Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Burdett-Coutts (promoter)


 * 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 no consensus. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 11:11, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

William Burdett-Coutts (promoter)

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I see no evidence that this subject meets encyclopedic standards of notability. bd2412 T 18:22, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:37, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:37, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:37, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:49, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * KEEP It was me that created this article. I am in the middle of an extensive overhaul of articles related to the Edinburgh Fringe, the world's biggest arts festival. There are four big venue chains that have come to dominate the Fringe and have largely shaped what it is today, artistically speaking. He set up one of them, and has run it for over 30 years. He is therefore a fundamental figure in the history of the Fringe. It is for this I believe he is notable, not as a business figure. For comparison, I would argue he is notable in the same way that a manager of a world-famous band or a manager of a cup-winning football team would be. I can and will expand in time. Peaky76 (talk) 09:45, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 02:49, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Suppose, then, that we move it to draft space until it is expanded and sourced enough to show encyclopedic notability. bd2412  T 03:40, 22 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete as this article clearly has no imaginably better signs of the necessary notability improvements. SwisterTwister   talk  23:23, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete and possibly merge into Assembly (events promoter). This is not a notable BLP. I can appreciate the heartfelt plea of the article creator, however when I am in that same position, also with a BLP, I gather and add all the sources first, then write the article second, and I don't save the article into article space until it can withstand a possible AfD; I wouldn't unleash it into the world with too few references. The article creator can still do this. But as it stands now, all of this article can be stated in the Assembly (events promoter) article. Prhartcom (talk) 18:25, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
 * While everyone is free to develop articles in the way they see fit, this is a wiki, and the idea is that one can do as much or little as one wishes (per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY). Therefore people are at liberty to create unreferenced stubs, which is where many of our good articles started.  All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 11:23, 27 April 2016 (UTC).


 * Keep there seems to be plenty of material. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:00, 27 April 2016 (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.