Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur W. Page


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. I have added the Cleanup AfD template to the article per the discussion herein. NorthAmerica1000 11:57, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Arthur W. Page

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Hagiography that makes wildly extravagant claims about its subject, such as "Page has become generally recognized as the dean of public relations and communications." Thinly sourced, and unsalvageable in its present form. Coretheapple (talk) 15:22, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22Arthur+W.+Page%22 points to true notability. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:38, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * The article at the current time is an unabashed advertisement for its subject of limited or no encyclopedic value, of the kind that are ordinary speedily deleted. It has been that way for eight years. If someone wishes to userify the article and start from scratch, fine. Coretheapple (talk) 16:40, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep and cleanup As noted in History of public relations, he is sometimes referred to as one of the "Fathers" of public relations. He was influential in dramatically changing public perception of AT&T and his work there is the subject of significant historical debate, with some saying he used advertising dollars to manipulate the press and others saying he ethically/successfully glorified how AT&T supports public needs. We should delete promotional articles when notability is fringe, but this figure is important and worth the time for cleanup. CorporateM (Talk) 16:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Person was definitely notable enough for a WP entry. WP:SOFIXIT -- TMD   Talk Page.  01:59, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  Everymorning   talk  17:25, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
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