Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ivan Misner

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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. ✗plicit 14:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ivan Misner

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I am not seeing any coverage to indicate that WP:BIO is met. Some poor quality sources e.g. state he was called the “Father of Modern Networking” by both Forbes and CNN but I can't find any coverage from either Forbes or CNN which would support that. SmartSE (talk) 11:50, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. SmartSE (talk) 11:50, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: California, Pennsylvania, and Texas. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 12:00, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Forbes contributor piece [1] and typical fluffy PR pieces are all I can find. Oaktree b (talk) 16:39, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:34, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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