Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joël André Ornstein (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 03:50, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Joël André Ornstein

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This article was nominated for deletion 11 years ago, with the crux of the rationale being that the sourcing is dubious except for a 1-page article in his college's alumni magazine. 11 years later, that is still the case. Many sources are cited, but if you look at them, they are not actually independent sources about him. Several of them do not even mention him, and seem to be cited as background on his family and industry. The Yahoo one that does look like it might be a business article about him is actually just a press release. The alumni mag article is still the only possibly independent article actually about him, and if you look at it, it's a pretty thin puff piece. You could be generous and assume this is independent, significant coverage... but still, it's the only source that could be said of.

This article has all the hallmarks of paid editing. Created all at once by an account that never edited Wikipedia again, and in 10 years it's only received bot/housekeeping edits, and not a single incoming article link or content edit. But that's what happens when there's no real sources... there's just nothing to legitimately add to Wikipedia. I don't see any sources from various news searches. If a businessperson is never written about in the business press, are they really notable? I don't think so. Here2rewrite (talk)

Delete: Rationale seems reasonable, also could not find sources. Mostly seems to be a person with a good CEO career and a wealthy family. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrfoogles (talk • contribs) 03:16, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Finance, France, and New York. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:02, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Mccapra (talk) 21:23, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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