Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phil Wickham (entrepreneur)

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The result was delete. The key is "several books" and "widely used." I am afraid neither applies here. JodyB_talk 22:05, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Phil Wickham (entrepreneur)[edit]

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Does not meet WP:GNG or WP:BIO. I found coverage of the subject, but in blogs, which don't satisfy WP:RS. Other mentions of the subject are in relation to the subject's company, Kauffman Fellows Program. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:34, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Two of his books are used as textbooks in university syllabus per WP:PROF #4. Management Consulting and Strategic Entrepreneurship: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He is President (and Fellow) of Kauffman Fellows Program which is a non-profit educational institution per PROF #6. His speaking engagements might qualify under PROF #1 (need to research). -- Green Cardamom (talk) 20:44, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BusterD (talk) 04:39, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:54, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete His books are not widely held -- Strategic Entrepreneurship is in only 184 libraries, and Management consulting in 84. That he is president of his own private educational institution is not notability ; The use of his books in courses is not clear; some are universities totally unknown to me, some merely one of a long list of recommended reading, some only distance education projects of unknown importance, some small branches of universities. That a person gives speeches is not proof of notability under WP:PROF or any other criterion. In this world, almost everyone capable of speaking gives speeches. There is no notability here, just promotion. I ry to use WP:PROF as widely as possible, but accepting this makes a joke out of WP:PROF. DGG ( talk ) 04:21, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment According to WP:PROF #4 ".. may be satisfied, for example, if the person has authored several books that are widely used as textbooks (or as a basis for a course) at multiple institutions of higher education."

Chiang Mai University, book in course syllabus for MGMT 541[9]
Universiteti i Prishtinës, book in course syllabus for "Entrepreneurship"[10]
Grand Valley State University, textbook for course "Global Entrepreneurship" (pg. 20-21)[11]
University of Wisconsin, textbook for course MGT 485 "Small Business Consulting"[12]
University of Technology, Sydney, main/only textbook used for course 21228/15195020 Management Consulting[13] (pg. 3)
York College of Pennsylvania, textbook for course ENT 450 "Small Business Consulting"[14]

-- Green Cardamom (talk) 05:00, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

is that all you can find? It's trivial. I call that "scattered use", not "wide use". DGG ( talk ) 00:31, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Syllabus' are ephemeral online documents, they come and go by their nature, this number is pretty good based on my experience of searching for syllabus', and it is global coverage. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 00:57, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:BASIC. The only news coverage I found was linked to a visit to Wales promoting his views/expertise. There seems to be no independently published information about the subject himself. -- Trevj (talk) 00:53, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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