Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy McKay (trader)
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- 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 delete.--Kchase T 06:17, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Randy McKay (trader)
Ignoring the trivial (went to school, marine, plays bridge) we are left with having done his job of making money and being mentioned in a book. Is this enough to make him notable? Emeraude 14:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak delete He has a few non-Market Wizards hits, but I don't see how he is different to any other trader; there are thousands that make several million dollars. Akihabara 14:28, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Nonnotable, WP:BIO. Lacks encyclopedic expandability, likely going to be an eternal stub with an amazon.com link. Note: apparently part of a series of similar articles on business people, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Major article spam? Femto 15:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Fails notability & shallow --BozMo talk 15:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per nom and Femto. ---J.S (T/C) 03:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Made some money in 1970-71. Where is he now? Stompin' Tom 15:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per above. MER-C 02:51, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Does not meet any of the various criteria for sufficient notability listed in the Wikipedia:Notability (people) guideline. -- Satori Son 04:36, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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