Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur H. White


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The result was KEEP. postdlf (talk) 18:49, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Arthur H. White

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Non-notable corporate executive who has served appointive positions on a couple of federal and state boards. Sources are press releases, aggregators like Zoominfo, and articles about other people where he is mentioned in passing. Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  00:11, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Being a founder of Reading Is Fundamental is a very big deal, even if the program is not media-sexy. The housing finance thing looks like a state equivalent of Freddy Mac, which would also be significant. And Yankelovich was a big-time, important firm. This might be a hard article to write up, but JUSTDOTHEEASYSTUFF isn't policy. The GNews hits on Arthur+White+Yankelovich aren't trivial, but more important would be the nearly 1000 Gbooks hits, which even if whittled down still would indicate enough coverage to satisfy the GNG. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 00:46, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:13, 2 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per Hullaballoo Wolfowitz's rational. Co-founding RIF is enough to make him notable.   Everything else is gravy.  Dennis Brown (talk) 23:28, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Reference does not cite his involvement with its founding, nor do our articles on RIF or Margaret McNamara, only additional 'school volunteers' (and unable to source founding involvement); while he is involved with program at an executive level, I await sourcing of 'co-founder'. Other accomplishments still speak for themselves (see below). Dru of Id (talk) 18:22, 6 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep Additionally, his personal website includes highly praiseworthy birthday wishes which speak to his person (lacking in the actual article) from notable people including Hilary Pennington (director, U.S. Program Special Initiatives of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; see http://www.arthurhenrywhite.com/Guestbook.php?Guestbook_CurrentPageNumber_167296=4). Quick google searches on many of the other contributors speak to the importance of this man.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DW19865 (talk • contribs) 02:10, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * comment - nonsense! Notability is not contagious: you don't catch it by association with notable persons or institutions (to address Dru's note below this). -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  19:40, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Unruly comment. Think of notability as being more like an STD. You don't get it just by hanging around with people who have it, but you can contract it if your involvement is sufficiently substantial. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 23:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * response on the contrary: most of the people who are involved with a notable person, do not thus become notable. How many people does a Steve Jobs or a Roger Ebert know by name, and think well enough of to wish them a "Happy Birthday!", without those persons thus becoming notable? -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  00:17, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep- Major directorial involvement with Smithsonian Institutional programs. Dru of Id (talk) 18:22, 6 April 2011 (UTC) :O.K.; having looked at a lot more off- and on-wiki, under External links, #2 & #7 mention co-founding in passing but likely too long ago to show up indepth without knowing where to look. While notability is not contagious, it is not immune, either. A third of the headlines are him, with mention of the Smithsonian in the body; a third have both in the headline, and a third have the Smithsonian with Mr. White in the body. While the ones with just him in the headline are about his other endeavors, he is notable enough that the Smithsonian did not get top billing. That implies notability, even if not directly stated. Dru of Id (talk) 02:14, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
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