Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howard Steven Brown


 * 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, given the only keep comments came from SPA accounts with very limited contribution histories. Gwen Gale (talk) 22:40, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Howard Steven Brown

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Unsourced biographical article. I have searched for sources about this person but I have been unable to find any connection between the person's name and the foundation he reportedly founded. I previously userfied this article because it was created by User:Hsbrown00 and the subject's initials would make him H. S. Brown. As it turns out, User:Hsbrown00 claims not to be the subject, asked that this article stop being deleted (two other admins have each deleted it once), and claimed that there are sources. So I am taking this to WP:AFD now for other editors' viewpoints. Please note that the User:Hsbrown00 page has not been edited since it was userfied; thus, it is not certain that the article is a conflict of interest/autobiography. Regardless, though, it looks appropriate for deletion per WP:BIO due to lack of verification and sources. Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

The article should be kept. I have searched for sources about this person and have been able to locate a connection between the person and the foundation on www.temple.edu, the person and Gloria Brown within the Philadelphia Dailynews database in an article published on March 20, 1998, the person and Marc Mezvinsky in a diagram page in a pdf file posted by Goldman Sachs. Although the article lacks the neccessary verification and extensive references, the person and entry seems creditable and approriate. I can update some of the references with the information I have discovered and edit the entry this evening. User:Jellystomach —Preceding comment was added at 20:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)  — Jellystomach (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

The AFD should be deleted. The article just needs to be updated with resources and external sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maplefeinstein (talk • contribs) 15:32, 10 June 2008 (UTC) — Maplefeinstein (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  14:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The article itself makes no claim of any notability for the subject and is a speedy deletion candidate.-- Fabrictramp |  talk to me  14:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Keep The article needs to be updated with references but the article itself does make claim to notability of the subject. --Maplefeinstein —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maplefeinstein (talk • contribs) 19:31, 11 June 2008 (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.