Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Tierney (professor and venture capitalist)


 * 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   speedy keep. Nominator !voted "keep", I read that as withdrawal. (non-admin closure) Pgallert (talk) 07:36, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Paul Tierney (professor and venture capitalist)

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Speedy deletion was declined. The subject is not a notable professor, he's an adjunct, see here. I can't find any reliable sources to prove this person is notable. Let the community decide. Bearian (talk) 20:40, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - I have no opinion whether he's a notable venture capitalist, but other than the sources in the article, I can't find anything attesting that he's notable. I think he fails WP:PROF.  My nomination is, at this point, procedural. Bearian (talk) 20:48, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * He's an adjunct professor because he's busy as a major player in the fund industry and on various boards and as the head of a major (ie. notable) NGO. There are numerous sources discussing the funds he's helped establish and manage and the major billion dollar deals they've been involved in. The first source cited is a two page article in a major business publication (Forbes) entirely about him and his work. There are also other sources noting his work in funding investments outside of major markets and in putting together deals and in shareholder activism etc. He's been at the head of the NGO for 20 years and heads the board of Columbia's school of international studies and public affairs (both of which are notable subjects in their own right and have their own articles). The article just gives the basics and introduces the subject, but it's ripe for expansion if people want to go into details on his various investment deals, views on development approaches, etc. which are covered very substantially in the sources provided and elsewhere. PicodeGato (talk) 23:41, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep notable businessman, as proven by the Forbes article on him specifically, which is substantial coverage in a 3rd party independent RS for notability. Given that reference, the article should not have been brought here.  I moved the page to the proper heading: Paul E. Tierney; the existing one, besides violating the Manual of Style, was promotional. He is not at all notable  as an academic--he is not a professor, he's an adjunct professor, which means he maintains an academic affiliation with the school and perhaps teaches there sometimes. It may merely be an honorary  position. But it's adjunct professor, not adjunct assistant professor or adjunct associate professor, which means he's a high level senior businessman, at such a position outside that if he were an academic that position would correspond to the rank of professor. To see the various possible titles, see their overall faculty list   He is furthermore a member of the Columbia Business School's advisory board. The advisory board of a school (or department)   -- just like the Wikipedia advisory board-- is composed of prominent people in the field, in this case, the venture capitalist investment community. I wouldn't take it as proof of notability  by itself, but it contribtes to it.    DGG ( talk ) 01:02, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Re-looking at the context, being chairman of a notable organisation which works in Latin America and Africa should make him notable per WP:ANYBIO statement 2. Minima  c  ( talk ) 07:34, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep It is well-referenced, and he is the chairman of a notable organization. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:47, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Incorrectly deleted by a clueless admin. --Stephen 23:54, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - I am going with DGG's rationale. I am not a clueless admin. Bearian (talk) 02:16, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:43, 15 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:26, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:26, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
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