Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Braund


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The result was   delete. as suggested redirect target has also been deleted. JohnCD (talk) 09:33, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Mark Braund

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I'm nominating this for AfD along with the company that he works for, InterQuest Group. Neither have any notability to where they'd warrant an article. I'd originally redirected this to the company's article, but it was undone by the original editor. They did make some additional edits to add links, but none of them ultimately give notability. The first link is the company's website (making it WP:PRIMARY), the second one (Bloomberg) is just a typical database type entry. The third (Staffing Industry Analyst) isn't really what Wikipedia would consider a reliable source, as we can't verify anything about the magazine or website. It also doesn't help that this reads somewhat like it was taken from a press release. The Recruiter one is so brief that it would be considered a WP:TRIVIAL source at best. The Recruitment International has somewhat of the same issues as SIA in that it's hard to see it as a verifiable RS per WP's rules. Recruitment Buzz is also dodgy as a source, since it kind of reads a bit like a puff piece at best. None of the sources can show notability. I'd just redirect this to the main article for the company again, but I think it'd be un-redirected and I want to run this through an official AfD. Forgive me, but this feels like it's a bit of promotional puffery for anything InterQuest Group related that's going on here in general. There's just nothing to show that he's ultimately notable outside of his relation to the company, a company that doesn't really seem to have notability itself. He's successful, but success doesn't equate to notability. It makes it more likely, but it's not a guarantee. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   23:13, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * You can see the related AfD for the company itself here: Articles for deletion/InterQuest Group Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   23:15, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:08, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:08, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to InterQuest Group, which is also subject to an AFD, but where I am voting to keep, largely due to the level of its turnover. I do not think he is notable apart from his role with that company.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:49, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree that the individual is less notable than the firm, but I don;t think the firm is notable enough for a redirect to be warranted, and I do not consider it good policy to make a redirect for every CEO of a borderline  notable company. &#39;DGG (at NYPL)&#39; (talk) 18:25, 7 October 2013 (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.