Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Hofmann


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The result was   speedy keep - nominator withdrew. (non-admin closure) StAnselm (talk) 22:18, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Ken Hofmann

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unreferenced blp, tagged for notability for 5 years Boleyn (talk) 21:17, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. Hoffman was a partner with Steve Schott in owning the Oakland Athletics and of Ken Behring in the Seattle Seahawks.  There are tons of references available to verify each of those facts, and we do tend to have articles about American major league sports owners. On the other hand, it's not clear how much more there is to say about Hoffman.--Arxiloxos (talk) 22:52, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Multimillionaire developer and former owner of two professional sports teams(Oakland Athletics and Seattle Seahawks) is likely to have the quantity and quality of secondary coverage needed to satisfy WP:BIO. Pro sports owners in my city certainly do. See and |+oakland+ken-hofmann&hl=en. Many of the stories found at Google news archive are unfortunately behind paywall so i can't verify depth of coverage free online, but there appear to be articles with substantial coverage, such as "San Ramon Valley Times : ONCE HEROES, A'S OWNERS NOW …Contra Costa - Nov 1, 1998: OAKLAND Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann were heralded as heroes in early 1995 when they stepped to the plate to buy the Oakland A's, pledging to keep the ... .." Ironically, current practice would give each of the professional athletes he employed pretty automatic notability. Edison (talk) 00:47, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep The article is in piss poor shape, but as Edison says, there's plenty of coverage out there. All we need is someone (possibly myself) to work on it. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:10, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep passes WP:GNG easily.--Paul McDonald (talk) 16:02, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. Recent cleanup work and sourcing (added since nom) demonstrates notability and solves BLP issue.  Cbl62 (talk) 19:26, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination withdrawn Thanks for all who commented and made improvements. Boleyn (talk) 22:00, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
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