Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rand Wilson (2nd nomination)


 * 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 delete.  Sandstein  09:32, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Rand Wilson
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This article has a *ton* of issues. References seem to only confirm the subject's place of employment, and many claims of what the subject has done ("In 1989 he helped coordinate solidarity efforts in Massachusetts during a successful three-month strike by 60,000 telephone workers against health care benefit cost-shifting," "As the founding director in the early 1990s, Wilson spearheaded efforts in Massachusetts to support legislation for universal health care and against international trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO)," and "While working for SEIU, he helped revive the Jobs with Justice Health Care Action Committee – pushing for coordinated actions by union members to link their struggles against cost shifting with the broader movement for health care reform" to list a few) are unsupported. The subject of the article actively edited this page up until earlier this year. None of this is up to snuff with wikipedia's standards, and the only verifiable claims made by citations are "Rand Wilson has worked several jobs." The subject was deemed Notable after a 2010 AfD, though any sourcing provided toward notability seems to have been removed or now lead to dead links. I've removed uncited claims after attempting to find sources that indicate Mr. Wilson was especially notable during the efforts listed and finding none. This page is heavily flawed and unnecessary, therefore I am nominating it for deletion. Jjgaybrams (talk) 17:31, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.   C Thomas3   (talk) 20:08, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:11, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nominator. There is just not enough to establish significant notability here. The page also reads too much like an accomplishment list, or a resume. Has had various cleanup and verification issues, and has been tagged as such since 2009 and 2010 respectively. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 22:28, 25 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete - per nominator. "What links here" shows only two references to Wilson on the site, both to uncited claims, one edited by a now inactive user named RandWilson. This looks like a simple case of self-promotion. Pbruce1110 (talk) 14:10, 30 November 2017 (UTC)


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