Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Richter

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 redirect to Hill International. (non-admin closure) Kraxler (talk) 18:19, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

David Richter[edit]

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The references are all non-independent sources, interviews, or non-significant coverage such as routine notifications of hirings and promotion and directory listings. Article was created by a SPA and sockpuppet that only edits articles related to Hill International, their employees, and Construction Management. I would support a redirect to Hill International. --Ahecht (TALK
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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:53, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:53, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

stuartwilks (talk) Although the author (who has declared their interest in the company) is an employee of Hill (as am I), it seems to me that the page bears little difference to other similar pages for CEO's of major US companies - such as John Veihmeyer - there is a category "American Chief Executives" which it seems to me the page might usefully sit within? Whilst I appreciate the notion of the 'sockpuppet' writer, it seems to me that the article is quite neutral and well referenced and relates to a CEO of a US NYSE listed firm, so has a legitimate reason to remain on Wikipedia?

Redirect to Hill International - My searches found several results such as this and this but essentially he may be best known for Hill International. SwisterTwister talk 06:30, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 09:50, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - the basic requirement is some significant coverage about himself in independent reliable sources (WP:GNG). Found sources are either focussed on the company, or very short passing mentions and common announcements. Not every successful businessman is automatically notable (in Wikipedia's sense of the term). GermanJoe (talk) 10:10, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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