Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ronald Ellis (American businessman)


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The result was : Article already speedy deleted by John for No explanation of the subject's significance (real person, animal, organization, or web content. Non admin Closure. Edgepedia (talk) 12:35, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Ronald Ellis (American businessman)

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Apparently non-notable person. Only ghits seem to be mirrors of this article, a blank Crunchbase page (but even if if it actually said anything, user-generated content doesn't establish notability), and a company profile page. First line of article contains what appears to be a claim to notability but I suspect it may be fictional (the inline ref doesn't support it, nor does any other source I can find). bobrayner (talk) 20:29, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. The first reference, according to the edit history, once supported a statement about the subject being an executive of E-star, Inc. That statement was removed but the reference was kept. ~Amatulić (talk) 20:50, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I'm not sure that being a vice-president of a payroll software business is more "notable" in principle than being the youngest to graduate from a particular course; but since neither of those has actually attracted comment from independent sources, he falls a long way short of WP:BIO. I don't really care whether people want to frame him as a non-notable graduate or a non-notable exec; either is fine by me bobrayner (talk) 21:22, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I know. I was just clarifying the last sentence in your nomination.
 * Thanks sorry about the lack of clarity. bobrayner (talk) 01:23, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Comment: There are actually four items from the same creator which have been nominated for deletion. They are: File:Clopen symbol.png, Joey Koala, United Under Economy, and Ronald Ellis (American businessman). The latter is the odd one out as Ronald Ellis is merely non-notable rather than fictional. bobrayner (talk) 00:33, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notwithstanding the cite discussion above, this person doesn't appear to meet inclusion criteria. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:49, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 23:40, 20 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete This use one primary sources and provides not a shred of notability with coverage from any secondary sources, as the Wharton link doesn't even mention Ellis. OCNative (talk) 14:27, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
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