Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter H. Thomas


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The result was   keep. The Bushranger One ping only 08:29, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Peter H. Thomas
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Non-notable bio per WP:BIO. Sources are largely self-published, promotional, or press releases. Dismas |(talk) 01:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Appears to be well citated, and a biography on someone who has achieved multiple notable titles in his lifetime. – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 03:53, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep His business dealings and charity work get significant coverage in multiple reliable sources. Plus he founded a company which 11 years later had "$9 billion in annual sales and employed over 8000 sales representatives".  Honestly now.  How could someone like that not be notable?   D r e a m Focus  17:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Most of the references are repeated uses of only a couple of sources: One self published personal website, and one article from SUCCESS (magazine), whose article is marked with an advert tag and is questionable at best. The rest are trivial; the Century21 website where he works. I'm not seeing any serious claim to notability. KillerChihuahua ?!? 21:18, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep Peter H. Thomas meets the GNG—"Peter's principles: Real estate entrepreneur Peter Thomas's new book is as much a self-help manual as it is a tribute to the son he lost" from the Times Colonist, "Rise and fall and rise: Developer's book recounts life on real estate rollercoaster" from the Waterloo Region Record, "Supersalesman sets out to sell secrets of his success" and "Total commitment to goal essential to success, says man who made it" from the Ottawa Citizen, "Success — read all about it" from The Calgary Herald, "Learning from his mistakes" from the Toronto Star, "Ask the Legends: Peter H. Thomas" from Profit, "'Business for charity' grew out of tragedy" from The Globe and Mail (also available through LexisNexis), "First-hand advice for pig fighters" and "Millionaire at home in public housing: Century 21 super-salesman takes over B.C. commission" from Financial Post (both available through LexisNexis), and six-page "The Education of Peter Thomas" from Canadian Business (abstract available through ProQuest Research Library). Goodvac (talk) 17:13, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per the sources found by Goodvac which establish notability. Davewild (talk) 07:24, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
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