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The article was deleted in January despite his notability being established in a previous deletion debate in 2015 (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Solis). Community consensus was keep after much coverage was presented. There are enough books reviews and coverage received in multiple independent, reliable sources to demonstrate sufficient notability. All the sources brought up in the debate by Cunard are included here. The reviewer said the article shouldn't use poor sources such Techcrunch, Entrepreneur, NextWeb and Mashable but Wikipedia says they are acceptable if not sponsored content or written by contributors. The Techcrunch article was authored by author and tech journalist Andrew Keen and the Entrepreneur article verifying the three r's claim was written by Keith A. Quesenberry, an associate professor of marketing.
The reviewers were no help in pointing out how the article was almost entirely promotional. Many descriptions are presented in quotes and were used to show his prominence in his field. "Solis' blog has ranked among the top ten in marketing according to Ad Age" is a direct translation of a sentence from one of South America's most reputable newspapers. The term social media prophet is attributed to Business Review Weekly, while Andrew Keen’s description of him as "one of Silicon Valley’s smartest observers of social media" is from a non-sponsored article. The statement about interpreting trends is a paraphrase from the Financial Times, which describes his work as humanizing trends to aid understanding. The same source verifies "Brian is the author of seven best-selling books". The early life and education info maintains a neutral biographical tone supported by a Los Angeles Times article. If something is promotional, highlight it or remove it. JJelax (talk) 11:40, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
