Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joos Horsten

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 keep. Mgm|^(talk) 09:54, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Joos Horsten

Non-notable businessman, no other significant activities or discoveries. MBisanz ^talk 16:50, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- I'^mperator 17:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep 5 recent news hits (in German) 24 past news hits 2 books. More articles in German.[1] I would add these sources, but I don't speak German, and I ma not interested enough in the subject to use google translate. Ikip (talk) 20:10, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I do speak a bit of German, enough to recognize that those articles are in Dutch and not German. I ran this link through Google Translate and it's apparently about his death of a heart attack. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 21:08, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I did a little more searching along the same lines and found no sources that would establish notability. There's still more articles that could be translated but I don't feel strongly enough about Google translations to vote either way. See my work here. OlYeller^Talktome 01:51, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Mmkay. I'm indifferent; someone whose death is reported in a national newspaper is likely to be notable, and it sort of moots the "living" part of WP:BLP. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 02:07, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Strong Keep~~. I misread the book title as being about the article subject, rather than co-written by him - no opinion for the moment on deletion. Clearly passes WP:BIO based on the source in the article, which is a 279-page biography of the subject[2] published by what looks to be a reputable publisher, of which the English translation has been published by a university press[3]. I don't think you can much more notable than that. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:37, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
weak keep mentioned in corporate history book, cowrote book on company founder, honored by China, saved a 3rd division soccer club. pohick (talk) 21:19, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as non-notable. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 05:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nja²⁴⁷ 10:13, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

delete Dying does not confer added notability. WP has found buainessmwn of greater importance to be insufficiently notable in the past. Collect (talk) 16:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep CEO of international company. Dying does not create notability, but if someone is important, it often produces a good obit as a source. An obit in a major national newspaper of a country is evidence of notability. DGG (talk) 16:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep--yup, notable for the reasons given above by DGG. The obits contain plenty of factoids that prove the person is notable. Drmies (talk) 05:47, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Getting an award from the leader of a nation, makes you notable. Dream Focus 00:52, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.