Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paula Schwarz


 * 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. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:33, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Paula Schwarz

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Relevance not clear from article. Personal webpage mentioned links back to Wikipedia article. Otherwise a lot of "name dropping" - linking a WP article to firms of team members does not really add informational value. Suggestion for a strong overhaul or deletion. --SenorRaul (talk) 19:53, 26 February 2020 (UTC)


 * I think this is a person of relevance as she was in 30 under 30 for Forbes. Very successful social entrepreneur and she developed her on unique NGO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8109:8540:FB2:983E:F8E2:658A:97BF (talk) 16:38, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete - multiply reposted paid for spam; see Draft:Paula Schwarz. MER-C 19:58, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment - this is an odd AFD, on an article with an odd history. It was created by a single-purpose account at Paula Natascha Schwarz, where I found it while cleaning up bare URLs. No sign of her middle name in any of the references or anywhere I could see online, so I moved it to Paula Schwarz, which as User:MER-C points out was multiply-reposted spam. I cleared out the unsourced claims and spammy geck, and added a few sources. Then another single-purpose account comes along 10 hours later, and first prods it then nominates it for AFD  on the weakest and vaguest of grounds, praising it with faint damns, and suggesting a keep and "overhaul" in the nomination, as if they're hoping the AFD will be rejected. The coverage I can find of her is sparse, so I'm hovering between "weak keep" and "weak delete". I added these in February:
 * very short interview in DE magazine Deutschland
 * Irish Times article, the one bit of substantial coverage I could find:
 * she was in the "Forbes 30 Under 30" in 2016, with a very short accompanying profile
 * Just had another search online, and found:
 * this article on the project she leads in Forbes
 * another short interview in Capital (German magazine)
 * this paywalled article in Suddeutsche Zeitung, no idea what's in that
 * this 23 minute radio piece on local radio Südwestrundfunk.
 * These might tick the box for multiple sources, but it doesn't quite add up to significant, in-depth coverage. Capewearer (talk) 14:27, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Spammers are known to nominate other spammers' articles for deletion. They can even nominate their own articles for deletion to immunise them against community action. MER-C 18:01, 19 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Irish Times is a RS and there is WP:SIGCOV in TechCrunch and Mashable plus Forbes' 30 Under 30 is a significant award. It adds up to GNG compliance.  AFD is not cleanup also applies. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 21:15, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - the subject lacks the level of in-depth, independent coverage needed to show they meet WP:GNG and WP:BIO. While the subject has accrued coverage in credible sources, much of this information is tainted with copious amounts of WP:PRIMARY information; this is important to note as sources need to be intellectually independent of the subject to work towards establishing notability—the Irish Times article for example, is barely 2 pages long and nearly half is text quoting Schwarz herself. Other sources offer only sparse information (i.e in passing mentions) about Schwarz herself, instead focusing on the companies Schwarz is is affiliated with. In addition, the fact that most of said companies are construed as startups makes me feel that the subject fails WP:SUSTAINED and poses a WP:TOOSOON issue. As for the awards the subject has won, none seem to be particularly notable; even the Forbes 30 under 30 award is niche, as it is not the generic award but rather the 30 Under 30 - Europe - Social Entrepreneurs 2016. In addition to all this, the suspicion that this article was created for undisclosed paid edits - while not an outright reason for deletion - implies this article violates WP:NOTADVOCACY. SamHolt6 (talk) 23:12, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - thanks to Eggishorn for finding those additional references, but the Mashable article only mentions her in passing; the TechCrunch reference that I can find, like most of what I've managed to find about her online, is about the StartupBoat project, rather than about her. And what I'd thought was the one substantial source, the Irish Times article, SamHolt6 is right: it's mostly Schwarz talking about herself. Capewearer (talk) 23:56, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete In addition to COI issues the subject does not appear to be the focal point of the coverage mentioned above. Additionally, the Forbes 30 under 30 isn't a particularly good indicator of notability as around a thousand people are named 30 under 30. Best, GPL93 (talk) 17:59, 26 March 2020 (UTC)


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