Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janet Emerson Bashen
although I agree the previous incarnation of the article had much promotional junk, substandard references, unsourced allegations, so the AfD was thoroughly justified -- the problems have (hopefully) been fixed as per . Clearly notable Houston businesswoman who http://www.lawattstimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=966:black-inventors-do-you-know-about-us&Itemid=118 is a software inventor, http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/bashen.htm business leader, with searchable patent http://www.google.com/patents/US20060167989 here, http://www.hrotoday.com/content/583/etcetera and here; her firm grew impressively http://www.inc.com/profile/bashen-consulting according to Inc magazine, she appeared before http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/bank/hba64477.000/hba64477_0f.htm Congress (which identified her as a knowledgeable business consultant on civil rights issues), she was cited by http://www.ebony.com/photos/entertainment-culture/photos-ebony-power-100-red-carpet-style-pt-1-210/photo-44#axzz3AU8fBw9e Ebony magazine as an influential notable exec, plus http://www.hcccpinnacleawards.org/pinnacle_awards.html won this award. Other sources too. Notable businessperson, but the problem with past articles was way too much cruft which obscured the meat (if it stays I will try to keep it from growing out of control
— User:Tomwsulcer, 19:35, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:HEYMANN (Wikipedia:The Heymann Standard)