Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicolas Perrin

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 keep. Ryan Postlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 03:12, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nicolas Perrin

When the author created this BLP they self-tagged it with {{unreferenced}}, {{wikify}} and {{globalise}} (I found the article because they were future-dated to September) which to me is a clear indication that the author understands Wikipedia's policies but made no effort to comply (instead choosing to tag the article with maintenance tags). This is just my view, and I may be alone in this opinion, however I feel that an article should not be maintenance-tagged by its own author (a more preferable option is to not make the article or to make sure it complies with policy/established criteria before creation). Aside from that, I believe the subject (as the CEO of a company - a position he has only held for seven months) is not notable; the Google News test, while not always sufficient, is usually a good indication. Being CEO of the company is this person's only claim to notability (at least, as far as I can from Google searches and the article itself); and one event does make a living person notable. Note: PROD was removed by administrator Stifle on the grounds of my misconception about the article subject and a belief of notability. ~ AmeIiorate _{U T C} @ 12:24, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Misinterpretation of WP:BLP1E by the nominator — it refers to an article about a person who has appeared in a single newsworthy event (over a short space of time) but is not otherwise notable in their daily life. SBB Cargo is a division of SBB-CFF-FFS, the national railway line of Switzerland, and the CEO of this company would seem to me to be notable. Thanks to Ameliorate for telling me of the nomination; note that being an admin doesn't give me any extra rights to deprod pages, and that was just a normal editorial action. Stifle (talk) 12:31, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete pending better sourcing. He's the recently appointed CEO of a company that's been much in the news in Switzerland because of a strike, but he still needs to meet WP:BIO. I can't immedately find any substantial coverage about him that is not a press release. However, given his position, I can well imagine that such coverage exists somewhere. Sandstein 07:36, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep CEO of a major company is notable. As the prev. ed says, he has major newspaper refs. What more is needed? presumably notability from his position, confirmed by those who insist on the GNC superseding everything else. 7 months as CEO is not oneevent. An author can perfectly reasonable put a tag on an article when he knows he hasn't done a perfect job--WP editing is a cooperative project. Many is the article I've started and put an expand tag on, & I could see someone saying wikify if they didn't know how or even if they hadn't the time--i've often edited an article to rescue it and put on a tag like this for someone else to finish. And certainly globalise. Unsourced is a little odder, but I can see putting it on a stub for someone the author thinks clearly and obviously notable. I'm glad to have the chance to join Stifle on a keep. DGG (talk) 19:48, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the company has had plenty of press coverage. The CEO personally? Possibly, but I'm not sure. Sandstein 21:53, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Sorry, that I made some mistakes in the english wikipedia. But english is not my first language, so I hope, the mistakes are excusable. I thought it would be good to have a page about Perrin here, because you also find it in the french, german and italian version of wikipedia. His antecessor Daniel Nordmann has also a page here. And by the way I added the references. So I also join Stifle on a keep. User:Gueterbahnen (User:Gueterbahnen) 12:18, 1 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.138.131.90 (talk) [reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 00:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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