Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob McEwen

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) —UY Scuti ^Talk 19:42, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rob McEwen

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BLP article of a CEO. Can't seem to determine why he is notable. Reads like he wrote it, very promotional language. Article has been on the go since early 2011, but sources are mix of blog, broken links, and links to pages that don't assert notability. I think it fails WP:BIO and WP:GNG scope_creep 12:26, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Lakun.patra (talk) 12:35, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Lakun.patra (talk) 12:35, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article definitely needs referencing improvement and rewriting for tone, but the strongest notability claim here, having been named a Member of the Order of Canada, is one that gets a person over the bar if the article is written and sourced properly. Keep and flag for refimprove and tone cleanup. Bearcat (talk) 18:50, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:43, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep perhaps as Books, News, browsers and Highbeam all found noticeable links and the Order Award may also be convincing of keeping. Notifying past AfDer DGG (it's amusing I even thought of notifying you anyway and here I noticed you at that AfD ). SwisterTwister talk 21:45, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Snow Keep - one of, if not the foremost authorities on gold commodities in the world today. Clearly meets WP:BASIC, with the broad exposure throughout international media. Even articles which are primarily interviews (and as such, shouldn't be used for notability), usually have more in-depth coverage of him preceding the interview, than I've seen in other standalone citations, such as this. Add to that the Canadian honor, and it appears to be an easy decision. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:12, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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