Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randall L. Stephenson


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The result was   keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:04, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Randall L. Stephenson

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Unnotable prson who fails WP:BIO. All three ELs are from directory sites. Prod removed by User:Yatesman with note of "The man is notable. He is the CEO of one of America's largest companies." Which does not make him notable. Only news mentions found are noting his becoming CEO, with little since beyond his name noted in the company's own press releases. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 20:45, 23 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep - Forbes bio, WSJ bio, CEO of one of most notable companies in the world, and a picture attesting he attended the World Economic Forum. Highly notable by any standard: for sure the article needs expansion, not deletion. --Cyclopia (talk) 21:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - That news search turns up quite a few hits from reliable independent sources. -- Kraftlos  (Talk | Contrib) 21:37, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Searching on Google News reveals plenty of coverage. -- Neil N   talk  ♦  contribs  21:39, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Highly notable with lots of coverage to choose from. Favonian (talk) 21:51, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Extremely notable person. Major coverage, particularly in print media. If the notability guidelines somehow provide a basis for arguing that major business figures aren't notable because they don't generate reality-show-contestant levels of celebrity coverage, it means the notability guidelines need to be repaired. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 22:03, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. This man is very notable. Just as Yatesman said he is the CEO of one of America's largest companies.Joshua D. D&#39;Lima (R) Texas (talk) 20:49, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep CEO of ATT not notable?  And as expected it has  sources, including a bio with a portrait drawing in WSJ. There will be others, as G News shows. Failure to follow WP:BEFORE.    DGG ( talk ) 00:06, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
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