Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Company man

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The result was keep‎. Spartaz ^Humbug! 05:26, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Company man[edit]

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Hard to tell whether this is true or not Chidgk1 (talk) 11:21, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Chidgk1 (talk) 11:21, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – I was going to suggest draftify as it has zero citations, but it's had a no citations hatnote since 2008. Delete per WP:NOCITE ~ Argenti Aertheri^(Chat?) 23:20, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - A quick Google Books search suggests that the oil industry definition here is accurate, and that sources exist that could support it. Will Pettijohn's Oil & Gas Handbook (2012) defines the role as the top supervisor [...] responsible for the operator's interest in the well. Rappini and Neto's Company Man: The Well Constructor in the Offshore World (2022) says the Company Man is [...] the onsite professional directly responsible for coordinating and managing well construction and maintenance in a safe and efficient way. Ron Baker's A Primer of Oil-well Drilling (1979) says the company man is in direct charge of all the company activities on the drilling location. Adam Sampson (talk) 19:09, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:01, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment in response to Chidgk1: this absolutely "true". I even suspect that "company man" appears on some business cards. On an offshore oil rig, all the work is done for the big oil company under contract by other "oilfield service companies": the drilling company/rig owner plus specialists such as wireline testing companies and mud companies. There's normally just one employee of the actual oil company that's paying for all this and will own the well -- that's the "company man" who's there to supervise these contractors.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 18:13, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - notable per Adam Sampson's refs.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 18:15, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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