Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geopolitical Futures

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 delete. No consensus about a redirect; anyone may create one. Sandstein 20:48, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Geopolitical Futures[edit]

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All references are press releases DGG ( talk ) 23:54, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:24, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:05, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, or alternatively redirect back to George Friedman, where his founding of this service already mentioned with appropriate weight. However, I do not see anything in third-party sources to warrant a standalone article. --Kinu ^t/_c 15:03, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- minor subscription service that is not yet notable. While the founder may be notable, this is otherwise promotional content and the sources are not sufficient to sustain a stand-alone article. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:56, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- Company is a new and independent service. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjhart84 (talk • contribs) 19:29, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As you are the author of the article, please explain which policy or guideline-based rationale you are putting forward for the retention of this article. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:43, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. George Friedman is a notable figure in the geopolitical forecasting trade. His previous company, Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, has a substantial separate entry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratfor This entry does not appear to be promotional in nature. Leftdefense (talk) 12:19, 8 August 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leftdefense (talk • contribs) 02:13, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 04:25, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment -- this article is clearly promotional; I removed a few self-cited areas while the material that remains is cited to republished press releases, such as:

"He is launching this month Geopolitical Futures, a new digital publishing company that is targeting individuals with $139-a-year subscriptions. An initial team of 12 is expected to grow moderately in the coming years to execute the business plan. A relationship with Phoenix publisher Mauldin Economics LLC is expected to be announced in the coming days." etc.

The company clearly has no notability outside of its connection to the founder --- link. Too soon for a stand-alone article.

I pruned the article of uncited and self-cited material (current version). I would consider this to be WP:A7 material. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:01, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - While I wouldn't object to turning this into a redirect as discussed above, the central thing is that the firm, on its own, just isn't that notable. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 02:59, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or potentially redirect; the founder seems notable, but the firm has no evidence of notability. Vanamonde (talk) 05:18, 16 August 2016 (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.