Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry Hite


 * 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 keep. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-26 13:26Z 

Larry Hite

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Being mentioned in a book, is this enough to make this bio's notable? Fails WP:BIO and Notability; see Articles for deletion/Randy McKay (trader), Al Weiss. Seems this is One in a large series of article spam: see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_Spam/2006_Archive_Dec.--Hu12 13:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 14:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep, notability referenced.--Ioannes Pragensis 23:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not meet criteria for sufficient notability listed in the Notability (people)--Hu12 00:14, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep and speedy close, after a minor rewrite with reliable sources. The Lead section shows notability and the References section should be read by the editors. Just needs even further expansion ASAP. Reason for deletion is no longer valid. There appear to be many separate industry media reference links, that shows there is reasonable industry interest.
 * Meets this criterion from WP:BIO - "The person has been the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person."


 * I am constantly baffled by the degree to which we tolerate deletion abuse. This is factual, and verifiable. Well-referenced, encyclopaedic. I'm having trouble seriously believing it's possible to nominate this article in good faith. I'm not sure what the agenda is here but the subject is clearly notable. This person has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of this person. I found plenty of sources in a Lexis-Nexis search. This article can be cleaned up and set on track.


 * All of the links provided are from independent reliable third-party, reputable, non-trivial published sources.


 * It should be realized that Money management is a highly specialized, yet suitable topic.


 * Editors please look at the multiple independent reliable sources under References.
 * I found multiple non-trivial reliable external sources about " Larry Hite", this then establishes notability. It meets notability criteria and sources are reliable.


 * Clearly notable, and widely reported. Perhaps a better article needs to be written, but this is not the form for doing that. He has been featured in mainstream newsprint publications, including BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and the Crains Cleveland.
 * Comment It should be noted that due to a large overhaul of the page, all votes before the overhaul of the Wikipedia article should be reconsidered.
 * The result should be Speedily closed, as the article has been heavily revised.
 * The article was not properly sourced when it was nominated, and has now been much improved.


 * Other references:


 * Quote about mint in The Economist:


 * Larry’s concept of a guaranteed futures fund ( an industry first) was featured in a piece by the Financial Times (Financial Times, April 4 1987)


 * Securities Week talk about the fact that the fund was so popular that it was oversubscribed:


 * Mint Management, was in 1987, the world's second largest commodity fund with $ 225 million under management. Journal of Commerce 1987:


 * Mr Larry Hite, founder of Mint Investment Management Co (one of the world's largest managers of commodity funds and one of the most consistently successful, trading everything from dollars to copper to grains) Financial Times


 * Quote from Crains Cleveland. Larry Hite, who is considered by his peers as one of America's shrewdest commodity traders


 * 1987 Press Release:


 * This article is also part of WikiProject Business and Economics.

Trade2tradewell 15:14, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Many of us, not being involved in finance, seem to have a tendency to try to delete those who are. DGG 02:09, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. The AfD's in this string have common characteristics: The subject is notable within the specialized field of money management; the article has stylistic problems and includes puffery but has enough substance to establish notability.  AfD should not be used as Cleanup. JamesMLane t c 16:37, 25 December 2006 (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.