Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Chappell


 * 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. After two re-lists, no consensus to Delete, and RS presented that show GNG is met was upheld and not challenged. (non-admin closure) Britishfinance (talk) 16:50, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Tom Chappell

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Not notable outside of Tom's of Maine. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:38, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:38, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 06:35, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maine-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 06:35, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge. Hyperbolick (talk) 16:48, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Honorary degree meets Notability_(people) "1. The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for such an award several times." Deleting standalone biographies like these undermines the project's goal of presenting the sum of human knowledge. Jokestress (talk) 20:43, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:51, 17 December 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, - Nahal (T) 19:54, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, but not because of an honorary degree from Colby College. That's not "a well-known and significant award or honor". He has, however, received a significant amount of media coverage: an article in The New York Times Magazine, a Bloomberg article, an interview on NPR with Guy Raz, a Forbes article, etc., so WP:GNG is satisfied. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:45, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per significant coverage in the independent reliable sources identified by . The subject meets WP:GNG. —  Newslinger  talk   09:19, 1 January 2020 (UTC)


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