Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William C. Rhodes

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The result wasspeedy keep, nomination withdrawn. GRBerry 15:59, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] William C. Rhodes

He might be the CEO of a fortune 500 company, but as an individuial he is not noteworthy enough to warrant his own page on Wikipedia Piuro 21:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep Information on him may be minimal right now, but he's still the CEO of a fortune 500 company. At the most redirect to Autozone pending more information. FrozenPurpleCube 22:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep No mere individual has instrinsic noteworthiness. I submit that his status as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company makes him noteworthy. I could understand if it was my second cousin who runs a small local grocery store or something, but this is a CEO of a publicly-traded Fortune 500 company. Berserkr731 02:12, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep I wouldn't support a redirect to Autozone. I would think that he is certainly notable enough by virtue of his position.
  • Comment Not every fortune 500 company CEO has their own page, and the page on Autozone itself is very small. I could easily support a merger, but merely his position doesnt warrant his own entry in an encyclopedia. Piuro 02:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
    • If the only corporate articles on WP were the Fortune 500 companies and their CEOs, I think most would be quite content to leave it there. However, there are hundreds of far less notable firms and their executives that would be better AfD targets than this one. After all at #378 in the F500, the firm ranks higher than more 'household' names like Clorox, eBay, H&R Block and Wrigley. Montco 04:15, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as meeting WP:BIO as a "primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person." JoshuaZ 03:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per nom in this case. CEO of a Fortune 500 company. --badlydrawnjeff talk 00:45, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I have properly sourced the article and I now believe it meets both WP:BIO and WP:V. -- Satori Son 01:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• keep please this person meets the bio notabilities standard Yuckfoo 01:42, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per JoshuaZ. --Marriedtofilm 03:45, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Withdraw Satori Son has sourced the article and made a note of establishing noteability, whihc was not done very well in the origional article, in light of these changes, I move to keep. Piuro 05:31, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

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