Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philip D. Reed

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 was keep the subject. Content to be dealt with by WP:CP. Mailer Diablo 09:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philip D. Reed

Non-notable bio. He served on many corporate boards, with success, but so what? So have thousands of other people in the world. Nothing especially notable to make him worthy of his own encyclopædia entry. Delete EuroSong ^talk 03:08, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Chairman of General Electric, and informal advisor and envoy for President Eisenhower, is notable. Dionyseus 03:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as chairman of one of the world's biggest company and active in other fields. Needs a cleanup but notable enough for mine. Capitalistroadster 04:24, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per all above. This subject's experience and accomplishment is hardly comparable to that of most corporate board members or chairs. One only need to check Google briefly to see that he meets WP:BIO. -- H·G (^words/_works) 07:17, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment The article is a cut-and-past from www.hagley.lib.de.us/1984.htm. That page has a copyright notice on it. Their abstract starts "Philip D. Reed (1899-1989) was president and chief executive officer of General Electric Company from 1940-1942 and 1945-1959.", which is a better opening than the one here. Mr Stephen 09:03, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

In that case we should delete this as copyvio, (or a complete rewrite is nescessary) --Amists 10:45, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep The article is a cut-and-paste as stated by Mr. Stephen above, however, I am an employee of that institution and am authorized to distribute it. Is there some form of boilerplate text I should use to indicate this and where can it be found? In any case, it is not a violation of copyright since I have permission.Richardjames444 12:47, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

You may be an employee of the institution, but are you an employee who is authorized to release the copyright of corporate material? Typically that would be a very specific person working in a legal capacity. --Aguerriero (talk) 18:35, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep There is notable info in this bio. I agree this article could use some organization & references. JungleCat Image:Texasflaginstate.png 13:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment - this page is a copyvio and should have been dealt with accordingly. I have removed the text and placed the copyvio notice as required by WP:COPYVIO. The author's assertion that he has the right to place this information on Wikipedia as an employee of Hagley Museum and Library needs to be substantiated through the process outlined in WP:COPYREQ. --Aguerriero (talk) 18:47, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep This should be rewritten to comply with the copyright violation is the person is legit. I agree the copyright violation is a big issue though. Davidpdx 19:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
• I forwarded the permission I received from the director of the library to use this information to the permissions (at) Wikimedia (dot) org address. Hope this is sufficient. Richardjames444 20:26, 14 July 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.