cleanup, not AfD. - Dravecky (talk) 18:05, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete on the grounds that the only sources which could conceivably be used to establish notability seem to establish more notability for the company than the person. Some small amount of the information here could be merged with an article about the company, if created. --Ahecht ( [[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ymblanter (talk) 13:31, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 03:02, 25 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Not a notable person in business.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
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