Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim C. O'Brien


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The result was delete. Randykitty (talk) 12:15, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Jim C. O'Brien

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 * Created by subject's employer (see SPI and COIN report).
 * Doesn't seem to pass WP:GOOG. Results yield corporate bio from employers and connected institutions, routine coverage, a brief mention in a book footnote...
 * Written as an autobiography/resume. MarioGom (talk) 20:53, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. MarioGom (talk) 20:53, 12 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Wikipedia is not Linkedin.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:32, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete, per above, I din't find anything that makes him notable. Alex-h (talk) 08:50, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. Seems to me like this AfD needs more discussion. On the one hand, he's notable for being the first Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs of the United States, and he received a lot of coverage for it.   The Trump administration seems to have also appointed a Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, also named O'Brien, which reinforces that notability claim because his nomination seems to have created a WP:LASTING effect. On the other hand, WP:BLP1E could apply here: I cannot find any other WP:RS that aren't passing mentions or O'Brien being the primary source. Would be interesting to dig into hostage books and see if he gets decent coverage, but it might be WP:TOOSOON. Pilaz (talk) 15:48, 19 June 2019 (UTC)


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