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The result was speedily deleted as an advertisement. The article was filled with nothing but promotional language. -- Atama 17:26, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Declining speedy to allow time for discussion. Autobiography of a (NN?) stuntperson. delete - UtherSRG (talk) 15:58, 7 May 2011 (UTC) UtherSRG (talk) 15:58, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete - No significant coverage about this stunt performer. He is mentioned in a couple of articles about stunt dirving: NY Times, Virginian-Pilot. But that's not significant. I also checked IMDB and there is no indication of any awards or other significant recognition for his stunt work. -- Whpq (talk) 16:34, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Speedy deleted under CSD A1 (insufficient context to identify the subject of the article). It will be time to have an article on this subject if and when (a) it exists and (b) it has established notability. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:01, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Contested PROD. No indication of notability, no sources, and fails WP:CRYSTAL. bonadea contributions talk 16:30, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. WP:NHOCKEY is relevant when it is the only source of notability, which is not the case here. Owen× 08:22, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable player. OHL academic award is not one of the major awards per NHOCKEY. Canada Hky (talk) 03:12, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep There may be debate as to whether or not the Ivan Tennant Memorial Award is one of the major awards given annually by the OHL (I personally think it is), but Hamilton has demonstrated his notability in other ways. He was the first ever draft pick in Niagara IceDogs history; he played at the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships where he was named as a top player for Team Canada; and he has also generated more than just routine sports coverage with articles such as this, this, this, and this, which is more than enough to pass WP:GNG. Dolovis (talk) 04:07, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep passes WP:GNG based on sources found by Dolovis, especially the first and last. Just for the record, I don't think either the Ivan Tennant Memorial Award nor being named as Canada's best player at the IIHF U18, would qualify him as notable, but again, he passes GNG, so that's all moot. Ravendrop 04:12, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Delete: Err ... the notion that a "top academic player" award = preeminent honor is well to the left of farcical. It's not remotely so, and claiming otherwise is close to pointy; one wonders if there are ANY awards given out by the league which Dolovis does not consider to be "major." That being said, I'm not entirely convinced by the sources, either; the local newspaper source is a relatively routine interview that's half about other matters, and the other sources the moral equivalent of blogs. I'd like to see one or two more print sources which describe the subject in "substantial detail."  Ravenswing  16:59, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 06:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Unverified novel term. The phrase is a substring of one of Perl's backronyms, but I can find no evidence it's an independent concept/categorization. Cybercobra (talk) 09:13, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 06:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable marketing representation lacking GHits and GNEWs of substance. Individual has small quotes in relation to his clients, but lacks in-depth coverage about subject of article. Appears to fail WP:BIO. ttonyb (talk) 17:37, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you please elaborate on what exactly you need in terms of GHits and GNEWs? This person is a legitimate representative of the people referenced in the entry - what types of sources would you/Wikipedia need to show proof? The citations included are meant to show that Stroth does in fact represent the clients referenced -- though the articles are not ABOUT Stroth representing the client (in this line of work, the media is interested in the client themselves, not necessarily in who their representative is). Very interested in your thoughts and feedback! Christineokelly (talk) 14:42, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Google searching and Google News Archive searching are used to determine whether the person has received significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. That's how Wikipedia determines whether the subject is "notable" or not. That's what is needed for a person to have an article at Wikipedia; passing mentions in an article about somebody else are not enough. See Wikipedia:Notability (people) for an explanation of the criteria. Your citations show that he does indeed represent some notable people, but there is a saying here that "notability is not inherited"; just being associated with a notable person does not mean that their notability rubs off on you. It's true that the attorneys or representatives of notable people, or attorneys for important legal cases, often get mentioned in news stories, but that does not make the attorneys or representatives notable in themselves. And that's the problem with an article about Mr. Stroth. He represents notable people, but that does not make him notable in himself. --MelanieN (talk) 15:33, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete lots of citations of WP:RS, but a random sampling of the sources reveals only brief mentions, not significant coverage. This doesn't meet the requirements imposed by the notability guideline. Also, the article is written in the format of a resumé, which isn't neutral. Chester Markel (talk) 01:04, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 06:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The primary problem with this article is verifiability and notability. This is a seemingly little-known financial instrument that is sold only by one newly-formed and non-notable company. Other than their apparently proprietary information, there is no information out there on how they function. In particular, there have been two main contributors to this article: Adrian88888, and WilliamG. Adrian88888 has made few other contributions to Wikipedia, other than putting in an inappropriate link to the company in another article (although to be fair, wisely reverted him/herself). WilliamG appears to have some source(s) of information on this topic, but so far has been unwilling to divulge how s/he knows about the subject (see talk page). In any case, as pointed out by Ulner on the talk page, it is unclear what these "pair options" actually are. In particular, the payoff is completely mysterious; the article only gives an example where the following is said "...in case he is right, the payout is given by: ADD". It has been like that since WilliamG's first edits. Note that there are several "references" given in the article. These were added by WilliamG in response to Ulner's requests. But they are not actually references to this new topic of "pair options", but to financial instruments with similar naming, which already have their own Wikipedia articles. Their relevance is not clear; WilliamG claims that "pair options" are sufficiently different and notable to require its own article, but these other topics are related enough to serve as kinds of references. Again, since there are no reliable sources for us to consult, these are claims we have to take on faith. DudeOnTheStreet (talk) 18:15, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree : I am interested in financial mathematics and came across this entry here, and since then researched it quite a bit. It was not written in a proper way so did my best to upgrade it and add substance. The cliams don't have to be take on faith, but evaluated by people who are familiar to the domain. Outperformance Options, Pair Options, Alpha Binary Options have similarities in that they are based on relative performance,but each one is different, as much as Vanilla Options and Binary Options are different, the therfore have separate entries --WillliamG (talk) 14:28, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with DudeOnTheStreet's comments; article does not have reliable sources supporting notability. Ulner (talk) 19:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete - I can't really fathom these exotic options and fancy derivatives, but that's irrelevant. What matters is that I am also unable to find any significant sources writing about pair options. Given the volume of books written on investing and finance, and the research on it, the fact there is no coverage in any books, or in Google scholar is rather telling. I don't doubt that this product exists and is being sold by somebody as a financial instrument, but it isn't a notable one. -- Whpq (talk) 20:01, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do Not Delete- Exotic Options are an important financial instruments. Both for traders and for financial institutions. This is an evolving domain , just two weeks ago NASDAQ launched Alpha Index Options, also options that have not appeared in any publication until recently. Just like Pair Options, they are options on Relative Performance , and are important as they offer the trader theoretically Beta neutral instruments. (depends on the correlations..)--Mikeruon (talk) 09:47, 5 May 2011 (UTC) Mikeruon (talkcontribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 06:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Not convinced this is notable enough. Rd232 talk 23:29, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep: The article may not be too notable but there might be a reason to keep it seeing some of the references in the article.--Nidhi. mehta333 (talk) 14:01, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete - The references in the article consists of press releases, and Wikipedia itself. The only thing that comes close is some coverage in TechCrunch which is a tech blog, and may or may not be a reliable source. -- Whpq (talk) 19:31, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete - most of the references are press releases and it's hard to see how this reference is relative to the article. Two citations of Wikipedia as a reference also. Article is about a new business model and does not satisfy [[WP:ORG] and the notability criteria listed here are not met by the articles references. --Whiteguru (talk) 10:15, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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