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The result was delete. Randykitty ( talk) 13:11, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Jonathan Butler (entrepreneur)
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Sources 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9 come from websites that the topic owns and operates. I saw no mention of the topic in source 5 and only a trivial mention/comment in sources 6, 7 and 10. The sources reference his company mostly, and not him. The best article of the bunch is 11, and obviously 1 article about the topic is not nearly enough to constitute WP:BIO. Topic fails notability guidelines and the article can be seen as promotional material only. Megtetg34 ( talk) 04:53, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log ( step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 April 4. — cyberbot I Talk to my owner:Online 05:04, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 08:02, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Delete there are not enough sources that are independent and reliable providing significant coverage to justify having an article on Butler. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 12:26, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- Comment Someone (an IP address editor) has since added 10 additional sources since the AFD of this article, and re-worked the sources so my initial AFD summary looks incorrect. Regarding the additional 10 sources, the summary now is:
- Source 3 - Trivial mention about flea markets in NY neighborhoods, with minor comments from topic.
- Source 7 - article is about a building development the topic and others were involved in, not about the topic itself.
- Source 12 - article mentions topic, his partner and other foodie business owners. No depth.
- Source 13 - links to Chelsea Flea, no article mentioning the topic.
- Source 14 - trivial mention of topic in paragraph 2, simply naming him as co-founder.
- Source 15 - not a single mention of the topic.
- Source 16 - trivial mention of topic 3 quarters down the page, simply naming him as co-founder.
- Source 17 - not a single mention of the topic.
- Source 18 - 20 second video speech where topic suggests people like to take pictures of their food whilst waving it around in front of the Empire State Building.
- Source 20 - article covers the topic, but is from the college he graduated from which makes it a dependent source, not an independent source that would count towards WP:GNG.
- Source 21 - article is a dead link, doesn't exist.
The topic has the majority of the coverage of his business enthralled in posts by the New York Times. If they are thought to be inlcuded by the article editors in an attempt to establish WP:GNG, please see WP:MULTSOURCES: The appearance of different articles in the same newspaper is still one source (one publisher). No additional sources constituting depth of coverage independent sources have been found. Topic continues to fail requirements to meet WP:GNG. Megtetg34 ( talk) 22:07, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
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