Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Family Office


 * 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. Seraphimblade Talk to me 10:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Family Office

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Article was originally created by a page-moving vandal, since has been nominated for deletion via prod, but template removed by anon editor who did not provide a compelling reason or improve the article. Is currently merely a long definition, and I don't see how it could be much else. Michaelbusch 17:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - topic can be covered under any number of other existing financial planning articles. No sources, no references, and concur with Michaelbusch it is just a long definition at present. Risker 18:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 14:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - this topic deals with a niche financial service that should eventually have a similar but shorter page as the entries on "Bank" or "Hedge fund". The original deletion tag was posted because the article was a very short stub (which I posted in the hopes that it would be expanded quickly).  It has now been expanded to a comprehensible, valuable source of information that's hard to find elsewhere on the web that should continue to improve. Fang2415 15:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I just added as refs. a book on the specific subject, and a good WSJ article. Sitting there in google all along. I also put in links from  pages on various Rockefellers, for their family office is perhaps the best known & is mentioned in half a dozen WP articles.  DGG 05:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep This is the exact term I've been trying to locate for weeks. Should've checked Wikipedia long ago.''' —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.222.218.41 (talk) 19:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC).
 * Comment: Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Wikitionary, maybe. Michaelbusch 01:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep Added interwiki links. The idea really can't be merged easily into other articles. Chevinki 02:48, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Family Offices are a growing part of the wealth management business and are typically the most profitable clients for private banks. JGNorman — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.199.22.33 (talk • contribs)
 * Keep per the improvements to the article. I disagree that at the time of AFD it was just a long definition (if a "definition" gets long enough, it's a good sign that there are other things there besides a mere definition).  On merging, no viable location has been suggested and, in any case, there is no reason why the article should not stand on its own. -- Black Falcon 02:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep googling "family office" returns 382,000,000 hits. It is one of the fastest growing areas of finance and philanthropy on Wall Street.

http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159904336

http://www.umass.edu/fambiz

Handbook of Family Business and Family Business Consultation, Florence W. Kaslow Ed., The Hayworth Press, Inc.,2006 p.367

The Handbook of Estate Planning, Robert A. Esperti and Renno L. Peterson, Mcgraw, Hill, Inc., 1991

Family Wealth: Keeping it in the Family, James E. Hughs, Hughs & Whitaker, 1997

Family Foundations Now and Forever: The Question of Inter-Generational Succession, Paul N. Ylvisaker, The Council on Foundations, 1991

Philanthropy, Heirs & Values. How Successful Families are Using Philanthropy to Prepare Heirs for Post-Transition Responsibilities, Roy Williams & Vic Preisser, Robert. D. Read Publ., 2005

http://www.foxexchange.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.92.109.81 (talk) 15:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
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