English Wikipedia @ Freddythechick:Articles for deletion/Quincy Larson

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The result was delete. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:51, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Quincy Larson

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Part of a self-confessed advertising campaign given the heavy contributions by company employees or people who are otherwise connected, it's only something a closely-involved person would show, and searches mirrored the trivial sources, so there's no other convincing substance for our non-negotiable policies; all sources offered are clear business announcements, mentions, quoted business words, etc. None of that counters our non-negotiable policies against advertising and merely stating "He's important" or "His business knows him" is not a convincing defense. See:

1 is his own website
2 is his own website again
3 is his own published words again
4 is company website
5 is his own website again
6 is same
That violates our simplest policies since it's all published and republished company information, and before anyone asks, this is all I found because (regardless of publication), they all actually maintain the same PR consistency. SwisterTwister talk 22:12, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Delete - Fails WP:GNG - Article doesn't establish notability. Article lacks independent reliable sources. Even the article creator acknowledged that the subject isn't notable beyond founding the freeCodeCamp.com website. "Articles for deletion/ FreeCodeCamp". Notability is not inherited .Previous PROD removed by WP:SPA with no reason given. Google searches turn up nothing to establish notability. CBS527^Talk 04:16, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Delete - Disclosure: I'm the author of this article, and also a student of freeCodeCamp, hence connected. I created this article with best intentions, but I was uncertain if the subject meets the notability criteria right from the start. The most relevant information has already been copied into the freeCodeCamp article. I don't consider it a loss of any relevant information if this article is deleted. Googling Quincy Larson podcast shows Larson has attracted some media interest from specialized tech podcasts in the recent past, but I don't think that this is enough to establish encyclopedic relevance. --Jan Schreiber (talk) 21:13, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Edit 12 February - Note to Closer: If this article is deleted, it could be made a redirect to freeCodeCamp, as suggested by MusikAnimal in the AfD discussion about freeCodeCamp. "Articles for deletion/ FreeCodeCamp". --Jan Schreiber (talk) 20:03, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Delete - I am unable to find significant coverage of this individual in reliable, independent publications. I see the organisation he founded has survived AfD, and any useful content in this article can be merged there. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:27, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
Delete WP:PROMO that fails GNG DarjeelingTea (talk) 19:50, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

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