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Comment I think the article needs some work with citing sources but as CEO fo Barneys for 2 years now I would bet the sources are out there and whoever published the article just hasn't done the work to find them. I would say this would likely be a keeper if the author did the work to find more sources. I did a simple google search and came up with plenty of other sources in the first 20 results. Also WWD is definitely a citable and reliable source, likely more so than even Elle in this subject matter. — Preceding
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02:16, 26 May 2019 (UTC)reply
WP:NBUSINESSPEOPLE specifies the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are notable, not those of smaller companies. They are often merged into their company, with their bio redirected there. You may not have noticed but their prior CEO does not have a page, and well… nobody noticed.
My initial reaction after reading through the first two pages of google results and all of the cited references (NB I couldn't read the subscription-required pieces), is that because she hasn't received significant or in-depth coverage, there isn't enough material to write a biography page, so the subject fails
WP:SIGCOV.
WP:CORPDEPTH It's worth reading 'Significant Coverage' along with the examples of trivial and significant coverage below it. Trade publications often have complicated relationships with corporate entities.
Charitable work or board memberships don't qualify for notability. I note that Bloomberg's profile of her hasn't been updated since she was promoted. That's not an indicator of notability.
The article as it is currently written has the problem common to this type of case, while there are numerous articles out there, most fall into the category of blandly supporting the subject, press releases, CV data, etc… and consequently, there isn't anything to write about the subject. And what do we have on this page? A CV and some charitable work. If there isn't anything else to write about her then the page should be deleted or merged/redirected into the company.
The other issue is that a lot of what is written is actually about her company and her former boss. On the company page, she's really a footnote, with only two dry mentions. So I don't see her meeting
WP:BASIC or even
WP:ANYBIO at this point (and reading [7] in this category is also worthwhile). — Preceding
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04:44, 27 May 2019 (UTC)reply
Weak Keep some semi-notable positions and awards. The Board seat on Unicef is borderline. With NY Times, may be just barely enough sourcing. Lubbad85 (
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