Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Michael Errichetti

For Independentboardmember, the following is a detailed critique of your first comment:

Michael Errichetti is considered one of the leading Real Estate investment bankers in the industry. He helped found the group at JP Morgan during a career there of 27 years. He was a leading advisor to notable Real Estate companies mentioned in the entry. He was a Board Member of NAREIT, the main industry organization for public real estate companies in the United States. It is a common practice in the United States business publications like the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times (and in London, the Financial Times) to mention only the firm advising the company in large transactions, not the individuals. However, articles like the one deleted (unfortunately, you must be a WSJ subscriber to access the full archived article "Errichetti to KBW", not just the headline of it's weekly article on important development in the industry entitled "Plots & Ploys" regarding Mr. Errichetti's joining KBW) do mention the deal volume and some of those transactions. Mr Errichetti also helped create the unsecured debt market for Real Estate companies which led to billions of dollars of debt issuance, and he is widely recognized for that but it is not written about per se. On the question of previous deleted entries, please let me explain. I looked to other Wikipedia entries for colleagues of Mr. Errichetti at JP Morgan and some of them include the language, almost exactly, of the entries listed in Business Week biographies on the web. So, initially I took the same approach, focusing on a much shorter entry without all the detail on the individual transactions, which resulted in the Wikipedia's deletions re copywrite issues (although it was not an exact copy and the information was all factual). Following that, I then decided to write a much more detailed account of his career, highlighting the major, public transactions that he was responsible for and which is known by the companies (and their CEO's) mentioned and the industry overall. Some of the articles from major publications are no longer archived, but I have printed copies of them but obviously could not use them. The leading M&A industry source (The Daily Deal) that often includes names of individuals on transactions is not available on the web. But again, in the US, it is common to reference major transactions attached to leading Investment Bankers in major business publications because the reporters at the time either speak to the company or reference the SEC filings that sometimes list the names of the participants in the Background section of the document. I hope this answers some of the issues raised in your commentary.Independentboardmember (talk) 16:04, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I tagged your first comment to give you an idea of what may be needed. That Errichetti was involved in large transactions does not establish notability of him or of any person whether an executive or bank teller.  The basic criteria for determining notability of a person is that "he or she has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject."  Coverage of Errichetti must be significant, not just mentions that he was involved in a sale or acquisition.  I searched but could find no indication that he is notable within the meaning of Wikipedia. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 23:25, 19 November 2012 (UTC)