Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Daley (entrepreneur)


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The result was delete. Claims that reliable, independent sources exist have been sufficiently refuted. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  08:34, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Mark Daley (entrepreneur)

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Fails WP:BIO and WP:GNG. Although the article has many references. It appears to be an attempt of reference bombing to hide the notability of subject. Razer ( talk ) 12:48, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  M assiveYR   ♠  12:56, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions.  M assiveYR   ♠  12:56, 19 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete: Agreed. Once you weed out the blogposts, YouTube clips and broken links, you're left with fleeting quotes from the subject in a much larger article not about the subject (and quotes from the subject cannot be used to support the notability of the subject), press releases, mentions of organizations the subject belongs to and routine, fleeting coverage.  There's not a single bit of "significant coverage" OF the subject by reliable, third-party sources.   Ravenswing   17:21, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep The person is the founder of One Iowa, the largest LGBT organization in the state of Iowa. He also campaigned for Hillary Clinton and has coverage for that. He is also an international figure recognized by United Nations. All that makes him notable enough and it is not my claim, it is what the reliable sources are saying. All sources are mainstream media. Under represented / minority like LGBT usually have low coverage and yet he is mentioned in more depth on many standards. Definitely notable. --Lekangu (talk) 07:08, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I am having a hard time finding any reliable source which mentions that the subject is the founder of One Iowa. The subject is not listed on the board of directors page 1 at One Iowa website and Wikipedia article on One Iowa also does not mention anywhere that Mark Daley founded the organization. Razer ( talk ) 07:30, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you could provide a link to the Wikipedia notability guideline you think founding One Iowa or being "recognized by United Nations" (whatever that means) meets. He is not, in fact, discussed with the significant depth the GNG requires, and all the sources are most certainly NOT "mainstream media."  I strongly recommend you look over the relevant guidelines for notability and the reliability of sources.   Ravenswing   13:40, 20 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Reference #1 is a dead link, Reference #2 is Buzzfeed...?...  other articles he's mentioned in passing such as "he had no comment" when asked about something, no in depth profile on this person, fails WP:GNG WP:BIO Cllgbksr (talk) 22:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)


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