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In sum, I cannot understand what the above editor means when claiming a lack of "notoriety." <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/160.39.139.123|160.39.139.123]] ([[User talk:160.39.139.123|talk]]) 20:40, 11 September 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
In sum, I cannot understand what the above editor means when claiming a lack of "notoriety." <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/160.39.139.123|160.39.139.123]] ([[User talk:160.39.139.123|talk]]) 20:40, 11 September 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
*'''Keep''' - he appears to be a big "player" in both [[commercial real estate]] and New York politics, although I'd not heard of him before this AfD. He seems to be the type of [[socialite]] who "feigns discretion" -- he doesn't have a [[Facebook]] page of his own -- but does nothing but socialize with the Tisches and raised wads of cash for Obama. There are [[WP:BEFORE|lots of news sources online]] with [[WP:SIGCOV|more than passing mentions]] of this "character". He's gotten attention in the ''WSJ'', ''Business Week'', and other [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] -- some of it unwanted, for example in connection with inversion deals. He's been mentioned in AP stories [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=20041020&id=Y7lNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l0kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6455,5415084 for at least ten years]. So, yes, he clearly passes as [[WP:GNG|notable]]. FWIW, I voted twice for Obama. [[User:Bearian|Bearian]] ([[User talk:Bearian|talk]]) 21:19, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

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No indication of notability, largely unreferenced, with a single third-party source that covers Effron himself in some detail. Nothing significant beyond a New York real estate deal found via Google. Was prodded, prod removed by an IP editor without improvement. Huon (talk) 20:59, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 22:07, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:45, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I do not know what the above editor is implying. A simple Google News search shows 10+ articles related to Effron having been written in the last few weeks alone. Moreover, in May of this year, Effron hosted Obama at his Manhattan home for a private fundraiser. This event received heavy media coverage (which directly mentioned Effron, seeing as it was his home). Since then, a number of news articles have pointed out that Effron (and many other financiers), despite being large democratic party donors, often are involved in deals that the Obama administration has disparaged; chief among these are so-called "tax inversion" deals.

In sum, I cannot understand what the above editor means when claiming a lack of "notoriety." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.139.123 (talk) 20:40, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]