Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Patent Marketing
We do not have a BLP1E equivalent for companies: if they only become notable as a scam, then they're still notable and that's how we report on them. It's not Wikipedia's fault that secondary sources have tied Whitaker to WPM, and any debate about the mention in his bio needs to be had on that talk page, not here. There was coverage before Trump's pick of Whitaker, so this was not simply a blip of reporting related to Trump: https://www.courthousenews.com/ftc-says-marketing-firm-left-inventors-empty-handed/ Courthouse News, https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/florida-mast-marketing-scandal-236103 Portico (discusses Brian Mast), https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/accused-scammer-assets-unfrozen-patent-cooper-miami-beach/10539/ NBC Miami (discusses Brian Mast), https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/judges-grants-injunction-against-patent-firm/22169/ NBC Miami, https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/feds-call-miami-beach-patent-operation-a-scam/9778/ NBC Miami, https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/09/17/many-invention-promotion-companies-nothing-but-scams/666212001/ Clarion Ledger, https://eu.tcpalm.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/13/brian-masts-emails-company-accused-fraud-should-public-democrats-say/393750001/ TCPalm, https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4c3fa5a4-ef9a-46ef-8274-1d6c81a129cf Lexology, https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/world-patent-marketing-scam-took-millions-of-dollars-from-inventors-9605870 Miami New Times (mentions Whitaker), http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-world-patent-marketing-prosecution-20170406-story.html Sun Sentinel. However, it's no surprise that the surge of reporting in late 2018 was what brought the company to the article creator's attention and there is no evidence of ill-intent. Since then, many reliable sources have prominently discussed Whitaker's role at WPM, including that he was aware of and involved in responding to complaints (e.g.https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1NZ29O Reuters, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/acting-attorney-general-whitaker-fielded-early-fraud-complaints-from-customers-at-patent-company-yet-promoted-it-for-years-records-show/2018/11/30/919b76bc-f4a2-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html Washington Post, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/politics/matthew-whitaker-ftc-world-patent-marketing.html New York Times, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/matthew-whitaker-fraud-allegations-world-patent-marketing.html Slate, https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/records-show-matthew-whitaker-continued-promoting-company-accused/story?id=59549437 ABC News). The FTC have a FOI page specifically on his involvement, https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/foia/frequently-requested-records/world-patent-marketing and the House Oversight Committee highlighted the connection.https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/new-documents-show-acting-attorney-general-failed-to-pay-back-funds-after Wikipedia is only following the reliable sources. On the other hand, I doubt other advisory board members should have quotes from WPM press releases included - that seems  if there's no secondary sourcing. Creizman's role was noted by the https://www.wsj.com/articles/giuliani-lawyer-advised-company-shut-down-over-fraud-complaints-11573209004 Wall Street Journal, but any other advisory board member for whom we cannot find secondary coverage should only be listed, nothing more. See Theranos#Management for an equivalent situation
— User:Fences, 18:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:UNDUE (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)