Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fran Villalba (Entrepreneur)

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The result was delete. MER-C 05:08, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fran Villalba (Entrepreneur)

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Doesn't appear to meet WP:BIO or WP:GNG - sources provided are brief mentions, press releases, affiliated organizations, or social media. My searches found little, if anything, to bolster notability. GAB^gab 23:51, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! We have dedicated a lot of time to get this article right. We have looked into reliable sources and we made sure it met the notability requirements, without being promotional. The subject described in the article manages a company with over 10 million customers and has his own successful company, being only 19 years old. He has appeared on several TV interviews (LevanteTV, 11tv) and articles about him have been published on significant newspapers (infoLibre or La Razon). Do please let us know how to improve this article (make it more objective, include more valid sources etc). Thank you! May the force be with you

Comment: Draft previously declined twice: [1]. AllyD (talk) 09:23, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 09:29, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: A WP:SPA article on a subject who is employed by one web hosting firm and has also started a company of his own, neither of which are notable in their own right. I agree with User:David.moreno72's assessments of the earlier drafts: for me, it describes a mundane early career lacking encyclopaedic notability. Wikipedia is not here to preen the aspiring; pre-existing notability is required. The given references for the subject's company are a newswire press release, a blog posting, a couple of social media pages by the subject, a promotional appearance on local TV and a listing in a start-up competition (in which it has gathered 27 votes): this is far from sufficient. AllyD (talk) 09:46, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non-notable businessman.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:54, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete- cross wiki person promo with sockpuppets since 2014 - see file here. MoiraMoira (talk) 13:23, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - enough reliable sources (2-3) that do prove the content in this Wikipedia page. I do also feel that the person in the page is notable enough — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.4.136.166 (talk) 10:27, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - poorly sourced; there is one good source that lists him, from IEET, but that is a listing of one work by him, not about him.Bearian (talk) 18:26, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – run of the mill puff piece, by a WP:SPA, on an individual that doesn't meet our notability criteria. Citobun (talk)!
Speedy delete. Not notable. Declined draft appears to have been written by Fran himself. Then content was re-posted by a SPA using a different title to circumvent the Draft process. Must be destroyed! 1292simon (talk) 22:27, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.