Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William E. Grayson


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 16:52, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

William E. Grayson

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Appears to be a run of the mill high level but non-notable business executive who was also an ambassador-designate. He was nominated by Trump to serve as ambassador to Estonia, but never took office. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:25, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Bilateral relations,  and California. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:25, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Estonia. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:28, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. People are not "inherently" notable enough for Wikipedia articles just for getting designated as the appointee to a job they never actually held — and, in fact, even people who have actually served as ambassadors still aren't deemed "inherently" notable for that in the absence of WP:GNG-worthy coverage analyzing the impact of their work in that role, so an appointee who never actually held the role can hardly be more notable. But this is based almost entirely on primary sources that aren't support for notability at all — and it isn't even really trying to document that he had any preexisting notability in business before being appointed to a diplomatic role he never actually assumed, either. Bearcat (talk) 15:57, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete unremarkable career that fails WP:BIO. As Bearcat correctly states, ambassadors are not inherently notable, being a designate even less so. LibStar (talk) 17:49, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Draftify so the article is not entirely deleted and can be improved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2crzppul (talk • contribs) 19:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, per Bearcat. Fails WP:BIO. Appointed, never served, and apart from that, his previous endeavors don't show any sort of notability. ExRat (talk) 04:13, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Not meeting Bio. Okoslavia (talk) 22:05, 9 August 2023 (UTC)


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