Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geoff Campbell (businessman)


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 07:29, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Geoff Campbell (businessman)

 * – ( View AfD View log  •  )

I can't find significant coverage for this businessman, setting aside minor, passing references like this one in Creamer Media's Mining Weekly and the short business-stub-type writeups at Reuters and in Forbes (Gcache linked, doesn't seem to be active on Forbes.com anymore). Doesn't meet WP:BIO.  Glenfarclas  ( talk ) 16:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - his role as a senior executive of DRDGold is reliably sourced, and the company is notable - it doesn't yet have a WP article of its own but it's referred to in several articles, and his role in the company forms the basis of the notability claim. It's very hard to find lengthy, detailed coverage of this sort of person - they tend to keep a low profile - so you'll not usually find much more than "business-stub-type writeups" except in the case of a few flamboyant characters or major multinationals. However, the coverage is independent and reliable. andy (talk) 17:10, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  —andy (talk) 17:10, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:45, 7 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions.  —andy (talk) 14:16, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Maybe needs to be in a multinational or be more flamboyant to attract third party reliable sources that show notability. Miami33139 (talk) 22:23, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you mean that only businesspeople who work for multinationals are notable? Actually he does work for a multinational... but that alone doesn't guarantee PR. andy (talk) 23:25, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I was casually poking fun at your last sentence that only flamboyant heads of multinationals seem to get press coverage. That is our showing of notability. Miami33139 (talk) 01:42, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 22:09, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm not seeing independent coverage here besides the supposed Forbes link, which is dead. If he wants to be a private person, and avoids interviews etc., then why should we ram a poorly sourced bio down his throat? Pcap ping  00:07, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete per the lack of non-trivial coverage. JBsupreme (talk) 07:07, 16 January 2010 (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.