Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of corporate executives charged with crimes


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The result was Delete -- JForget  01:10, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

List of corporate executives charged with crimes

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I prefer to improve pages as far as possible. However, I don't see how this can ever be encyclopedic. There is no criteria for inclusion (what is a corporate executive? How is "fraudulent behaviors in corporate scandals" defined?) so it seems to be an indiscriminate list that can never be complete. At present it deals with a selection of US executives but presumably could include all corporate executives in all countries charged with any fraud crime. I would add that the preamble is much more restrictive than the title. Delete. Smile a While (talk) 00:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Lack of inclusion criteria, too broad a scope; beyond that, probably impossible to maintain even if a criteria was given. SkierRMH  ( talk ) 01:11, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Probably better to convert this to a category (if one doesn't already exist), otherwise there will be far too many members, and like Smile a While said, it's going to become an indiscriminate list that can never be complete. Calvin 1998 (t-c) 01:14, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete (fairly) indiscriminate list. JJL (talk) 01:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Move to category. Five Years 05:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Categories that are the intersection of two other categories are discouraged, except when dividing a category by nationality. WillOakland (talk)
 * Delete, too broad. Besides, charges are not convictions. WillOakland (talk) 08:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Indiscriminate, charges are not convictions, unmaintainable and far too broad. KleenupKrew (talk) 11:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete this WP:BLP-offensive magnet in the form of an indiscriminate list.  coccyx bloccyx  (toccyx)  17:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete for above reasons, particularly WP:BLP Drieux (talk) 20:11, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:BIO. Being charged with a crime is not the same as being convicted of a crime. Happyme22 (talk) 23:49, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. While I think that ideally, this would be a wonderful list, the sourcing would be very difficult to achieve.  Also, the current zealous "no-negative-material" attitude of most BLP regulars here would make this very difficult to maintain.  Celarnor Talk to me  01:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as a potentially defamatory, indiscriminate list. Alexius08 is welcome to talk about his contributions. 12:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 20:39, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 20:39, 22 May 2008 (UTC)


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