Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Morris W. Offit

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 of the debate was keep. Mailer Diablo 13:21, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Morris W. Offit

Fails WP:BIO. 1,000 Ghits without middle initial, and 17,000 Ghits with. M1ss1ontomars2k4 | T | C | @ 02:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, nn--Jusjih 13:49, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment - if we delete this, we should probably delete all of the Board of AIG articles. Not sure I have a strong feeling on whether board members of a clearly notable company are notable or not, but we should be consistent. -Jcbarr 15:26, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. According to the article he is the director of American International Group, a major insurance corporation based in New York City. It is the fourth-largest company in the world according to the 2006 Forbes Global 2000 list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by THE KING (talk • contribs) 15:58, 23 May 2006

• Comment. Correction: he is a director of AIG, a very different thing. It means he's a member of the board. Fan1967 17:44, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Roger that. I'll still vote to keep though. how do you use strikethrough? can someone who knows strike my prev vote. THE KING 18:11, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Put a <s> in front and a </s> after whatever you want to strikethrough. Fan1967 18:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I've done it for you. --M1ss1ontomars2k4 | T | C | @ 22:36, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Agree with Jcbarr. The rest should be looked at. Merely serving on a corporate board is insufficient, even for a major corporation, unless the people have other claims to notability. Fan1967 17:49, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. As important as Google hits are, more important from our point of view is reliable third party sources such as this Forbes profile see [1]. People appointed to Boards of Directors are normally notable in their won right. He founded Offitbank which merged with the Wachovia Bank in 1999. He was formerly Chairman of the Board of John Hopkins University see [2] He is a close friend and adviser to New York mayor Michael Bloomberg see [3]. Article is a mess though and needs to be rewritten. Capitalistroadster 19:54, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

 AfD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Ezeu 14:58, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep and cleanup. Adding just the info from Capitalistroadster above would IMHO assert notability. -Jcbarr 15:20, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: The article should do more to explain Offit's notability. As Capitalistroadster commented above, there are articles about him that would establish notability. If the article included those references, I'd vote to keep it. --Elkman 15:43, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. --Terence Ong 16:02, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above. Also, 17 THOUSAND Google hits for "Morris W. Offit"? How could this guy possibly not be notable enough for an article? -- Kicking222 20:21, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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.