Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Oskoui


 * 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. Editors now agree with the given sources the article passes GNG. (non-admin closure) MrScorch6200  (talk &#124; ctrb) 15:46, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Stephen Oskoui

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Fails WP:GNG. While a successful small businessman, Smiley Media is one of thousands such companies. Raising $3mm for a SuperPAC is no big deal in this era of billion dollar election cycles. – S. Rich (talk) 14:48, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note – see the related Articles for deletion/Jeffrey Harmon. – S. Rich (talk) 14:51, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete A minor businessman and one of a bunch of founders of a PAC. No actually claim to notability and no widespread coverage.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep -he's the founder of a fairly large business and an important political player. Orser67 (talk) 20:15, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:32, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:32, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. I'm usually a deletionist but found the Statesman and Salt Lake Tribune aricles sufficient by themselves to meet the requirement in WP:GNG for multiple reliable independent secondary sources.  We commonly accept much, much less at AfD.  Msnicki (talk) 20:18, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Per comments and sources cited by Msnicki. Just enough coverage to pass WP:GNG.--Ddcm8991 (talk) 01:48, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 22:18, 18 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep as passes GNG .– Davey 2010 •  (talk)  22:56, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - Does not pass GNG. Merely starting a company and funding a PAC does not qualify.--Rpclod (talk) 05:58, 19 July 2014 (UTC)


 * What did you think of the sources I cited in my own !vote? You didn't find them helpful?  Msnicki (talk) 06:01, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Your research was good. However, Smiley Media shut down in 2012. It might have supported notability had it continued its trajectory, but instead wound up on the trash heap of entrepreneurial start-ups.--Rpclod (talk) 22:55, 19 July 2014 (UTC)


 * But we don't decide notability based on whether someone's business succeeded. Per WP:GNG, we decide based on reliable, independent, secondary sources.  They either exist or don't and it looks to me like they do.  If you agree the sources are there, I don't understand your objection.  Can you point to anything in the guidelines as supporting your position that it matters what happened to Smiley Media?  Msnicki (talk) 08:11, 20 July 2014 (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.