Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mitchell M. Merin

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The result was no consensus. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 15:15, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mitchell M. Merin[edit]

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It is verifiable that Mr Merin was President and Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. This is a press release from Business Wire on the Business Insider website. It is implausible that this assertion is false, given that it concerns a very senior executive at a major multinational company.
In my opinion there is a credible claim of significance enough to preclude speedy deletion of this article under the various WP:A7 criteria, and the better forum for a discussion about the notability of the subject of the article would be at WP:AFD. The question here would appear to me is "has this very senior executive at a major multinational company received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject?"
My answer to that question is no.
Pete AU aka Shirt58 (talk) 10:03, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, as the person who tagged this for A7 I obviously don't think he's notable. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 11:34, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. GameInfirmary Talk 12:42, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Management-related deletion discussions. GameInfirmary Talk 12:42, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Finance-related deletion discussions. GameInfirmary Talk 12:42, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I am finding a fair bit of coverage online I would consider significant (and since his career ran through a large period of the pre-internet days, I would suspect a deeper search would reveal more, but that seems unnecessary at the moment). In particular, see this 2002 piece from Institutional Investor which evaluates his skills and comments on the effects of his business strategies, and this 2005 piece from NYT which analyzes his alliances and struggles. Weaker are this 2005 Pensions and Investments magazine article, and this 2001 interview with Euromoney that could be argued to contain some independent analysis, and this 2005 WSJ article that (after the paywall) has a short paragraph summarizing his work at Morgan Stanley. Once notable, always notable. Keep. MarginalCost (talk) 14:03, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per MarginalCost, and assuming the sources are actually added, then per WP:HEY. Bearian (talk) 13:47, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- I've rewritten the article to include these, and a few more, sources. MarginalCost (talk) 12:31, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per MarginalCost. He may not be the most notable guy ever, but I think he passes the threshold for sure. Cosmic Sans (talk) 21:25, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: There is still a mixed opinion (there has also been a major rewrite that is worth all eds viewing).
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 10:37, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I don't feel the sources are WP:SIGCOV and are advertorial in nature. The position as a COO of a division is not a level of corporate advancement that would allow us to presume notability, while the sources presented are rather weak. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:14, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:03, 20 August 2018 (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.