Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ross Williams (businessman)


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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:01, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Ross Williams (businessman)

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While the businesses this person apparently founded appear to be possibly notable, I do not believe this person meets the notability criteria. The sources are highly suspect, being mostly his own website, linkedin profiles, websites of people associated with him and so forth. When other sources are cited they often do not mention the subject or are just his name being given awards of questionable notability themselves. Often they don't mention Williams at all, such as those in the Ross Williams today section. JCP541 (talk) 20:08, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete I removed many of the non-RS sources so we could more easily assess the article (his own site, linkedin, prnewswire). Basically, there is some information about the company, but not about him. He definitely is not notable; the company itself may or may not be -- I didn't check those references in depth. LaMona (talk) 15:29, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete – notability is not inherited. sst✈(discuss) 17:08, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Note that he was 'shortlisted' but lost several awards, and the acclaim he has won has been strictly local. Bearian (talk) 16:31, 9 December 2015 (UTC)


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