Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Elderson

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The result was keep. Sadads (talk) 20:29, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Elderson[edit]

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The subject is a non notable banker who fails GNG. The article is substantially sourced to primary and press release articles. Ruqayya ansari (talk) 12:15, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK... Where do I Start. 1. The article was created about 5 days ago, so why not providing feedback and requests specific improvements first, before jumping to AFD procedure? 2. As written in the article, the guy is set to become board member of the European Central Bank and vice chair of the ECB supervisory board (a decision which will be confirmed around Dec 11th). The ECB is one of the most powerful EU institution, so the notability of this policymaker will unavoidably grow. 3. About sources, I'm happy to add more sources, although i would like to point out that the press releases are ones from the European Parliament, not from the current employer of Mr Elderson. Best wishes Stanjourdan (talk) 13:06, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Ruqayya ansari (talk) 12:15, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 12:25, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 12:25, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No strong showing of notability here.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:29, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Rather flowery descriptions used, seems to be a non-notable functionary. Oaktree b (talk)

Please feel free to remove the "flowery" stuff.Stanjourdan (talk) 18:22, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I understand everyone is not familiar with EU politics and institutional affairs over here, but people sitting in the executive board of the European Central Bank are not "non-notable functionnary", but powerful decision makers with wide media exposure. Furthermore, not every central banker in Europe is chairing an organisation (ie. the NGFS) that gathers 75+ central banks and IMF as members - this simple fact does make Elderson notable within the finance sector. Mr Elderson's appointment to the ECB is pending a few formalities, but once he is appointed, he will be a notable EU official - he will basically be the number 2 chief of banking supervision in the Eurozone. So in a nutshell, if we delete this, we will undoubtfully have to review and revert this decision in a few weeks/months once he takes his position at the ECB. So we might as well give this page some time before making a decision to delete or not this article. Stanjourdan (talk) 18:22, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per User:Stanjourdan. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:49, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Passes the WP:GNG. gidonb (talk) 14:31, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, major role at ECB.--Astral Leap (talk) 09:23, 27 November 2020 (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.