Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hannes Smárason


 * 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. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:35, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Hannes Smárason

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Article sites only references in Icelandic which are unverifiable outside of native speakers, therefore the requirements of WP:BIO are not upheld. Gismoto28 (talk) 11:50, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Furthermore, article contains a lot of original research or opinions of author which reflect in a negative way on the subject. Needless to say such material in a bio of a living person will have to be rigorously documented by reliable sources, which they are not. Gismoto28 (talk) 11:59, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 14:34, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:03, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Changed the Icelandic sources to english sources, removed the unverifiable sources in english. --Patroiz (talk) 01:23, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This is of course only my opinion, but if you really want to continue with this article, which I don't think is really of notable worth, then may I suggest that all exceptional claims which IMHO include such things as information on net worth and on-going police investigations should require exceptional sources as outlined in WP:V. Just striking through the comment, I still think WP:BIO are not met. Gismoto28 (talk) 02:00, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see his career as being particularly notable and the criminal issue won't cut it either. Niteshift36 (talk) 14:28, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQrNN0W5_p4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSZqqnSdw44 85.220.123.126 (talk) 00:57, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, the references seem sufficient for notability. Please note that non-English sources are permitted, and multiple reliable non-English sources, in the total absence of English sources, are still sufficient for notability.  Nyttend (talk) 02:53, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * What about the temporal quality of the news coverage of the subject? I realize that google is not the end all of internet coverage but take a look at the graph produced on top of the page when news.google.com is searched for all dates with the subjects name []. To me this indicates a possible WP:NTEMP. Gismoto28 (talk) 16:26, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There are two youtube videos that have translated the news coverage in the icelandic media to english, these videos are biased but gives you the big picture, most of the sources in the videos are from a major newspaper with a trustworthy reputation (Morgunblaðið).
 * Keep Sources are required for WP, not  specifically english sources. Fundamental established principle, from WP:RS and WP:V. .  Anyway, good English sources have since been added.  Chairman of the Board of Icelandair is highly notable.  DGG (talk) 03:58, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'm new here so I may be completely wrong in my entire take on this page in which case I will gladly stand corrected, but isn't saying that the CEO of such and such company is notable something of an inherited notability WP:INHERITED ? Gismoto28 (talk) 16:12, 29 June 2009 (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.