Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Todd Smith (entrepreneur)


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The result was delete. North America1000 02:36, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Todd Smith (entrepreneur)

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Blogger with no evidence of notability. Refs are advertising or press releases or blogs. Fails WP:GNG. Earlier PROD removed by a new editor with only 5 edits with no given reason.  Velella  Velella Talk 19:36, 13 September 2016 (UTC)


 * What else should I add? Is Bloomberg not reputable enough (it is neither advertising, nor a press release, nor a blog)? Also, Smith is also an author of a book, not just a blog. I will attempt to add more reputable sources. Let me know if there is anything else I should be doing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JessicaArmstrong (talk • contribs) 19:43, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment - the Bloomberg ref is a executive profile listing. No notability associated with that. He exists. Ho claims to be an executive - no value judgements made or implied.  Velella  Velella Talk 19:45, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment Okay. That makes. I'll see if I can find any better sources. Thanks for doing what you do! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JessicaArmstrong (talk • contribs) 20:05, 13 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - Subject lacks notability and coverage in reliable sources. Meatsgains (talk) 22:05, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no evidence of notability. The references include obviously promotional pages, a page which does no more than include Todd's name in a list of podcasts that the author of the page likes, and a company listing telling us that Todd is a member of the "Franchise Advisory Board" of the company. Google searches for information about him produced almost nothing. (I put a PROD on the article. It was removed by a brand new account which has never edited any other article.) 79.123.70.89 (talk) 14:54, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:22, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:22, 14 September 2016 (UTC)


 * SNOW Delete considering this is essentially A7 and G11 material if it wasn't for the barely comprehensible and noticeably thin claim of "leader", this is something that would come only for PR attempts especially considering the soufces themselves are not even substance ce. SwisterTwister   talk  01:56, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete -- a weakly sourced vanity page; no indications of notability or significance. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:54, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete, clearly, a promo piece of non-notable person. Kierzek (talk) 13:05, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - a run of the mill writer. Stub lacks reliable sources about the subject; notability is not inherited from the company he worked for. The Bloomberg listing is not in depth.Bearian (talk) 19:26, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete, looks like a vanity page, his book might be self-published, the imprint "Success Media" (as noted on the book's Amazon listing) doesn't appear to be a real company.  Montanabw (talk) 21:34, 20 September 2016 (UTC)


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