Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Waronker

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Does not meet WP:GNG. Created by purportedly paid editor. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:15, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

: Comment: Why do you say it was created by a paid editor? I see nothing to indicate that that is the case. But it should not matter because if the subject is notable then he deserves an article, regardless of who created it. Onthegogo (talk) 19:20, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:08, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ice hockey-related deletion discussions. —DJSasso (talk) 19:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

• Delete - Seems to be a vanity page for a non-notable real estate developer. Carrite (talk) 16:18, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
• Keep per WP:GNG as he is a notable person who was the founder and commissioner of WHA2, and the owner of several sport franchises. Sources including [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MT&s_site=macon&p_multi=MT&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=102CB7F7405B270C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM], [http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2003/04/14/daily14.html], [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?l_id=104&t_id=1026&id=3049500], [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/305813031.html?dids=305813031:305813031&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+05%2C+2003&author=Shandel+Richardson++Special+correspondent&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=MIAMI+MANATEES+ENTER+ATLANTIC+COAST+LEAGUE&pqatl=google], [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1035BC9E3150E26B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM], [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/335008141.html?dids=335008141:335008141&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+11%2C+2003&author=Scott+Andera%2C+Sentinel+Staff+Writer&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=AGREEMENT+PUTS+ICING+ON+HOCKEY+DISPUTE+%3B+THE+ACHL+WILL+LET+THE+OWNER+OF+THE+ORLANDO+SEALS+TAKE+HIS+FOUR+TEAMS+TO+THE+WHA2.&pqatl=google], and many, many others from Google News [http://www.google.com/#q=David+Waronker&hl=en&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&source=lnt&sa=X&ei=qJGHTfT1E4i6sQP8zsSGAg&ved=0CBEQpwUoBw&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=86c225fd22400f27], confirms that this article should stay on Wikipedia. Onthegogo (talk) 18:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete or prune significantly and merge with WHA2. While most of those links would provide a good deal of coverage with which to build a solid article on the WHA2, the mentions of Waronker appear to all be trivial for a biography of Waronker himself. Not seeing and kind of coverge that makes him notable as a hockey owner/commissioner or as a developer. Resolute 22:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. ʘ alaney2k ʘ (talk) 23:37, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
• Keep The news media considers him notable. All the articles that quote him or talk about him that I try to click on require payment to view. Just search for his name and add in "hockey" or even "real estate" and its clearly him they are all talking about. Dream Focus 04:52, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete Tangential mentions in a couple articles does not bestow notability on someone. --Sloane (talk) 23:38, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
• Keep This [http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2003/04/14/daily14.html] article is all about Waronker, and meets GNP. Also the google news search shows lots and lots of articles about him. It is obvious that a person who has owned at least eight minor league hockey teams, and who also founded an entire hockey league is going to be notable. Waronker has had a notable impact on those city where he has tried to establish a hockey presence, and he has much more than trivial mentions in the media. He is included as a featured person in the 2010 publication “American Ice Hockey Administrators” {{ISBN|1158330243}} [http://www.amazon.com/American-Ice-Hockey-Administrators-Kilpatrick/dp/1158330243/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300902706&sr=1-1] Waronker is notable. Overdrawn Invader (talk) 17:45, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

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