Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick L. Anderson

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. Fabrictramp (talk) 22:18, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Patrick L. Anderson

This article doesn't meet notability and verifiability as described in WP:N, WP:BIO, and WP:VER. I have made an attempt to verify notability and have determined the following. 1) Aside from a few short quotations, the subject of the article has not been covered by the media or other sources. 2) The subject is the CEO of a company that has also recieved limited press coverage (I found a few tangential references in newspapers but no pieces directly covering the company) and I can find no evidence that Anderson Economic Group is one of the largest business economics consulting groups as is claimed. 3)I find no evidence that the books and academic papers listed are of major import in the field. In addition, the prize awarded for best paper and a series of positions with the state government don't seem to rise to the level of encyclopedic notability. A prod tag based on notability was earlier removed. Wik-e-wik (talk) 03:34, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The papers are very lightly cited, so he isn't a notable research economist. His public service (chief of staff of a department being the peak) isn't notable by itself, either. Nor could I find reliably sourced reviews of either of his books. He is trivially quoted in the press on occasion (e.g. business climate). I could find references to his company, Anderson Economic Group, that suggest it would pass WP:CORP, in which information about the subject would be appropriately included. --Dhartung | Talk 05:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 21:08, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete per my comment above. --Dhartung | Talk 23:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As there are no reliable sources cited, I am persuaded that the article does not comply with the verifiability policy. Stifle (talk) 18:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 21:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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