Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manoj Saxena


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The result was delete. W.marsh 19:46, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Manoj Saxena

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Starting a company that is acquired by Commerce One and being a Michigan State Distinguished Alumni (presumably he gave some money to the university) are nice but not notable. His one slim claim to fame is being selected as Entrepreneur of the Year by Inter@active Week. But (if I recall correctly) Inter@ctive Week is or was a free giveaway magazine, which reduces its ability to confer notability, and anyway (assuming it's true, which we don't know as it's not sourced) that is only one minor honor. Herostratus 15:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - Only citations are his UM alumnus page and a non-notable blog...the Intera@ctive Week claim isn't even sourced. I also recall it being a free giveaway mag, but if I'm wrong and he can source the claim it might well meet WP:NOTE. Excepting that, though... Bullzeye Complaint Dept./Contribs) 16:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment UM University of Michigan are the guys in Ann Arbor whose team wears maize and blue. MSU Michigan State University are the guys in East Lansing whose team wears green and white. Arch rivals. Edison 19:24, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete "Interactive Week" is a "controlled circulation" professional magazine--it is primarily advertising-supported, and supplied free to people in a position to buy large amounts of relevant products or otherwise prominent in the industry--that's how almost all such publications are distributed. Only the outsiders pay. The quality varies, but some are excellent, and this is one of the better ones.  Their entrepreneur of the year designation is probably significant, as for any other major trade journal, but  I would not regard it alone as enough for notability. The significance of the MSU award would depend upon their selectivity: it's from the BSU Business school, not the whole university;  they currently display 12 others, none of whom are in WP.  Frankly, I do not know how to judge N for technical figures whose contributions are mainly in industry and therefore do not publish, and are not cited in newspapers, and are not in top positions at nationally known companies. I'm used to professions with publicly visible output.  The only ones we seem to be able to tell, are for  those in industries familiar to many people here. This gives a bias, but I do not know how to overcome it.  DGG 04:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


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