Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Barnard Hale

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The result was delete. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:16, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

David Barnard Hale[edit]

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speedy tag was removed by an anon. There's a claim of notability ("Investors of the Year") , though not a source for it. I can find nothing significant in G or Gnews for either him or his company. DGG ( talk ) 21:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I could not find anything for him. I also looked under Lucasfilm (as it says that he worked for them) but I can't find his name linked with them. It claims that he was CEO of Louis Vuitton's eLuxury - yet I can find no mention of this either. I would have thought that someone who "assisted directly in establishing an internet presence for eLuxury" would get a mention, and a CEO at that. I also looked up Sidley Austin Brown & Wood - no mention of him in connection with them. I'm not going to go on - I think it's a hoax, to be honest. "DBH INVESTMENTS" exists - there are 5 hits on Google News Archive - but none of them mention him. The company doesn't seem to have their own website. As for "RWH" - I've no idea who that is - I can't find a suitable organisation that it could be. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 22:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete per WP:V. Probable hoax. (BTW, RWH probably = [1].) Location (talk) 07:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. Still no verification found that that RWH awarded anything to anyone! -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 09:19, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Able to locate educational background and affiliations with organizations mentioned. However, cannot find RWH award. Not sure it's a hoax, due to ability to find sketch outline of records, but unable to verify notability.

Delete - Fails verifiability. Note the weaselly wording in the article. He was not CEO of eLuxury, he "was recruited to work for the CEO of Louis Vuitton's eLuxury" which could mean almost anything including being the guy who coded some HTML for a web site. His other engagements are all equally vague. -- Whpq (talk) 16:17, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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