Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Long (American Businessman)


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The result was   keep. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 21:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Mike Long (American Businessman)

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WP:BIO holds that biographies should be about individuals who are part of the "enduring historical record" in their field, and it gives examples of "multiple history books" or "multiple news feature articles." This article does not cite a single news article of which Long is the subject; all of its sources are company profiles that mention Long and the job he performed. By all accounts, this person is not historically significant, and this page bears all the hallmarks of a vanity exercise or promotional material. Croctotheface (talk) 17:24, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Part of the "enduring historical record" is listed, but the basic criteria further up the page are far less strict. - Mgm|(talk) 12:14, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You're right; I went through the guideline quickly and misread it. That said, Long does not pass the "significant coverage" standard either, based on what's cited at the article.  The closest I see to an article about Long is a company profile that mentions him as the CEO.  Croctotheface (talk) 17:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * The subject of this article, while not one of the most easily recognized figures outside of silicon valley, did help bring about the IPO's of some of the more important businesses to come out of silicon valley. Many people recognize sites like WebMD and Mike Long helped bring WebMD and others to fruition, and really helped pioneer the idea of an IPO for companies offering web-based alternatives to keeping physical records. I think many people today would recognize that it is businesses that do just that are going to be very important in the future. JazMan456 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:40, 5 May 2009 (UTC).
 * I think there's a serious concern about whether User:JazMan456, along with User:Hoboqueen7, the only editors who have contributed to the Mike Long articles, are single-purpose accounts who are perhaps members of Long's PR team or family or something to that effect. Croctotheface (talk) 17:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Having looked at their contribs, I've no doubt they are SPAs. Harder to prove they're family or employees - or himself in person - without a sockpuppet investigation. They do seem to know their way around. Incidentally, a comment by JazMan456 here seems to be signed as by Mgm for some reason. Could just be me misreading things. Time for tea. Peridon (talk) 18:13, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment Looks like he's quite good at his job - but is that really notable? (Perhaps excepting the financial sector recently....) He's doing what he gets paid for, and so do very many others. Peridon (talk) 17:35, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep ceo of major companies is notable. notable is much much less than famous, or historic. DGG (talk) 23:42, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Needs tidying to avoid peacockery and to repair the referencing, but he's pretty notable. Interview:, also Fences and windows (talk) 03:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
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