Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ariel Israel Zeckler

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:51, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ariel Israel Zeckler[edit]

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Makes a number of claims to importance (making it fail A7) but they are all not verifiable. A search did not find any reliable sources about this person that would establish them to be notable per WP:BIO. PROD was contested by creator, so I'm bringing it here. Regards So Why 10:59, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No evidence that he is notable. Looking at the references in the article I find a blogspot post, a linkedin page and other self-promotional sites, a brief entry on a business listings site, a dead link to a deleted message board post, another dead link, a link to a page of the Solicitors' Regulation Authority, a Law Society Gazette listing of moves of its members, buried among which I find "Ariel Zeckler will be a partner in the commercial property department", etc etc. None of what I have seen constitutes significant coverage of Zeckler, much of it is not from reliable sources, and very little of it is independent coverage. In addition I am not convinced that any of the claims in the article are notable enough to justify an article even if they can be substantiated by reliable sources. For example, the section "Chair" tells us only that he is chairman of the fan club of a football club that plays in a very minor league. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:15, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable solicitor. It seems his only claims to fame are sending donations to a politician, getting fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and, err, having a Wikipedia article. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 11:52, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As above; plenty of material that attempts to corroborate the non-notable bits, but no notability and few reliable sources. Accounting4Taste:talk 13:34, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:27, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. Lots of footnotes here. But no significant coverage in reliable sources. It is all self-published, trivial or incidental. An encylopaedia can't rely on that. --Mkativerata (talk) 18:19, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As noted above, the charitable work, political lobbying, fines, and rumoured business contracts are of little merit. As far as I can gather, he was chairman of Aylesbury United F.C. only briefly, from around 3 August 2003, and for an undisclosed period of time. In January 2004, it appears that Bill Carroll was acting as chairman, with Graham Read as the new managing director: New Managing Director Appointed. Other articles on the club's website suggest that Read took over from Carroll directly in around 2006, after the latter had failed in his efforts at rejuvenation, and Read has been in control since. That leaves Zeckler with less than six months as chairman, and without mention on the club's own website between 8 August 2003 and 27 January 2004. In short, he might have only been chairman for four whole days... Mephistophelian † 03:13, 2 April 2010 (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.