Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Cole


 * 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   keep. Scott Mac (Doc) 22:11, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Simon Cole

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Non-notable and pathetically-"sourced" BLP of a businessman. The only "source" is to some list of "fellows." Wikidemon improperly removed the PROD without even attempting to fix the underlying sourcing issue. Unit Anode  00:48, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Major buisnessman, Chief Executive of UBC Media Group, pioneer of sponsored programming. Clearly notable enough to pass WP:BIO Off2riorob (talk) 01:26, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment AfD nominations coupled with accusations of bad faith don't bode too well for the nominator. Please strike that bit here, and at all of these other nominations. Keep as a notable businessman.  Grsz 11  02:09, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. CEO of a company significant enough to have its own Wiki article and a bunch of press, Cole himself is discussed in a number of news stories including this from The Independent, so I think he probably passes the notability threshold, though not by a significant degree. I've sourced the article using the above news story and an online bio, so the nominator's original concern is now moot. Demerits to the nom for having a go at another contributor in the nomination statement&mdash;not classy. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 08:15, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Thanks to Bigtimepeace for actually coming up with some sources (shock horror!) Can the BLP battle be kept to other venues please - it's not like there aren't enough of them to keep people occupied. Quantpole (talk) 11:45, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:01, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
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