Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Watson (entrepreneur)


 * 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 delete. There was no reason to relist this when it had a clear consensus for delete with zero opposition; I am closing this now per WP:RELIST. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 07:40, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Stephen Watson (entrepreneur)

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This article's creator appears to probably be an undisclosed paid editor. Therefore, I normally might have presumed that the subject was non-notable, and argued to delete per WP:N and/or WP:NOTPROMOTION. However, in this case, the article does state that the subject has won the German Order of Merit.

WP:ANYBIO says that, if someone has "received a well-known and significant award or honor", they're probably (but not definitely) notable. Is the German Order of Merit a "well-known and significant award or honor"? I live in Canada, and I don't think I'd ever heard of it before reading this article.

For now, I'm not sure about this article, so I'll vote to draftify. Please delete. —Unforgettableid (talk) 23:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. —Unforgettableid (talk) 23:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:22, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. The Order of Merit has been awarded to over 200,000 people. Thus it alone is not sufficient to show notability. None of the other sources look like they help pass WP:GNG. BenKuykendall (talk) 04:57, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per BenKuykendall and per WP:NOTLINKEDIN. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 07:46, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete a non-notable businessman. The award he received is way too widely given to establish notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:08, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 17:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Non notable --Devokewater (talk) 23:34, 5 July 2020 (UTC)


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