Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brilliant Earth

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 delete. Conflict of interests (see WP:COI), blatant sockpuppetry on this discussion lead me to be disinclined to count any arguments for keeping this article. No objection to a reliably referenced, neutral article written by people with no connection to Brilliant Earth at a later date. Proto::► 14:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brilliant Earth

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AfD nominated by SauliH with reason: "Listed Brilliant Earth as it is a private jewelers website." This is a procedural nomination - my opinion is Neutral. Tevildo 04:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Private Jewelers website which exists as advertising and not encyclopeadic in nature. Topics of confict free diamonds are covered at Conflict-free diamonds, and Blood Diamond. SauliH 04:40, 4 January 2007 (UTC) Related Afd nominations are Beth Gerstein, and Eric Grossberg. SauliH 05:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

• Keep - I belong to a number of environmental groups in my area and we strongly support the mission of Brilliant Earth to end dirty gold mining. This is an important organization because of its social mission, and it is important that the public have access to information about it.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bob1114 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 5 January 2007 (UTC).

• Keep - I have edited the article to present a less biased tone and have included additional links to industry criticism of this company. While it is clear that the article as orignally written was not neutral in tone, this company is definitely notable within the jewelry industry. This is the only retailer in the emerging "ethical jewelry" category to be singled out by diamond industry leader Martin Rapaport in his recent publication on the subject (see citation in main article). A Googletest on "Brilliant Earth" diamond on January 7, 2007 yields 1610 results, apparently all on the subject of the company and its positions on blood diamond issues. JamesB70 18:20, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Only editor to article is User:Egwiki, who may also be the co-founder of the company Eric Grossberg - initials Eg..... see edit history SauliH 05:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

• Have included my edits as well. [User:JamesB70:JamesB70] 18:20, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

• Keep - Have tracked this issue for some time and Brilliant Earth and its founders are significant contributors to the debate around conflict diamonds. Recent articles in New York Post, USA Today, Business Week, San Francisco Chronicle also recognize Brilliant Earth and its founders as leaders of the ethical and fair trade diamond industry. mstanleybrown 21:06, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

--The preceding comment was entered by User:69.181.71.232 (Talk) and not by mstanleybrown see edit compare -- Note I (mstanleybrown) did enter the above comment but I didn't log in first.

• Delete, probable WP:COI Realkyhick 06:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

• WP:COI confirmed as per comment below. SauliH 05:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as possible corporate vanity. MER-C 09:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete - Article reads like a corporate press release with the second major paragraph reading: "Briliant Earth received much press attention in December 2006. . ." Ronbo76 15:39, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - Have blogged about this issue a number of times before, and Brilliant Earth is very relevant within the conflict diamond debate. --64rywn9 01:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - Confirm that Egwiki is a co-founder of Brilliant Earth but topic has merit as Brilliant Earth is one of central industry players in opposition to the World Diamond Council's position on conflict diamonds. --Egwiki 02:49, January 6 2007 (UTC)

• Keep- issue is relevent, BE is a player in defining the conflict diamonds debate. BE has aappeared in a number of mainstream media, such as Businessweek, and in the blogsphere. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hske (talk • contribs) 12:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC).

Editor had page moved from Brilliant Earth to User:Egwiki/Brilliant Earth on November 26 see here - after a ({{db-spam}} tag added). Article was recreated at Brilliant Earth on December 26. SauliH 00:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete This is not fit for an article.--CJ King 22:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Have suspicions of sockpuppetry. SauliH 04:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep- the debate about conflict diamonds is an important one, and deserves more attention, The BE article contributes to this debate.

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.