Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael J Palumbo


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 00:26, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Michael J Palumbo

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NN businessperson. Almost no independent sourcing (biography is from his company site), and certainly fails WP:SIGCOV. MSJapan (talk) 18:00, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: RS has shown up in my search results. KGirlTrucker81talk what I'm been doing 18:12, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Which RS are these? Do you mind showing us some? --Lemongirl942 (talk) 05:49, 5 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure which sources KGirltrucker81 is speaking of; it would help if they were to list them. On the article's talk page, I've been looking at some other sources. The most significant are:
 * This book has about 3.5 pages on subject and his views. There may be some question as to what degree this is a third-party source; author (who has been one of the main editors of the article) appears to have a close relationship with subject, but it is not clear that was the situation when the book was written.
 * The VH1 documentary The Fabulous Life of Billion Dollar Wall Street Ballers, which had about 2.5 minutes on his plush apartment and lifestyle. Not sure if this qualifies as a reliable source.
 * This Marketwatch article] has about 10 sentences on him and his business, using them as example in how things were faring during a market crunch.
 * --Nat Gertler (talk) 19:40, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - I too would like to see the RS KGirlTrucker81 is referring to because most of what I found, outside primary sources, only mention him in passing. Meatsgains (talk) 20:18, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete I had doubts about the notability as well. The book is not a third party/independent source considering the close relation between the author and the subject. That VH1 thing is not a documentary and not remotely a reliable source. The Marketwatch source literally quotes the person and even then is not what I call significant coverage. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 00:44, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable venture capitalist.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:36, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 05:31, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as all this is PR, the one comment claiming there is notability is not showingly saying how, why and where this is notable and how we can always remove the noticeable concerns. None of this amounts to the man's own convincing article. SwisterTwister   talk  23:21, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep – The book provided above is definitely a reliable source with some useful info on the subject, while I've also found two podcasts from iHeartRadio and BlogTalkRadio (iHeartRadio and BlogTalkRadio) containing interviews with him about his background and his book Calculated Risk. The article would definitely need some cleaning up, but the 3 sources all provide relatively significant coverage and contain some useful info that could be included in the article. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 23:40, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * There's also an interview with Palumbo in this podcast from School For Startups Radio, though I'm not too sure about it because a lot of it is him giving analysis and opinions on venture capital in general. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 23:46, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Just noticed the close relation between the author of the book and the subject, so the book's not completely independent of the subject (as pointed out), although it does still have some useful info on there. Davykamanzi → talk</b> • <b style="color:#ED2;">contribs</b> • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 23:56, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 23:06, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete doesn't meet our standards for sourcing and substantial coverage. Where is the coverage in Forbes, Barron's, etc.? There isn't any. IHeartRadio podcasts of interviews do not cut it for this subject matter. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:58, 4 September 2016 (UTC)


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