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The result was keep. Article is found to satisfy the requirements of WP:GNG. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 14:58, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jayson Gaignard[edit]

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Notability Ueutyi (talk) 23:49, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The subject is notable and credible. He's founded numerous 7 figure companies and has been written about in LifeHacker and Entrepreneur.com several times, as well as other places. Linealchamp (talk) 00:35, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak keep for now at best but I would consider renominating again later if the article is still questionable. ~~Draft and userfy so delete for now~~ at best as the best I found was only some links at News and browsers, and yes there's considerable coverage currently but I'm not sure if this fully satisfies the notability guidelines for a better article yet. SwisterTwister talk 05:31, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Given long profile in Entrepreneur, Forbes, National Post, etc, page more than meets the basic notability guidelines for a stub. If anything, shorten and remove some language. Dabramsdt (talk) 17:17, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete article: promotional in nature. This is not LinkedIn. Quis separabit? 02:58, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is considerable coverage of this person, including several profiles, which qualifies them as notable. Regarding promotional nature, if there are any suggestions for making the page less promotional let's discuss. Linealchamp (talk) 14:52, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 17:48, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Possibly , though the subject may be unknown to the general public, he seems to be known in his field and is sited in Forbes thus just making it through Wiki rules, but I would like to hear what others say.

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Administrator note - Editor baswana89 began editing at Wikipedia yesterday, heading directly for AfD discussions, which is a peculiar place to start. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:31, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note - Editor baswana89 has been blocked as a sockpuppet Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rdactyl. Striking their !vote. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:54, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in reliable sources. Here are three sources already listed in the article:
1. Kugler, Logan (2015-05-28). "How This Entrepreneur Went From Dead Broke to Mega Influencer in One Year". Entrepreneur. Archived from the original on 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  The article notes:
  
  Jayson Gaignard felt like he’d been sucker punched. The credit card statement just didn’t add up. He was reading a massive list of transactions charged to his online ticket company, Tickets Canada, and he didn’t remember any of them.
  There was a good reason why: He never authorized them. His business partner fled the country and racked up more than $120,000 in tickets on his credit card, selling them under the table and leaving Gaignard holding the bill.
  ...
  In just over a month, Gaignard went from $5 million a year in sales to a defunct company and $250,000 in debt for which he was personally responsible since he’d been using his own credit cards to fund most of the company’s transactions. To further increase the pressure, he was raising a daughter born just four months earlier and preparing to get married in just over a month. “There were so many moving parts, and I felt like I was just spinning out of control,” he recalls.
  ...
  Fast forward three years later and now 30-year-old Gaignard is no longer broke but debt-free and running sold-out MastermindTalks events, an elite, invitation-only summit for entrepreneurs that is designed to connect and amplify the networks of world-class people while also helping founders work on themselves that connect world-class entrepreneurs with invaluable experts. But to say it was easy would be a joke.
2. Pachner, Joanna (2007-12-27). "A concierge for all seasons: the decline of do-it-yourself, and the rise of do-it-for-me services". National Post. Archived from the original on 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  The article notes:
  
  It’s hard not to giggle when you open the door to find a fully liveried butler — especially when he looks like Jayson Gaignard. The founder of VIP Services Inc., a Toronto personal concierge service, Mr. Gaignard is tall, lanky and only 22, and dressed in his company’s uniform he looks like a teenager trick-or-treating on Halloween. But he’s all business and clearly at my service from first greeting. “I’m Jayson. What can we do for you today?”
  ...
  Mr. Gaignard reports that when he started VIP three years ago, there were just two other companies in the Toronto area; as of late summer, there were almost 40.
3. Corcoran, John (2015-01-08). "25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch in 2015". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  The article notes:
  
  Jayson Gaignard
  Gaignard is the founder of Mastermind Talks, an invite-only conference for entrepreneurs which has attracted some big names, from Four-Hour Workweek author Tim Ferriss (also listed below) to WSJ bestselling author James Altucher.
  Gaignard is also the author of the Amazon bestseller Mastermind Dinners: Build Lifelong Relationships by Connecting Experts, Influencers, and Linchpins, which details Gaignard’s process for connecting with influential people you admire by bringing them together in group dinners, a strategy which he credits in part for helping him to recover from a debilitating depression following the failure of a prior business.
  Prior to founding Mastermind Talks, Gaignard founded an online event ticketing company in his native Canada. He also hosts the Mastermind Talks podcast, where he shares stories and interviews entrepreneurs about relationship-building and networking.
  A recent tweet: “You need to surround yourself with people who are batteries and not black holes.”
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Jayson Gaignard to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 06:19, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 21:13, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – The article presently does not have a promotional tone, and the subject meets WP:BASIC. Source examples include: [1], [2], [3] (4 paragraphs), [4] (2 paragraphs), [5]. Success (quote: "My friend Jayson Gaignard is a master at this strategy. Instead of sending traditional email introductions to connect people, he records a...") (subscription required). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:33, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The sources provided above are enough to show they meet WP:BASIC and WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:18, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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