Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Apoorva Mehta

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect to Instacart with no prejudice against any relevant sourced material being merged from the history, which will remain. This might seem a close call, but only one of the keep voters offered any analysis of the sources, while on the other side I see a consensus that such sources do not establish independent notability. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 08:31, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Apoorva Mehta

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Apoorva Mehta is non-notable, most of the news revolves around Instacart. Merge or Redirect to Instacart. Created by a new user, made only 12 edits to get the auto-confirmed account, high possibilities of vandalism. Meeanaya (talk) 05:11, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep added some cnn articles on him. Seems like a useful article regardless of the publisher.Ayepaolo (talk) 17:45, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Meeanaya (talk) 05:11, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:35, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:35, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect Does not have the kind of significant coverage to establish independent notability. There are sources for things like interiews and inclusions on lists but these don't help establish notability. Instacart is an obvious redirect target as an AtD. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 03:38, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:42, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or redirect - the subject seems to be a run-of-the-mill CEO. Given that topics do not inherit notability from eachother, I doubt that Mehta is notable when removed from his company; indeed, much of the content in the article as it is seems to be related to Instacart than to Mehta himself. SamHolt6 (talk) 14:59, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Found specific articles on him from CNBC, LA Times, and India Times Catladyz6 (talk) 19:01, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Catladyz6, are they about him or are they about Instacart? Are they reported articles or are they interviews? Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:26, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep significant coverage of Mehta in the mainstream press shows he is notable. These articles are about him as founder, not about the company. Interviews are perfectly good evidence of notability, quoting from Wikipedia:Interviews#Notability: "An independent interviewer represents the "world at large" giving attention to the subject, and as such, interviews as a whole contribute to the basic concept of notability". There is nothing in Wikipedia:Notability (people) to suggest that interviews are not evidence of notability. Railfan23 (talk) 22:49, 18 July 2019 (UTC

WP:Interviews is an essay not a policy or guideline. WP:GNG, which is a guideline, suggests that notability should be established by secondary sources "Sources should be secondary sources, as those provide the most objective evidence of notability." Interviews, as established at WP:PRIMARY are not secondary sources. What are the WP:THREE that establish notability in your mind? Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:27, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you're going dismiss WP:Interviews because it is an essay, then don't make WP:THREE a requirement - it is also an essay. The LATimes one is secondary because it is reporting on a discussion with Mehta, not merely reproducing his words. This CNBC article is about Mehta, not an interview with him. This Entrepreneur article is about Mehta. Railfan23 (talk) 15:44, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Entrepreneur article is by a 'Guest Writer', with a byline explaining that the opinions of 'contributors' are their own. See the discussion at WP:Perennial sources concerning Forbes.com contributors - it's the same kind of thing, it's not an RS. I don't agree that the short, soft soap interviews in LA Times and CNBC one establish notability.GirthSummit _(blether) 16:25, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I bring up three not as policy but as a method to have a useful discussion. The LA Times is more substantial than I gave it credit for the first time I looked at it. The CNBC article doesn't hit enough notes to strike me as notability inducing and Girth hits my concerns about The Entrepeneur. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 22:08, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Instacart. The interviews being used here to argue for notability are exactly the type described at Wikipedia:Interviews#Notability as being broadly unhelpful in establishing notability - they're just there to keep him talking. There isn't anything significant in reliable source about Mehta (rather than the company) apart from these puffy interviews. GirthSummit _(blether) 11:11, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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