Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James R. Lee

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 Delete --Salix (talk): 23:39, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

James R. Lee

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Fluff bio, references are run of the mill release type for a Managing Partner..of an... international strategic advisory and investment company. WP:N notability. Dennis Brown (talk) 22:43, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have added a direct reference from the World Economic Forum website, and took out the "fluff". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wadh3492 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That is fine, but it is a bio, not an article with significant coverage. They are just bulleting things they have been told about him, not reporting on him. Dennis Brown (talk) 01:14, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:21, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 15:41, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - My bullshit detector was going off like crazy on this one. Please compare this alleged fact from the article — "Lee graduated from the US Army & Naval Academy aged 13, and went on to study at King's College, Department of War Studies. Lee has since studied at the Beijing Language/ Culture University, Lancaster University, The London School of Economics and Georgetown University." — with the source which purports to document it HERE. In any event, whether it is "merely" improperly sourced or a full-blown hoaxification, the piece as it sits is an inadequately documented fluff bio. Carrite (talk) 17:22, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - So what exactly is the "US Army & Naval Academy"??? I get exactly four hits for this purported institution, all tracing back to the article subject. An improper name or a hoax? Carrite (talk) 17:26, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- No such entity. At least not until West Point and Annapolis decide to merge. —Wrathchild ^(talk) 19:08, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I strongly recommend that an administrator carefully review all previous contributions of User:Wadh3492 to make sure this is an isolated case of flagrantly bad sourcing and/or hoaxing. Carrite (talk) 17:28, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - http://www.armyandnavyacademy.org/ here it is, it's a high school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.212.203.164 (talk) 00:56, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This page is very self-promotional. Here are my four reasons for deletion unless someone adds something substantive soon: (1) Yes, Lee was nominated as a "Young Global Leader" in 2011 but not from the USA, as this page implies, but from Denmark. http://www.weforum.org/community/forum-young-global-leaders# What does Lee do in Denmark? So the page may be misleading in addition to not being notable. (2) Also, I see that since 2005 there have been over 1000 "Young Global Leaders" so this is not sufficient IMHO by itself to support notability. (3) Since the World Economic Forum is largely 'pay to play', I suspect that could be a bought-and-paid for honoria. (4) But my main complaint is that there is nothing showing what Lee has done as a YGL. It says on their website that YGLs must devote some of their time to giving back. Looks like Mr. Lee has not even bothered to do anything with this award.Gofigure41 00:53, 13 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gofigure41 (talk • contribs)

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