Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicolas Loufrani (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:31, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Nicolas Loufrani
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 * This is mainly advertisement for Nicolas Loufrani and his Smiley Company, this article obviously doesn't follow WP:NPOV.
 * This article doesn't describe or explain anything about Nicolas Loufrani (except the very first sentence). Instead, this article is about the Smiley Company.
 * I doubt that Nicolas Loufrani is notable enough for an article. There is no reliable secondary literature about him. (Most references included in the article are mainly about the Smiley Company.)
 * This article was nominated for a deletion once, and the decision was delete. TheRandomIP (talk) 10:29, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Sam Sailor Talk! 00:02, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. Sam Sailor Talk! 00:02, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. As a person he does not meet WP:GNG or WP:BIO. If someone wants to write an article about the Smiley Company, they could modify this article to be about the company; however unless someone is willing now to undertake that conversion, it should be deleted. --MelanieN (talk) 16:02, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  18:15, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. There may be a place for an article for the Smiley Company, but none of the existing sources satisfy the need for biographical coverage.  Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 19:25, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete This information would be more useful in the Smiley article rather than as its own, independent page. ShelbyMarion (talk) 12:10, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Rename to "Smiley Company" and rewrite lead, for all of the reasons ably expressed above. Note "Smiley Company" currently redirects to "Nicolas Loufrani", it should be the other way around. Otherwise, delete Nicolas Loufrani as it fails WP:NOTEBLP. --Bejnar (talk) 21:19, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:55, 15 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete for now and restart as an article for the company as none of this suggests fully satisfying solid independent notability guidelines. Notifying the only still active AfD user . SwisterTwister   talk  08:43, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the ping. Not sure why this wasn't speedily deleted back in 2011 with a direction to DRV when the same user recreated it, I missed the recreation. There is some more coverage of him now out there, but mainly puff pieces and lightweight interviews lacking biographical detail. I would turn it into an article about the company. Smiley World is now a redirect to Smiley and The Smiley Company to the younger Loufrani's bio. Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:09, 15 December 2015 (UTC)


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