Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Carson


 * 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   merge to Treehouse (company). Mark Arsten (talk) 01:10, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Ryan Carson

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Seems promotional, likely created by self. Should probably be deleted or merged to the Treehouse article. Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:16, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

I did not create the page initially, as you can see in the pages history, therefore it does not violate Wikipedia's policy on Self-promotion and indiscriminate publicity. I discovered the page when I was Googling my name. There were several errors that I corrected. I honestly do not intend for this to be self-promotional and I believe the text is now written in a factual and non-emotional tone, with proper references. The reason I added the Media Appearances is to show notability. A Google Image search for "Ryan Carson" shows multiple images of myself. If you Google "Ryan Carson" the first nine entires on the first page of results are related to me. Here is an article on me on TechCrunch which I believe is considered a verifiable source. Ryanleecarson (talk) 05:16, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, Ryan. Thank you for participating in this discussion and for taking time to work on the article. Wikipedia has some suggestions about conflict of interest editing, but I always appreciate when someone is upfront and participates in discussions. Unfortunately, I continue to question if this article should be included in the encyclopedia. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 06:16, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:08, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:08, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jason, thanks for getting back to me. Could you please tell me your primary concern with the article being included in the encyclopedia? I'm obviously biased but I feel my role in the web industry, which is documented pretty well here, seems to warrant a permanent record in the encyclopedia. There are other signals that might verify this which are the number of followers I have on Twitter (48,000+) and the number of Facebook followers I have (10,800+). On a side note, I'm extremely impressed with your contributions to Wikipedia. I've started to edit other pages to see if I can contribute back to the community in the way you have! Ryanleecarson (talk) 17:53, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Ryan, thanks for your kind words. First of all, I do not think a large number of Twitter or Facebook followers is notable. I could "friend" a bunch of people too, but that does not mean I deserve a Wikipedia article. At this point, I think it might be best to just let other people participate in this discussion. Perhaps they will disagree with me and the article will be kept. -- Another Believer  ( Talk ) 18:16, 4 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 01:34, 8 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge and redirect to the Treehouse article. It looks like he's known for his work with Treehouse than anything else. Perhaps in the future, that could change. SarahStierch (talk) 04:21, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.