- 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. Eddie891 Talk Work 16:45, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
Ephraim Heller
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An IP user claiming to be the article subject has
requested deletion of this biography per
WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE. According to the IP editor they have retired and "no longer want or need a profile". It was also recently
blanked by a different IP. As nominator I am neutral unless I comment below.
Ivanvector (
Talk/
Edits) 16:05, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 16:05, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Procedural note to closer - as this is a WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE request, if there is not a clear consensus to keep, the page should be soft deleted by default. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 16:30, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. Sources are affiliated, simple business announcements, bare mentions in discussion of the industry or company, etc. The "Businessweek profile" is a Bloomberg listing. Not finding anything better on google search, it all seems to be bare mentions in stories about the industry/acquisition of the company. I'm not seeing notability. Valereee ( talk) 16:41, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete (reluctant): this seems even A7 speediable to me, and the sources fall short of GNG. My only reservation is that I wouldn't want to encourage the notion that simply because the (alleged) subject
"no longer want[s] or need[s] a profile {sic} on wikipedia"
, we should get rid of it. Still, the article contains no evidence of notability (and I for one can't be bothered to go looking for it), so let's nix it. -- DoubleGrazing ( talk) 16:55, 21 November 2023 (UTC) - Comment: Looking at it, I thought "delete", but I haven't looked to see whether there are sources that could save it. But I echo DoubleGrazing's concern, and if it is deleted, I would want somebody to reply to the IP explaining that it was deleted according to Wikipedia's policy, and should never have been there in the first place. -- ColinFine ( talk) 19:23, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. No reason not to comply with their wishes given the other comments. MaskedSinger ( talk) 19:25, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Medicine, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:35, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete as non-notable. Tangents: Mr. Heller and his father, Adam Heller should not be using Wikipedia (and our ranking in Google search results) for free PR, and I agree with the above: Wikipedia is not at their beck and call. If Therasense, Inc. existed, I'd propose redirecting there. FWIW, that company also appears to fail WP:ORGCRIT, so much so that the primary topic of Therasense is not even the company, but a court case establishing precedent in U.S. patent law ( what would link to Therasense in Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo query). Similar situation for his other companies, SynAgile and AngioScore. Rotideypoc41352 ( talk · contribs) 00:51, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete - even disregarding the subject's request, it seems this biography shouldn't have been on Wikipedia in the first place. Mr. Heller's claims to notability are founding and/or managing a series of medical/pharmaceutical companies of which none have coverage on Wikipedia, and having filed several patents (which generally does not confer notability; anyone can file a patent). Reliable source coverage is practically nonexistent: he is mentioned in passing in several articles about his company or their products, or in coverage of his father Adam Heller's endeavours. I personally did not find any in-depth coverage of Mr. Heller himself, and see no reason not to grant the request to delete. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 02:30, 22 November 2023 (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.