Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clayton Cohn

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. The only comment in favor of keeping the article fails to present an argument based on Wikipedia policy instead relying on personal feelings. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:31, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clayton Cohn[edit]

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Prod was removed by article creator. Reason for deletion on the prod which I endorsed was;

"Only one semi-good ref and that is about him being a customer of a business. Other refs are PR or non-independent and not reliable. Needs good refs and an actual notable job."

I'll also add that the article creator is very likely the subject of the article. I can find no significant coverage from reliable secondary sources that would show notability. Rotten regard Softnow 17:38, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for now - Really, the only notable achievement I'm seeing suitable for Wikipedia is as the founder of Marketaction, Inc. but I haven't found any significant sources about this despite searching "Clayton Cohn Marketaction, Inc" and "Clayton Cohn Veterans Financial Education Network" at Google News. However, a News search for simply "Clayton Cohn" provided some irrelevant results but there are some relevant links, nothing notable though, here (Purple Heart achievement) and three other results that won't appear properly here (first, second and fourth from the bottom). I thank Clayton for his military service but business wise, he is not notable at this time. Having your tweets featured through CNBC is not notable either unless you were an established finance blogger. SwisterTwister talk 20:49, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I did the original prod, so Rotten regard has already quoted my misgivings. Bgwhite (talk) 05:16, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:11, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, I am relatively certain that Mr. Cohn would object to the creation of a Wikipedia article on himself. Secondly, I am new to Wiki-edits but consider him an "established finance blogger" based on the fact that many of my own investments have been based on his twitter feed @claytoncohn and his company's trade alerts via www.marketaction.net. He is a war hero, has made me quite a bit of money, and is an inspiration to my friends, family and son as someone who has grown up in a "privileged" environment but still joined the service to fight for our country instead of going to college, and came out successful. He is hardly a self-promoter, and I just feel that people should know who he is if they don't already because he's 24-25 and has led me in a better direction financially via his tweets than any talking head on Bloomberg or CNBC in my 20+ years of investing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Equityelite (talk • contribs) 16:38, 21 November 2012 (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.