Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Duplessie

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The result was delete. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:25, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Duplessie[edit]

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Minor American actor and would-be entrepreneur. Not even close to meeting WP:GNG. Calton | Talk 15:11, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:20, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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As the author of the article, I felt I should address these concerns. Would-be entrepreneurs are thousands of people who put their apps on Google Store and hope they succeed. However, Tipster app has been a success, as shown by the sources. Duplessie is a bona fide entrepreneur, and a successful one at that. Still, I don't think every successful entrepreneur should be in an encyclopedia. I wrote about him because he didn't create a run-of-the-mill app, but something original and innovative, which attracted the attention of the media, not to mention hundreds of thousands of users. Maybe I should rewrite the article to make this clearer? I agree with the other concern. He is a minor actor, and his acting alone would not earn him a place in Wikipedia. His claim to fame is Tipster. But I believe the article should include his acting too. --ArmoredCat (talk) 17:26, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Two things: 1) Notability isn't automatically inherited. Merely creating a popular app -- if he did: is he a programmer, too? -- means nothing by itself. Is there an article on the creator of Flappy Bird? 2) I see no evidence that Tipster is a successful, popular, noteworthy and/or groundbreaking app. All sources in the article about it say, really, is that a) it exists and b) a C-list celebrity is associated with it. How, exactly, did you come by your information about this app being "successful"? --Calton | Talk 13:47, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the inheritance link. It looks like a complicated issue. Your opinion that creating a popular app means nothing seems a little extreme to me, considering the competition in that area... That's why every 1st-league soccer player can have a Wiki page - many try and few succeed... The app has 100,000 followers on Instagram, a source in the article says so. And I remember reading it has more than a million users, but TBH, I can't remember where I read it. Anyway, I see the logic of your reasoning, but aren't you interpreting the rules a little too strictly?--ArmoredCat (talk) 13:16, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like a complicated issue. It's not the least bit complicated: this is supposed to be biography of someone, so sources about a company he's associated with is irelevant.
And speaking of irrelevant: the app isn't even notable in the first place -- the number of downloads, even if true, is irrelevant to establishing notability -- you don't even have THAT leg to stand on. --Calton | Talk 07:18, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:10, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, So Why 07:46, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Doesn't meet GNG in and of himself, regardless of the state of play with his app. Cut and dried there, and certainly not complicated. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:49, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- a CEO of a nn Tipster app is hardly a claim to notability (the article on the company has been recently deleted). Just WP:ADVOCACY for an unremarkable entrepreneur. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:49, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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