Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terry Stephenson


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:53, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Terry Stephenson

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Putting this out for discussion. Am not sure this man meets the notability guidelines, although there are a number of references. Seems to be slightly promotional but I don't think it really meets the inclusion guidelines. H.dryad (talk) 14:28, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

As Mr. Stephenson is President of Vertex, a company with approximately 1000 employees across North America, and had received numerous business accolades, I do not see how he would not meet the notability guidelines. Please provide link to inclusion guideline? Dwinters12345 (talk) 14:39, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Per your request, here is Notability. — Maile  (talk) 15:09, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Notability, for Wikipedia purposes, is a factor of the volume and quality of reliable source coverage you can locate about a person's career achievements — no size of company gives that company's president an automatic inclusion freebie just because he exists, and press releases or his own "our president" profile on the website of his own company don't count as valid sources. Bearcat (talk) 02:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 15:30, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 15:30, 22 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete, as a strict interpretation of WP:ANYBIO would place this in the delete category, but 'significant award or honor' is a tad vague. Dschslava (talk) 17:50, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. I grant that "significant award or honor" is vague enough that it could be debated how significant this particular award is or isn't, so if the sourcing were solid I'd let it through. But the sourcing here is parked almost entirely on primary sources and trade-magazine listicles — there's only one source that counts for anything toward getting the subject over WP:GNG, and that source (Sherwood Park News) is a local community weekly newspaper in a suburban town on the edge of a larger media market. So it would count for something if the rest of the sourcing around it were better, but it cannot carry him over GNG by itself as the best source there is. So unfortunately, the sourcing here simply doesn't cut it, and Wikipedia's notability criteria do not confer exemptions from having to source the article properly. Bearcat (talk) 02:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - lack of reliable sources. There's a bunch on the subject, but nothing that suggests his notability beyond "he exists and is mentioned on the internet". Ajraddatz (talk) 06:29, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as only is he questionable for better notability, I'm also PRODing the company itself. SwisterTwister   talk  05:02, 29 March 2016 (UTC)


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