Talk:Stefan Ackerie

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[edit] To do

• DOB/Age?
• Stefan's website says he arrived in Australia as a teenager; where is he from originally?
• Fair use/free photo

FiggyBee 08:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I think he was originally Lebanese (or so said a consultant at work who used to work for him). Lankiveil 11:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC).

[edit] On notability

• he is a readily recognised business personality in Australia. He employs over 500 people, and has often appeared in national tv ads for his own products.
• he was a finalist in the 2004 Australian of the Year Awards. [1]
• he is the owner of (and is heavily associated with) a major landmark in a city of 3 million people: see The Skyneedle, Brisbane, Queensland.

FiggyBee 09:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Look at WP:BIO. Employing 500 people and appearing on commercials for his own products do not guarantee notability. However, if he really was a finalist in the 2004 Australian of the Year award, that does help, and should be cited. The owner of a landmark doesn't guarantee notability either. It's not proposed for deletion in either case. From what I can tell, he's a local celebrity, so finding 2-3 more non-trivial articles about him shouldn't be too difficult. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 09:19, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[2] Here is a much better reference for the Australian of the Year nomination (primary source in fact). I'll put it into the article. FiggyBee 09:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

There is an interesting bio at [3] which is obviously c&p'd from somewhere else, but I can't find the original. I'd rather not use this link as a reference... Ahah.. also that gave me a clue for finding more. He apparently sometimes goes by the name of Steve Ackerie FiggyBee 09:39, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Are you kidding? Stefan is a very well known man-about-town in Brisbane. Lankiveil 12:22, 26 November 2006 (UTC).