Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Tonello

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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawing. (non-admin closure) Gaelan 💬✏️ 00:09, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Tonello

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Doesn't seem notable. Only mentions I can find are two short-ish interviews about the Respoke thing—if anything, that should get an article. Gaelan 💬✏️ 17:12, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on talk page from article creator in 2007: "Michael Tonello is a public figure in the fashion industry, and the information listed is verifiable. I am in no way affiliated with him other than through my knowledge of Hermes as a whole due to my interest in the fashion industry. All of the facts presented are verifiable. If you Google his name, there are any number of responses, and the info regarding his book publication has been Publishers Marketpace." Gaelan 💬✏️ 17:14, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 17:31, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 17:31, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 17:31, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Terrible page. Passes WP:AUTHOR. Editors need to run searches that bring up older articles, like the 2008 New York Times book review I just added to the page. Added a few more reviews. There is stuff out there from which an article can be built: Boston Herald: Bag man: Brockton’s Tonello reveals how to score the prized Birkins ; a Episode 672: Bagging a Birkin, Planet Money; Washington Washington: NPR. (Dec 25, 2015). The material is out there. Page just needs an editor.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:53, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HEYMANN I sourced it and cleaned up PROMO. It's no longer terrible. An an WP:AUTHOR, he's a one-hit wonder, but his book got a lot of attention. He still gets quoted as an expert on Birkin bags. About which, well, it's the kind of niche product about which an intelligent, sane person might not even want to know. But we keep notable authors, experts even on strange topics - when their books get reviewed and discussed in major media. E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:37, 7 March 2019 (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.