Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Zelkind

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The result was delete. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:09, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Zelkind

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Subject does not appear to be notable. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:34, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • delete - very badly sourced, if cut to RSes this would be two sentences, neither saying much about Zelkind himself. Was PRODed, PROD removed without fixing the already tagged sourcing problems. And notability not apparent. His company may or may not, but there's not enough in sourcing to support a BLP - David Gerard (talk) 21:58, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment from creator:
  • Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
    1. Vilner, Yoav (2016-01-18). "O16 London-Based Startups Ready To Take On 2016". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-09-14.

      The article notes:

      Zeek was Founded by Daniel Zelkind

    2. "Zeek, a startup that lets you buy and sell unwanted gift vouchers, closes $9.5M Series B". TechCrunch. 2016-07-27. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-09-14.

      The article notes:

      Meanwhile, Zeek co-founder and CEO Daniel Zelkind tells me the startup isn’t yet profitable but implies that it could be if it chose to. “Our revenue model makes profitably a question of strategy, not time,” he says. “With current scales, Zeek can become profitable today but we are planning to invest heavily in our technology, marketing and generally speaking hyper growth”.To that end, I understand that Zeek has been experimenting with television advertising, which Zelkind says performed “incredibly well” both in terms of user acquisition and building trust.

    3. "UK sees $1.4B in unused gift vouchers each year". CNBC. 2015-12-24. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-08-23.

      The interview by CNBC inticates significant coverage reliable sources

    There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Daniel Zelkind to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

    Ymd2004 (talk) 01:08, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • The Forbes site is one of their hosted blog. Forbes explicitly disclaims it right there on the page.
    • The TechCrunch article mentions him only as part of the potentially-notable company; he himself is a passing mention, and it contains no biographical information.
    • The video interview is about the company, not him.
    • Do you have any sources actually about Zelkind? Remember, a BLP must have good sourcing - David Gerard (talk) 22:24, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Any coverage is about Zeek, and Zelkind himself gets only brief passing mentions. Fails WP:GNG. Edwardx (talk) 22:32, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete The one thing that might have some hope is the award, but since we only have the award sourced to a press release on the award, and nothing showing any 3rd party sources noted it at all, there is no indication Zelkind passes the GNG.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:08, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge/redirect to Zeek, the company Daniel Zelkind founded. There is insufficient coverage in reliable sources about Daniel Zelkind to establish notability, but a redirect of his article to the article of the company he founded makes sense. Cunard (talk) 05:47, 17 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as what is stated is that he's best and solely known for the company itself; any such available information is imaginably going to be connected to the company of course, therefore there's still nothing actually convincing for his own confirmed convincing and notable article. SwisterTwister talk 02:46, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge/redirect to Zeek. Easily mergeable content; valid search term for a redirect. North America1000 07:25, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 04:37, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge As per above, I don't think a redirect is necessary since nobody will be searching for Daniel Zelkind off the bat.ronazTalk! 12:38, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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