Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terrance Paul


 * 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. Liz Read! Talk! 22:19, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Terrance Paul

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No evidence passes WP:GNG, an obituary in the NYT and the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune are the only sources presented. No notability presented: worked for Caterpillar and backup systems company Best Power. Started a website and a non-notable foundation. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:51, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Businesspeople,  and Software. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:51, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. WP:BASIC is met by those two, independent, in-depth obituaries. The many mentions of him in news articles and books about his companies, products, and controversies over the years can round out this article a bit. I did a couple of different searches and managed to find additional coverage of him:
 * : "Read on: Mother creates company that helps readers make the grade", Parks, Dan; Sentinel staff writer. Milwaukee Sentinel; 07 Dec 1993: 1D. Terrance Paul, a former president of Best Power, argued that the company should not go public and filed a lawsuit in February 1992 against his mother, Marguerite, and his brothers, William and Steven.
 * : "Pair Buys Rights to Name New Library For Ashman", Samara Kalk The Capital Times. Madison Capital Times. 11 Aug 1999: 1A. Business owners Terrance and Judi Paul have bought naming rights to Madison's new west side branch library and turned the honor over to a woman they have never met: civic leader Alicia Ashman. and Terrance Paul said he and his wife "have always been very supportive of libraries." The two founded Advantage Learning Systems Inc. in Wisconsin Rapids in 1986. The company went public in September 1997, employs 667 people worldwide and is now one of the largest educational software publishers in the country.
 * The main product he created with his wife, Accelerated Reader, is definitely notable as well given our article and significant articles spread over decades about it in reliable sources, that, plus two full obituary means keep to me. Skynxnex (talk) 18:51, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 14:38, 12 October 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 21:55, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I tried to cite this source in the article but for some reason (which I don't have time to investigate now) an error was flagged. Phil Bridger (talk) 09:06, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep seems notable. Search by using "Terry Paul" in Google Books - good amount of coverage like:
 * Integrating Young Adult Literature Through the Common Core by Rachel L. Wadham, ‎Jon W. Ostenson (2013)
 * Academic and Behavior Supports for At-Risk Students by Melissa Stormont, ‎Wendy M. Reinke, ‎Keith C. Herman (2012)
 * Improving Reading Comprehension of Self-Chosen Books by Keith James Topping (2022) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.246.216.238 (talk) 17:52, 21 October 2022 (UTC)


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