Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Bradt


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The result was   keep.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 11:51, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

George Bradt

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Spamvert for obscure business writer; obvious COI problems, but those are not grounds for deletion Orange Mike   &#x007C;   Talk  00:01, 19 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Does not appear to be only edited by COI editor -- if so, it should be raised at the COI noticeboard. Made the New York Times   ""The means here did not justify the end," said George Bradt, chief executive of PrimeGenesis, which coaches chief executives on leadership topics. "They pulled out a Sherman tank to attack a mouse.""  No reason for deletion. Default to Keep. Collect (talk) 02:13, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - I agree 100% with Orangemike's statements about being a spamvert with COI problems, but I think it should be fixed, not deleted. I found a BusinessWeek article that gives him a decent amount of coverage, he's quoted in the New York Times (not really coverage but it helps a bit and that's only one of many mentions of him in reliable sources), one of his books is reviewed by the Washington Business Journal, he was also the subject of an article in the Fairfield County Business Journal. He was also a staff writer for The Harvard Crimson (which is pretty big as college newspapers go). --  At am a  頭 04:04, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm trying to be transparent about this. I created PrimeGenesis and started working on Onboarding in 2002 in response to a major problem - 40% of new executives were failing in their first 18 months in new positions.  When we started, "Onboarding" was most definitely a neologism.  As others have mentioned, since then, the word and the practice has entered the common business vocabulary.  My goal is to contribute to individuals (through our consulting work which has reduced that failure rate from 40% to 10%), to groups (through talks, workshops and articles like the ones on Wikipedia), and to knowledge (through the books I've written).  Eager to have others contribute, disagree, debate, fix.  Don't punish me for being a thought leader though.Gbradt (talk) 11:51, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and semi-protect the article until the pipe dream of flagged revisions becomes a reality. JBsupreme (talk) 17:10, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Mr. Bradt meets our guidelines for notability, and the article has been rewritten to a more encyclopedic tone. I would expect that anybody who is mentioned on Wikipedia, whether as part of another page, or as the subject of an article about them, would have an interest in making sure that it stays accurate and neutral in tone.  User:Gbradt could easily have gone under another screen name if he had wanted to edit covertly, but I agree that he has been forthcoming.  Mandsford (talk) 17:53, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and stub. Ivanvector (talk) 00:10, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Passes WP:BIO. Joe Chill (talk) 02:24, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
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