Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Gold


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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 14:09, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Jeff Gold

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Doesn't seem to meet notability requirements. He was briefly executive vice president of Warner Records, and... I don't think anything else he's done is even likely to come near the notability guidelines. All the sources are horribly trivial mentions, and some of them (such as http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/rhino-records-documentary-premieres-in-los-1005324232.story ) doesn't even mention the information supposedly cited to them. But then, this was created by paid sockmaster group account User:Expewikiwriter, so it's somewhat understandable. 86.** IP (talk) 02:50, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are plenty of articles with mentions (search news for: "jeff gold" "warner"), but zero on what should show a depth of coverage for the individual (search: "jeff gold" "san mateo"). tedder (talk) 03:00, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. As per nom. Tom Reedy (talk) 03:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment The Grammy award (albeit as part of a team) is evidence of notability if it checks out beyond the Sock edits. The rest of his biography, from Rhino to the more recent repackage trend, may also indicate more than a run-of-the-mill industry career; needs some more checking. AllyD (talk) 07:07, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Agree with tedder - checked factiva and the most relevant article are about him being dismissed in '98. Everything else is brief mentions in passing, as would be expected for a VP at a large company. Nothing that I can find suggests that WP:BIO can be met. SmartSE (talk) 17:39, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 16:00, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete some time ago I PROD'd this with References pretty much all seem to be passing mentions or unreliable; article created almost entirely by Expewikiwriter (since banned for apparent promotional editing). and nothing substantial has changed. Stuartyeates (talk) 04:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep- New edits and sources; he is a 4 time Grammy Award nominee and a Grammy winner which certainly meets the Notability (people) criteria "has received a well-known and significant award or honor or has been nominated for one several times". Has been profiled as a top level collector/expert in Rolling Stone and two books from top publishers,  senior industry posts, art directed dozens of album covers for notable artists, done museum work, books, discovered unknown Bob Dylan tape released as album, etc.  Notable despite original author.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TechnicsSL1200 (talk • contribs) 06:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)  — TechnicsSL1200 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Except that does not appear to be true. The official source is http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search which lists a "Jeffrey Gold" sharing a third of an award, and nothing else. The body text of the article doesn't even include the name "Jeffrey" making me think that this is not the same person. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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