Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Hammer III


 * 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. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 17:36, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

George Hammer III

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Non-notable marketing executive, pr fluff piece. All the sources are either interviews, press releases or otherwise not actual coverage of Hammer. (Also not to be confused with George Hammer.) Praxidicae (talk) 16:25, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:09, 5 December 2019 (UTC)


 *  Weak Delete I completely see where the nominator is coming from, but some consideration toward improving the article should be taken. It would appear that the subject is notable to an extent, the execution of the article was simply done very poorly. If attempts to improve the article fail, I would certainly !vote delete in subsequent discussions per WP:NOTPROMO. -- Puzzledvegetable Is it teatime already?  18:18, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * It's not just that it's PR fluff, it's lacking in any meaningful, in-depth and independent sourcing. I couldn't find anything to support the supposed "notability" of the subject. Praxidicae (talk) 18:39, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, I've changed my !vote. -- Puzzledvegetable Is it teatime already?  01:33, 6 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete In addition to being a promotional article, it should be noted that Draft:George Hammer III was twice rejected after being submitted by the article's creator, with the seciond rejection coming yeasterday. This is a clear attempt to game the system by circumventing the AfC process. Best, GPL93 (talk) 18:43, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. That would make a case for WP:SALTing. Britishfinance (talk) 20:58, 7 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete a non-notable businessman.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:10, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - his only claim to fame is a non-notable catchphrase. There's also a claim he started an educator-training company but the only footnote is a press release. We've been through many AfDs where we always agree that "executive producers" are money men who are not creatives. Bearian (talk) 20:50, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:54, 8 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete, does not meet WP:ANYBIO, achievements are not wikinotable. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:59, 8 December 2019 (UTC)


 *  Comment: Why is this article published? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_M._Fettig. It seems very similar to the George Hammer one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AleLagos77 (talk • contribs)  — AleLagos77 (talk • contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of George Hammer 3 (talk • contribs).
 * Why does anything exist? Praxidicae (talk) 19:37, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep George Hammer III is the Chief Content Officer of IBM. He is responsible for the content operations of a global organization with over 350,000 employees (2018) and operating revenue of 55.4 billion dollars (2019). That seems quite notable to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.251.187.170 (talk) 16:06, 11 December 2019 (UTC)  — 208.251.187.170 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic..
 * Which implies he has a job and is wealthy, not that he is notable. Praxidicae (talk) 16:57, 11 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep George Hammer III is a marketer, and entrepreneur. Him having been invited to appear on tv twice (Cheddar live) discussing his leadership on a documentary film about climate change which has won numerous awards, and on CNBC re: the exclusive CMO growth council sets him apart from the standard person looking for fame that submits to wikipedia. Additionally, AdWeek recognizing him as an innovator in the field of content marketing (TOP 11 in 2019) is an achievement that very few can ascribe to themselves. If one google's George Hammer, all the entries on page 1 are of IBM's GH, not of the GH that exists on wikipedia as George Hammer. As such, it would make sense to have a page on Wikipedia that details a person's life that most people would encounter on the internet if searched for by their given name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djtake5 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 11 December 2019 (UTC)   — Djtake5 (talk • contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of George Hammer 3 (talk • contribs).
 * Delete. Per nom. No good-quality RS with SIGCOV on him; mostly mentions in low-grade trade-sites (given his role, there are lots of trade-sites that would give him coverage to win business off him); feels like his WP article would be the most important "plank" in his notability, whereas it should be the other way around. The clear WP:PROMO, and clear WP:UPE aspect to this BLP is also very distasteful (e.g. his "editors" have inserted every possible scrap of RS into this BLP). Britishfinance (talk) 18:56, 11 December 2019 (UTC)


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