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The result was delete. Lourdes 00:11, 27 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Thomas Parkinson (entrepreneur)

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Notability. Lavishly referenced, but references seem to be about his companies rather than himself. TheLongTone ( talk) 15:43, 1 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 15:44, 1 October 2019 (UTC) reply

• Redirect to Peapod. He is not notable but the company he founded is. Sonstephen0 ( talk) 19:56, 1 October 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep. I did my research properly before writing this page. I discovered, the topic passes the notability guidelines as stated in WP:BIO and WP:GNG. I found significant featuring of the topic in most of the references used. A few of them that caught my attention include
• https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161201/NEWS07/161139970/itemmaster-a-peapod-spinoff-expanding
• https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140118/ISSUE01/301189980/peapod-launches-business-deliveries-opens-chicago-tech-lab-pickup-sites
• https://privatelabelretailer.com/founders-stories-featuring-andrew-thomas-parkinson-peapod/
• https://www.chicagobusiness.com/node/781896
• https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2015/03/17/whats-your-customers-refrigerator/

The above and others are mostly organic. They are not sponsored. Yes, most of the references feature Thomas and Peapod which is a company he founded alongside his brother Andrew. He's featured in most of the references because he is at the center of it all. I believe, with the above, the topic meets the notability guidelines as I read from WP:BIO and WP:GNG Wat heeft Egbuel ( talk) 20:01, 1 October 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 23:54, 1 October 2019 (UTC) reply

• Keep Significant coverage is found in the sources used. This scales through WP:GNG et al Catorce2016 ( talk) 18:28, 3 October 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep. Most Sources show the topic is notable to great extent. WP:BIO is established here Mariah200 ( talk) 18:48, 5 October 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep References on page feature the guy in accordance with WP:GNG as already opined above Quarterto500 ( talk) 17:58, 6 October 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete. OK, let's get this over with: the first two Chicago Business refs are basically only about the company Peapod with no apparent WP:SIGCOV of the the subject of the article. The last one is a profile of Andrew and Thomas Parkinson, that just barely gets over the line for WP:SIGCOV. The Private Label Retailer piece is a summary of a video of an interview and thus not sufficiently independent/not a secondary source. The Digital Commerce 360 piece is largely verbatim quotes from a speech given by Thomas Parkinson, and thus does not sustain notability for the same reason as the Private Label Retailer piece. Conclusion: only one piece of potential WP:SIGCOV cited, and that's not enough to sustain notability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FOARP ( talk • contribs) 11:37, 16 October 2019 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Thank u for the analysis. But a critical look at the references you mentioned reveals that significant coverage is fully established especially that of Chicago Business which is a well known reference source. Take a look at the following secondary sources again.
• https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161201/NEWS07/161139970/itemmaster-a-peapod-spinoff-expanding
• https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140118/ISSUE01/301189980/peapod-launches-business-deliveries-opens-chicago-tech-lab-pickup-sites
• https://privatelabelretailer.com/founders-stories-featuring-andrew-thomas-parkinson-peapod/
• https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2015/03/17/whats-your-customers-refrigerator/

There are other references as found in the article. The above are organic references earned. They were never sponsored. Wat heeft Egbuel ( talk) 04:33, 23 October 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete per FOARP's analysis of sources. A redirect to Peapod might be appropriate. Rockphed ( talk) 16:21, 17 October 2019 (UTC) reply
  • • Comment*** same response as above. Significant coverage is established. Wat heeft Egbuel ( talk) 04:33, 23 October 2019 (UTC) reply
• Weak delete per FOARP. If there was just one more source where Thomas Parkinson was the main subject and not his company I would be inclined to vote keep. As it stands, it just barely does not meeting the threshold of the sourcing requirements at WP:SIGCOV. 4meter4 ( talk) 17:12, 23 October 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete as per FOARP's analysis of the sources and my scanning of all bar one of those FOARP listed. (I haven't checked but I read a comment recently that more than one source from the same publication does not count additionally toward notability.) - Lopifalko ( talk) 13:19, 24 October 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete / Redirect to Peapod. All sources are focusing on the company itself, there doesn't seem to be anything about him on his own. - ChrisWar666 ( talk) 18:10, 26 October 2019 (UTC) reply

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