Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack B. Harper


 * 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. Cúchullain t/ c 04:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Jack B. Harper

 * – (View AfD) (View log)

Subject was a highway contractor. Without further information it does not seem subject was notable. Dhartung | Talk 05:31, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Note. Actually, he was the founder and CEO of that company. -- Mikeblas 05:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. Yes. A "highway contractor" is a person, partnership, company or corporation authorized to contract with the state for highway construction. Each state has scores of such contractors, large and small. --Dhartung | Talk 07:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Appears to have coverage by multiple reliable sources so I'd say keep for now and hopefully article can cite those sources eventually, instead of the current sources that don't all look very useful. --W.marsh 14:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I have removed 2 of the so-called references, which were trivial public notices of contracts awarded, and moved his company home page to an external link. But the real reason for deletion is that most of the article is a close paraphrase of the obituary notice. It would need complete rewriting, and would be about 1/3 the size if kept. Perhaps there should be a presumption that all bios which end by giving the time and place of the funeral are taken thoughtlessly from obituary notices, as that information certainly isn't encyclopedic. DGG 23:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Another in the "Hathorn Presents Non-Notable Biographies" series. If he had built something major, like the long Interstate 10 bridge in southern Louisiana, that would be different. But he didn't. Realkyhick 03:47, 29 March 2007 (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.