Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roshni Mahtani


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 05:52, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Roshni Mahtani

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This is WP:TOOSOON and fails GNG. The coverage in reliable sources is limited to quotes or passing mentions. I see some brief coverage in sites like "Tech In Asia" and e.27, but these tend to publish stuff on request from employees of a startup (which usually happens). Note that this article has been created and edited extensively by someone with a conflict of interest. This is related to the promotional campaign around Articles for deletion/Darius Cheung and Articles for deletion/99.co. -- Lemongirl942 (talk) 21:38, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Singapore-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 21:38, 4 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete by all means as none of this is farther than being a business job listing, nothing forms actual substance for independent notability and the sources are sinlly trivial and unconvincing coverage that include anything from simply listing business information and interviews. This is an advertisement and it seems those were the exact plans. SwisterTwister   talk  23:21, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete apart from the completely promotional tone, there's nothing actually about the subject - David Gerard (talk) 07:43, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are  a few dozen news items on the web, every one of which turns out to be an advertorial at best. As objective data on the firms importance, the best number I can find is that her firms total funding in 2015 was $US 3 million. Very few companies that size are even remotely notable .  DGG ( talk ) 15:57, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Do not delete - I wrote the original entry and I can honestly say that Roshni is one of the most notable internet entrepreneurs in Singapore and Southeast Asia. She has built a company that has 7 million monthly users and runs her business in 6 countries. It is important to understand that the world develops at different rates, and that notability has to be relative and not absolute, otherwise, Wikipedia will not be relevant for a region like Southeast Asia. Please see e.g. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34276798 for an additional notable reference. --Tobias Tan (talk) 18:41, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Firstly, you have a COI here which you should have declared. Secondly, people are notable for Wikipedia when there are multiple secondary third part coverage. This BBC article is simply a quote by her at an event. What we require is someone else writing about her in detail in a major publication. The coverage also needs to be by someone who is independent of the subject as well. The claimed 7 million figure is essentially...pageviews? As for Wikipedia not being relevant, the biggest reason is that people think of Wikipedia as some kind of linkedin/web profile and use Wikipedia for promotion. I am ashamed to say that I have personally observed many in the SG startup scene do it. All of this reduces the long term credibility of Wikipedia. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 16:36, 10 October 2016 (UTC)


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