Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terence O'Rourke

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The result was delete. Will undelete if anyone wants to merge content into an article on his company. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:16, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Terence O'Rourke[edit]

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One-line stub on someone who appears to be non-notable; a Google search turns up primary sources, and nothing else, so he appears to fail WP:GNG. Article has been tagged as an orphan for over 4 years. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 11:17, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:59, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment I've referenced the MBE, which confirms the award for services in his field, but have been surprised not to find anything more detailed on the subject. I'm not sure that award is sufficient to carry notability in itself. AllyD (talk) 18:16, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not aware of any inherent notability from being awarded an MBE, OBE or CBE. They're relatively common and are given to people from all walks of life, both notable public figures, and non-notable, but hard-working, "commoners". Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 18:30, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The MBE and OBE, I'd agree with you, but the CBE has consistently been held at AfD to confer notability. It's not actually that common (a few dozen are awarded every year) and is only given to senior or prominent individuals. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:49, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I frequently get the three mixed up anyway, and it's not very often you see anyone with these awards at AfD (or, at least, I've rarely seen it) as a lot of them don't have articles, for obvious reasons. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 16:12, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michaelzeng7 (talk) 15:11, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 17:49, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Privacy violation against WP:BLP; I can't find significant coverage and the MBE isn't enough by itself. Also, note his company is also called "Terence O'Rourke". Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:11, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry, but what? How on earth is it any sort of privacy violation? I think you may be misreading WP:BLP. It doesn't say you can't write articles about living people. It says you must be very careful that what you write is accurate. No part of the one sentence currently in this article breaches that. -- Necrothesp (talk) 08:37, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
REpurpose as an article on his company, who are notable planning consultants. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:46, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At which point it may as well be deleted anyway. I didn't find any particularly significant coverage of the company either, but I wasn't looking very hard for that aspect. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 17:47, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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