Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephan Fitch


 * 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   merge to Thinking Pictures. Ged UK  09:45, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Stephan Fitch

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Co-founder of Thinking Pictures. No evidence he satisfies N. Source 1 is his own website. Source 2 are passing mentions. Source 3 is better, an article on some of his work, but little info on Fitch himself, and not enough to build any sort of article. I redirected this to Thinking Pictures but the article creator overturned this. Christopher Connor (talk) 22:12, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete and Merge: The leading G-hits point to this article and Wiki mirrors, various social networking sites, his Linkedin profile and the like. Conspiciously absent are any reliable, independent sources which discuss him in detail, as WP:BIO requires - as opposed to discussing his company or products.  I'll take a merger to the Thinking Pictures article.   Ravenswing  21:17, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:14, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. There a quite a few GBook hits about the subject (and at least one from his MIT days), but I will acknowledge that none of them really give him a great deal of coverage. Also found mention of him in a BBC article. Location (talk) 00:39, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: Yes, but that article is not about Fitch. It's about his company, the notability of which isn't at issue. The same holds forth for those other hits.  Is there a reliable source that discusses Fitch himself in "significant detail?"   Ravenswing  02:43, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't believe "significant coverage" needs to come from just one source (see WP:BASIC), however, I would be OK with a merge and redirect in this case. Location (talk) 04:15, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Second relist rationale. The article is a BLP. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Thinking Pictures. Company is notable, founder is not. Clear-cut case for a redirect.--hkr Laozi speak  11:13, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep The founder of a notable company is notable; evidence showing the company is notable applies to him as well.    DGG ( talk ) 07:08, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * That's not the case at all. We need coverage of him, not the company. If most of the coverage of him is in relation to the company, then a redirect seems sensible. Christopher Connor (talk) 07:36, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Come on, DGG, you're not a novice, and you know full well that notability is neither inherited nor transferrable.  That's quite startling an assertion for someone who's participated in as many AfDs as you have.   Ravenswing  13:08, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.