Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Farrell (motivational speaker)


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The result was   no consensus. Stifle (talk) 09:53, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Bob Farrell (motivational speaker)

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Delete. See discussion on articel's talk page. The restaurant business does not seem to have an article, and although there are indications that it was a large business and therefore perhaps notable, it is not clear. Additionally, the article is entitled 'Bob Farrell (motivational speaker)' indicating that his notability comes from this work and not from his ice cream parlours. If it is his role as a speaker and author that makes him notable, I can find no proof of it, on the article or using Google, or proof of any books. A Google search turned up only Farrell's own website, which is very similar in wording to this article. Hndis (talk) 21:05, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep As founder of a restaurant chain, clear assertion of notability. If things need rewritten, I'm open to help from anyone. Please note this article gets perennially written (three times before I got here) so the fellow has enough impact that others also see the need for an article. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 01:57, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 10:37, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Comment. One of your key words used on the Google search was 'PR'. These are all promotional from what I can see and as advertising are not evidence. Are any of them not advertising? Hndis (talk) 17:34, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour, doesn't seem to be notable separately from it. Stifle (talk) 12:38, 26 September 2008 (UTC) Oops, that doesn't exist, it was a piped link to ice cream parlour on the article. A bit sneaky. Delete. Stifle (talk) 15:18, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * comment bad faith on your part-no one was intending to be "sneaky". Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 15:23, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment If it has been written before, does this indicate that it has previously been deleted due to lack of notability? There is nothing in the article to confirm that the restaurants were notable. If they weren't notable, then their owner cannot claim notability on these grounds. Hndis (talk) 12:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Evidently notable: some sources. Colonel Warden (talk) 16:38, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The PR keyword in the search is an exclusion which is intended to filter out such material. The search returns newspaper and journal articles such as this which is an example of the sort of notability that the nominator was looking for. Colonel Warden (talk) 18:01, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 05:07, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


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