Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James T. Ryan (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 17:04, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

James T. Ryan
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Non-notable businessperson, probably a vanity bio created for hire; creator is now blocked as Factsonlyplease39 sockfarm. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:11, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTLINKEDIN ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 21:22, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. W. W. Grainger is a long-existing and important company, but I am not finding any significant coverage about Ryan to bolster a claim that he's individually notable, by virtue of his positions at the company or otherwise.  I note that several substantial blocks of primary-source-based content—content setting forth his positions and a few awards he's received—have been deleted from this article, which is not the best practice when an article is being considered for AfD; nevertheless, even with this content restored, and even assuming that secondary sources exist for some of this information, the case for his notability, in the Wikipedian sense, does not appear to be strong. --Arxiloxos (talk) 21:44, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete non-notable CEO. While I am sure that Grainger is a notable company, I have to say that the article on it needs to be rewritten so it is less plauged with buzz words and promotionalism.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:07, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


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