Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spencer Rascoff

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 keep. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:20, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spencer Rascoff

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Yet another e-commerce entrepreneur. Your basic CV, built by SPAs, full of often unsourced puffery, and with what few sources it has basically saying, hey, this here young guy started some companies. Calton | Talk 07:11, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 09:58, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. He's the CEO of a publicly traded $2.5b company and author of a bestselling book. A WP:BEFORE search will easily demonstrate that he meets WP:BIO. Deletion is not cleanup. Υπογράφω (talk) 17:11, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Because I said so" doesn't fulfill sourcing requirements, evidence does. --Calton | Talk 00:51, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the "NY Times "best-selling book" claim is minor, because a) it was for three weeks on a specialist list; and b) easy enough to game. Don't believe the latter? Ask the Wall Street Journal ("The Mystery of the Book Sales Spike: How Are Some Authors Landing On Best-Seller Lists? They're Buying Their Way"]). --Calton | Talk 01:01, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

sigh Okay, fine:

"How Zillow's CEO Learned To Lead With Authenticity And Empathy". Fast Company. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"How the founder of Zillow and Hotwire led his startups through major crises, layoffs, and a down round to massive exits". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff buys $20 million L.A. mansion near O.J. Simpson's former estate". GeekWire. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Nice perk: Zillow pays for CEO's commute from LA home by private jet". The Seattle Times. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
Marino, Vivian (2014-10-21). "Spencer Rascoff". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Zillow And 'The New Rules Of Real Estate'". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Zillow CEO on $1 million competition to improve "Zestimates"". Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Spencer Rascoff". World History in Context. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff has been named the most powerful person in residential real estate". link.galegroup.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Humphries, Stan: ZILLOW TALK". Kirkus Reviews. 2014-11-15.
Whaley, Mary (2015-02-01). "Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate". Booklist. 111 (11).
"Rascoff, Spencer & Stan Humphries. Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate". link.galegroup.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

Υπογράφω (talk) 02:54, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I think notable for not just being one of the founders and CEOs of a single business, but of two, in different sectors at that (Hotwire and Zillow). He has ample coverage in the media. I have cleaned up the page a little (and some more work is needed), but there's no reason to delete in my book. --Fiftytwo thirty (talk) 05:25, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 21:49, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notability has very clearly been established. See above. FloridaArmy (talk) 03:35, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He is the CEO of Zillow Group, and former co-founder of Hotwire.com. His activities are regularly discussed in news outlets, and a Google News search of his name shows many, many more articles about him than are currently in the article, several of which discuss him in-depth. The topic easily passes WP:GNG for significant coverage in secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Lonehexagon (talk) 07:47, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per secondary independent sourcing. WP:GNG. A person nedia reports on regularly.BabbaQ (talk) 09:44, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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