Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Barry Schwartz (technologist) (2nd nomination)

This is nuts! It's Barry Schwartz for crying out loud. There are people on wikipedia who are in much smaller niche's and industries than that of search engines and the internet. Anyone in internet marketing, and especially SEO knows exactly who Barry Schwartz is, he's basically a celebrity. On that, how come there's no wiki pages for Rand Fishkin and Dave Naylor?

Not only is Wikipedia missing an entire niche/industry worth of notable figures, but they're thinking of deleting what little it has?!

SteveOllington (talk) 19:04, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Preceding comment has been added to the discussion — frankie (talk) 13:10, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

It really does sound to me as though this is personal, if not some issue Canteloupe2 has with Barry Schwartz, then with SEOs and internet marketing in general.

I had heard of Schwartz before I even got into this industry. He's a writer, speaker, video blogger, industry expert, and a respected voice, whether one or two users respect what he's talking about or not.

Authors in specific genres aren't always well known outside of their audience and many certainly aren't household names, yet that industry seems to have credibility with Wikipedia. I've never heard of Juan Carlos Navarro, some Spanish basketball player on your front page, but I understand why he's there, for those who are into sports.

You're listing shoe designers, soil scientists, bullfighters, and strippers - yep, strippers. But for some reason, when it comes to people who have been successful and are influential in business, it becomes taboo.

Can't believe you're removing Barry Schwartz, and seriously, Bruce Clay and Jill Whalen?? Also second that Rand Fishkin and Dave Naylor should be included. Look outside of your own bubble, there's a great big world out there and these people are very well known and respected by many. If not you, that's fine, but this isn't a personal website.

Worrrd (talk) 12:16, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Copied to discussion Jehochman Talk 12:23, 20 September 2011 (UTC)