Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeremy Coller

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The result was keep.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 05:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jeremy Coller

Article fails WP:BIO. Article was created by an WP:SPA account with no other edits other than related to this subject. Seems to be nothing more than Self-promotion, which wikipedia is WP:NOT. Hu12 (talk) 06:56, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete. Non-notable and completely unsourced, and looks to be self-promotion. Titanium Dragon (talk) 07:20, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: No reliable references, seems like it's made up. Dwilso 07:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: references provided, good article. Dwilso 00:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Just a rehash of the skeleton biog on the company website [1] - notability not asserted -- Ka renjc 09:54, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom.--Berig (talk) 10:39, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, the references provide sufficient notability.--Berig (talk) 04:35, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
keep If he is head of Coller Capital, & if the company is the largest in its market, both he and they ought to have an article, and their official page can be accepted for the routine facts of his career. COI is reason for editing, not deletion.DGG (talk) 18:25, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I declined the speedy on this because the article did, in fact, assert notability in that it stated he founded a major financial firm. A search for references regarding him turn up his presence on the Financial News Top 100 list of the most influential people in the European capital market; there are some profiles of him in magazines (unfortunately, the majority of that article is behind a paywall, but here's a cache of another one in Global Investor magazine). Google News turns up a fair number of hits, as does Google itself. I think there's enough to indicate notability out there. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:43, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Presence on such lists alone does not establish notability. I did not get a hit on Google News for either "Jeremy Coller" or Jeremy Coller, and he gets fewer Google hits than I do; in any event, Ghits alone do not establish notability, nor does cursory mention in magazines (and I think being on a list qualifies as a cursory mention) - but unfortunately he may be more prevalent in British print media, something my access to is essentially nonexistant. Apparently he pioneered private equity secondary market related stuff, and I found an article to that effect. If someone can find some articles and assemble a reasonable article about him, I'd change my vote. Titanium Dragon (talk) 22:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I got 85 Google News Archive hits for "Jeremy Coller". The two articles I point to above are both profiles specifically about him. Tony Fox (arf!) 23:00, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I tried to improve the article. --Eastmain (talk) 23:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. —Eastmain (talk) 23:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. —Eastmain (talk) 23:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Eastmain, you tried and succeeded. I think it passes the notability test. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:04, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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