Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Acton


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The result was nominator withdrawn. (non-admin closure) ///Euro Car  GT  01:24, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Brian Acton

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This is an article that has no sources and nearly no content, and the subject is non-notable. Epicgenius (talk) 16:17, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I think I should withdraw this now. Epicgenius (talk) 02:29, 22 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. This guy is owner(Ex) of Whatsapp which processed upto 32billion messages a day, and just sold WhatsApp at largest recorded price for a company 19billion to venture capitalists (facebook). Very worthy of mention at wikipedia.
 * Keep. He sold his user base, including their data to Facebook Inc./Zuckerberg! 78.35.192.217 (talk) 20:59, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete He founded a company that lacks an article. Not all company founders are notable, nothing about him seems to be.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:43, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * WhatsApp you mean? That has had an article for a few years now... Fram (talk) 07:54, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. No harm done, and has some credible sources. Could be cleaned up and made more presentable, but it should be fine.  Facebook like thumb.png DDima 04:35, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, or at the very least redirect to WhatsApp. Stayed out of the limelight before now, but has been the center of a lot of attention these few days, wand is very likely to remain so (this is not some one-off news event without lasting importance, this is the kind of story that will develop and will be used as an example for years). While there are plenty of Internet millionaires, Internet billionaires are still quite rare and get enough attention to warrant their own articles. Fram (talk) 07:54, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, WhatsApp has known huge popularity and was definitely a game changer in the history of mobile communication. It's co-founders definitely deserve a page. This one is very basic I'll admit, but is bound to be fleshed out in time. CVince33 07:48, 21 February 2014 (EST)
 * Keep. While not every company founder is notable, WhatsApp certainly is notable.  Since he help found the company, that is certainly at least one notable thing about him.  Kenny 12:45, 21 February 2014 (EST)
 * Keep Plenty of coverage to establish notability. I have tidied up the article and regularized the references. --MelanieN (talk) 19:02, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep WhatsApp is not just another company. the merger with facebook is one of the biggest tech aquisitions in recent history--Wikireader41 (talk) 19:22, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep The WhatsApp acquisition and the subsequent media coverage clearly make Acton notable. GabrielF (talk) 20:35, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:37, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:37, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.