Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Clarke (advertising executive)

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The result was delete. Yunshui ^雲 _水 13:22, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Clarke (advertising executive)[edit]

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Lacks evidence of notability. All the references that I am able to access are based on press releases. Maproom (talk) 07:53, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not ALL but most. The Ad Week articles are legit, but may be behind pay walls. Without regard to the source quality, the article is more about various corporate transactions which I believe belong on the pages dedicated to those companies. Unless there is an article about Clarke himself doing anything notable, and I'm not aware of such information. NYFly (talk) 13:47, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Although the idea of creating a for-profit company that feeds kids in Africa is, IMO, notable even if it did not work. Perhaps there should be an article about the creation of and subsequent successes and failures of Pure Growth Partners. (Actually, a casual search comes up with very little 3rd party information about them). Or perhaps the existing Street King article should be improved and linked from the article for 50 Cent. I'll take the lead from more experienced editors on this. NYFly (talk) 14:30, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 17:09, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 17:09, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:17, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:17, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Yunshui ^雲 _水 09:01, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Spammy promotional bio. Nick-D (talk) 11:22, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - run of the mill businessman who fails WP:BIO. Note many of the sources only mention Clarke as an investor or company head, while the articles themselves focus on companies (much more coverage and text is devoted to Pure Growth Partners than to Clarke, for example). Thus, I would posit that the article subject does not have a claim to significance, as Wikipedia does not hold CEO's to be inherently notable and Clarke does not (per WP:NOTINHERITED) inherit notability from companies he serves as CEO of.--SamHolt6 (talk) 15:36, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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