Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Paul (businessman)


 * 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. Stifle (talk) 13:11, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Mike Paul (businessman)

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does not meet notability criteria for biographies, and article appears to be self-written, unverifiable advertisesment for Mr. Paul. No reliable sources provided to attest to notability as "reputation doctor," which appears to be self-description. Jay Tepper (talk) 18:38, 22 June 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:02, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  KuyaBriBri Talk 20:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.  KuyaBriBri Talk 20:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * weak delete He is at least mentioned in the articles linked to his page. The page does appear to be a self written promotion, though. Fuzbaby (talk) 22:33, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I've seen this guy a lot on tv. The article also a lot of sources that reference him. Mrs. Wolpoff (talk) 12:48, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete My concern is twofold: the notability issues, as I indicated in the nomination, and the fact that his article is obviously written by the subject of the article (as it contains much extraneous and unverifiable information), and is blatant advertising. Were this article to not be deleted, very little of this article could be retained, as there is no independent sourcing to flesh out such an article.Jay Tepper (talk) 14:26, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * weak Keep with revision. Probably noteworthy, but needs substantial revision and verification. Ezratrumpet (talk) 04:44, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep COI, while obviously not encouraged, is not a reason for deleting an article. Media coverage on Mr. Paul is easy to locate, so he passes WP:BIO. The article needs a good rewrite, but it does not deserve to be deleted. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:29, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Although Mike Paul appears in often in media coverage, it seems to be mostly for the purpose of subject-related PR quotation and/or opinion. Based on the article's references, Mr. Paul is not the sole subject of "significant coverage" in multiple independent sources, but rather appears alongside other individuals receiving extensive media coverage.  As such, there may be some notability issues in Category:Public_relations_people.  LagrangeCalvert (talk) 02:13, 30 June 2009 (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.