Talk:Mark Langford

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News of his death is front page and headline news on BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6541131.stm). He was at the centre of a major business scandle (The Accident Group). Certainly not a SD candidate. --Darksun 16:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

A reasonable article that shouldn't be deleted
I don't think that this article should be deleted because it is mentioned in so many places. For example:

BBC News Telegraph Sky News Channel 4 Metro UK ITN UK This is Money UK Mirror UK --Jrad91 16:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree--being chairman of a business isn't noteworthy, but being chairman of a business that famously/scandalously let 2500 people go via text--that's noteworthy! The first thing I did when I read about it was to head to Wikipedia to see if we had any more info on him. Don't delete, expand. PoetrixViridis 17:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined
I've removed the speedy deletion tags as it's clear to me this article does not meet WP:CSD - there is definitely a claim to notability as he was at the centre of a business scandal that had widely been reported on long before his death by multiple non-trivial published works such as newspapers and magazines (e.g., ). The article may warrant merging into The Accident Group but that's a separate discussion. Qwghlm 17:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * yep, i'd have been tempted to call whoever added this speedy deletion tag a deliberate vandal if it wasn't so clear they were just way out of their depth. W guice 09:28, 11 April 2007 (UTC)