Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Eivind Hall (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete. The only "keep" opinion refers to "common sense". That is unfortunately not a concept referenced in WP:N, which calls for sources instead. Sandstein 19:57, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Eivind Hall[edit]

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Extremely dubious notability, sources seem to indicate notability of the company, rather than of the subject. Fails WP:GNG. Safiel (talk) 21:13, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Between the general lack of notability of the person directly, and the sourcing issues with the bronze star (see previous AFD), I don't see much reason to keep it. - TexasAndroid (talk) 13:05, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:56, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete as above. Alternatively, no objection to a selective merge/redirect to WorleyParsons, if desired. Neutrality^talk 16:09, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nakon 02:43, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, relisting due to previous AFDs so that a wider consensus may be gained. Nakon 02:43, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Pinging those who have previously examined its notability: Sionk, JoelWhy, Clarityfiend, The Magnificent Clean-keeper, NJ Wine, Arxiloxos, Fram, DGG, MelanieN, Whouk, J341933. Boleyn (talk) 08:02, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment According to MelanieN's comments in 1st AfD, this article was deleted 3 times before 2012. Boleyn (talk) 08:08, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Parsons is one of the major engineering companies of the world, and was at the time he was CEO. CEO of that is sufficient for notability by common sense. DGG ( talk ) 23:32, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I found it hard to pin down what his actual position is (and the article doesn't say), but according to several sites he is currently the "Global Director of Mega Projects" at Parsons Worley.[1] Some sites add the title "Executive Director"[2] or say that he is "second in command" of the company (I can't find a Reliable Source for that). BTW it's best to search under "Bill Hall" Parsons Worley. But for such an apparently high-powered position, he has received almost zero coverage of his own. The only news mentions I could find of him were at the time of the merger between Parsons and Worley. I don't think we have any "presumption of notability" for executives of companies, and IMO he fails WP:GNG for lack of coverage. --MelanieN (talk) 00:31, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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