Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Thom

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. Cirt (talk) 02:24, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Thom[edit]

fails WP:BIO, creater's (who has a WP:COI) only claim is that the subject won an award from a regional business publication ccwaters (talk) 20:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Passes WP:BIO under the WP:ANYBIO clause. Was published in a magazine as part of a continual historical record. Also promoted by peers in the field, and selected as business person of the year by business professors part of the University of Minnesota school system.Promixluvr (talk) 20:57, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Quote: "Since 1994: The Magazine for Growing Businesses in Southern Minnesota". I doubt that it's very widely known IN Southern Minnesota outside the ranks of "Growing Businesses" there. Te subject here one of a set of articles recently uploaded. I looked closely at All American Foods and their product Pro Mix, and decided they passed muster - just. Jeff Thom is fairly certainly doing his job well, but is that notable? Does he merit a separate article? I think not. A merge of any useful info from here into the company article should suffice. I would raise a possible concern about the picture used, too. It's the one used in the Connect article. Has there been a release of copyright from whoever holds this, or does it come under fair use? Peridon (talk) 21:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good Point on the photo. It was removed. It still falls under WP:ANYBIO clause, in a published magazine. I think published is the key word. Thanks for your interest Promixluvr (talk) 21:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not notable. Being called "2008 Business Person Of The Year" by a trade publication dedicated to "Growing Businesses in Southern Minnesota" does not confer notability. User is also a persistent self-promoter: see All American Foods (from a previous username), Pro Mix and various edits. Hairhorn (talk) 21:32, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. NN, fails WP:BIO, an award by a boutique magazine in a large field doesn't qualify. -SpacemanSpiff (talk) 21:50, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Regional notability isn't good enough for us; part of spate of similar articles edited heavily by Promixluvr, likely a block-evading sock of now-blocked Aafinc. Daniel Case (talk) 12:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete NN. 7 ^{talk | Δ |} 13:11, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Of course Promixluvr is a the same user as Aafinc; but Aafinc was only blocked for having an inappropriate username; user just seems to have created a new account rather than go through the name changing process, this is a permitted way around this sort of block. However, this user is doing nothing but promotion. Jeff Thom can go, All American Foods can easily get cut down to a stub, and Pro Mix really needs to be merged into it, or come up for its own AfD. It's unsourced and notability is not certain. Spammy behaviour all around. Hairhorn (talk) 21:05, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.