Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Róbert Wessman (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. Geschichte (talk) 07:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Róbert Wessman

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Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:BLPPRIMARY. Of the 13 references, are either profiles, interviews or company details, i.e. Alvotech, not specific to a BLP. scope_creep^Talk 18:08, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:16, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iceland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:16, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Seems to clearly pass GNG, with many articles significantly covering Wessman over many years. The current article has 20 references (not 13), and the majority of them are about Wessman, including [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]. There are also many more sources available through a quick Google search, including [12] titled "Viking boss, Viking strategy" from The Economist in 2007, as well as many sources from just the past few weeks where he has been quoted or mentioned. – wallyfromdilbert (talk) 19:58, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep Nothing has changed since the last AfD that was closed just two weeks ago. He is one of Iceland's best known and most successful businessmen and easily passes WP:GNG. Here is a four page coverage from 2004 in Iceland's largest newspaper, Morgunblaðið. Here is is a 13-page coverage on him in the Icelandic business magazine Frjáls Verslun after he was named Iceland's business man of the year in 2006. [13] Here is a two page coverage on him in Dagblaðið Vísir. Here is yet another full page coverage on him, this time in Fréttablaðið. Should I go on? Alvaldi (talk) 20:26, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

They all look like interview's so far. I will go through the references, all of them. scope_creep^Talk 21:25, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The first nomination for deletion was made by someone who was working on behalf of Róbert Wessman. I suspect it was due to the coverage of some unflattering allegations made against him by a former colleague and they didn't like it. They wanted to TNT it so that it might not even be in the edit history if and when the article was recreated. Those allegations were properly sourced and over time, due weight seems to have been achieved. As for this nomination and notability, I think Róbert Wessman is highly notable. He is an extremely well known public figure in Iceland to the point where one could call him a celebrity. For instance, just look at the coverage his wedding got: here and here as examples (of notability, not great sources). Jökull Júlíusson performed. Wally and Alvaldi have already given examples establishing notability from a business perspective. He is not a "flash in the pan" as significant coverage goes back to at least 2007. Also, I am not sure why "interview" is being used like it is a bad word. AFAICT, interviews help establish notability. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:20, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You could be right. They look like royalty in those two articles. Nomination Withdrawn scope_creep^Talk 22:39, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep clearly passes WP:GNG, by sources that Wallyfromdilbert mentioned. Ginbopewz (talk) 23:22, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Ginbopewz: You don't usually vore keep when the nomination is withdraw. The work has been done. scope_creep^Talk 02:17, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination Withdrawn scope_creep^Talk 02:17, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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