Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Wilton Parr (2nd nomination)


 * 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   delete. Allowing for userfication if desired. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:18, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Gary Wilton Parr
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Tagged as reading like a résumé since 2007. Someone tried to afd this but didn't format it properly, and once again I seem to be the ONLY PERSON ON THE WHOLE PROJECT  who notices or cares when an afd turns up red linked. Last AFD from 07 resulted in keep with the provision of adding sources, which still ain't happened. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 23:25, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete for lacking sources showing notability and little likelihood of ever being able to based upon the length the tag was there and lackluster info in article. DreamGuy (talk) 23:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * (Switching vote to Undecided per sources provided below. Portfolio.com page seems to be best source as it focuses solely on him and in depth, others seem to be passing reference (failing the "non-trivial" coverage rules) but suggests probably other sources can be found. DreamGuy (talk) 19:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per DreamGuy. Also, I relisted a broken AfD yesterday, you're not the only one.  And in the future if conditions are put on something being kept, there shoudl be a time limit as well. Drawn Some (talk) 23:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as unsourced. Regardless of what he's done as vice-chairman of Lazard, it seems to have escaped attention.  I think that there was a guy in Cabrini-Green who who used to write "only person on the whole project" in big letters.  He said he'd write it so big that George King could read it without his spectacles. Mandsford (talk) 00:47, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - vice whatever of a bank is NN. Bearian (talk) 01:37, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment it looks like someone tried (and failed) to put it as G10 speedy. I just googled the content, and am finding about 9,000 results here — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unionhawk (talk • contribs)
 * I'm sorry, but your search was for any listings that include the words is, a, deputy, chairman, of, Lazard, he, has, focused, on, providing, strategic, advice, to, financial, institutions, worldwide, prior, joining, was, with, Morgan, Stanley, serving, and here. The search returned websites that included those terms or (this is where the larger numbers come in) had websites that were linked from other pages containing those words.  Granted, the top three turn out to be about Mr. Parr, but that doesn't mean that there are 9,000 hits for Mr. Parr. Mandsford (talk) 18:04, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

DO NOT DELETE: the facts in this entry are correct. Certainly written like a resume, but new info is being added. Mr. Parr is very involved in advising many of the struggling financial institutions and a lot of info about him is in various financial and other publications 9LIKE nNY Times). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ridintherails (talk • contribs) 02:33, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Ridintherails -- I see that that's your first and only edit so far to Wikipedia. Normally when claims are made about sources it is expected for details to be given. If there are NY Times articles backing this person's notability up, I'm sure we'd all be interested in knowing specifics. DreamGuy (talk) 02:51, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Sure, no problem (forgot my other password). This article from NY Times gives a lot of info:. This is a profile from portfolio dot com:. This NY Times articles references his role in the Bank One/JP Morgan-Chase merger:. This articles discusses his role in the sale of Bear-Stearns to JP Morgan:. This one discusses his move from Morgan Stanley to Lazard:. There's a few for starters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Walkinthestreets (talk • contribs) 00:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Most of those don't seem to have the primary and indepth focus on him like we expect for articles that try to prove individual notability, but the Portfolio article is strong, a couple others are borderline, and the remainder talk about him in a way that at least indicate he is notable. I think that if you can provide more then it'll probably pass. DreamGuy (talk) 19:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Note to closing admin: If this closes with a delete vote, can we userfy the content somewhere? It's looking now like it might turn a corner. DreamGuy (talk) 19:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:BIO. The sources above do not address individual notability. Eusebeus (talk) 12:32, 28 May 2009 (UTC)


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