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The result was delete. Ignoring the obvious socking, unanimous consensus to delete as self-promotional. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:53, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable promotional piece for an author and digital marketing executive. Nothing really outstanding here: none of the awards he has won qualify as prestigious under WP:ANYBIO, and the sourcing here is either promotional industry insider stuff or primary source articles he wrote himself. Borderline G11 piece, but I prefer to bring those here to get more eyes. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:47, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:18, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

•  Note: - Page has been moved to David Coffey.CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:22, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've moved the relevant AfD and changed all the links. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:16, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per mom, and referencing much that Wikipedia is not- WP:NOTCV, WP:PROMO, WP:NOTLINKEDIN, &co. Possibly at some point in the future, if lots more books and / or achievements which- fundamentally- other reliable sources reference themselves. — fortunavelut luna 18:50, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• delete fails WP:BIO; obviously written for promotion and would need to be completely written, if that were possible. Jytdog (talk) 03:02, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Alternative to Delete His publications are notable including The Hill and American Bar Association. Keep page as edited in current version as self promotion was edited out by another editor yesterday. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.121.37.170 (talk) 21:38, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Alternative to Delete Agree. His publications are notable including The Hill and American Bar Association. I was the editor who edited out the self promotion the other day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Instaslam84 (talk • contribs) 15:18, 12 September 2017 (UTC) — Instaslam84 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
• Alternative to Delete There are other articles about Dave Coffey in the digital marketing industry from reliable sources including Adweek: http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/phd-added-communication-strategy-reason-success-79905/ and MediaPost: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/27846/cable-to-give-agencies-the-data-they-demand.html as well as Adage where he is a "news maker" with CNN http://adage.com/article/people-players/photo-review/62789/ He has also been featured on Michigan Technology News https://mitechnews.com/archive/iced-out-glima-state-of-the-net-set-for-march/ these should be included in future edits of this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.236.209.36 (talk) 15:36, 12 September 2017 (UTC) — 24.236.209.36 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
• Delete as per nom. The main claim of notability appears to be as an author of articles in various magazines, and I don't see this meeting either WP:BIO or WP:NAUTHOR. power~enwiki (π, ν) 23:47, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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