Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robin Drinkall

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. Tone 18:47, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Robin Drinkall

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Unsourced BLP. Does not meet notability guidelines of WP:BIO - not a particularly successful entrepreneur, and has won no relevant awards for experienced businessmen: Shell LiveWIRE is for promise. Claritas (talk) 08:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article does meet the criteria for living persons biographies and was approved December 2009. The complaint is therefore unjustified and wasting valuable time. My page is therefore returned to normal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lancashirehotpot (talk • contribs) 09:21, 3 May 2010

This isn't a complaint, it's a legitimate discussion on whether Robin Drinkall should have a Wikipedia article, created because an editor (myself) is concerned about the notability of the individual. You are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Claritas (talk) 08:30, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no substance in this complaint. A new reference citing the popularity of Robin Drinkall has been placed in the reference section 2 May 2010. Please would Claritas be more clear with the complaint and whether or not it is well founded. Livewire is a top national award for British Entrepreneurs and Robin Drinkall was a national award winner (runner-up) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lancashirehotpot (talk • contribs) 08:39, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I repeat, this is not a complaint. It is a discussion. Claritas (talk) 08:42, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please would Claritas explain what is the precise nature of the complaint of which is vigorously disputed. The page has received many credits from people in the United Kingdom who remember the entrepreneur. The notice for a speedy deletion on the page of Robin Drinkall is requested for immediate removal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lancashirehotpot (talk • contribs) 08:59, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no complaint. It is not being disputed by anyone apart from you at this stage. The article has not been tagged for speedy deletion, and your edits to suggest that it had, were disruptive. Thanks. Claritas (talk) 09:05, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Claritas has no "Editorial" references to determine whether or not they have the credibility to call for the deletion of the page of Robin Drinkall and should be monitored. Claritas has raised a complaint and also an insult about all the entrepreneurs at Shell Livewire UK. The insult is offensive to all UK young entrepreneurs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lancashirehotpot (talk • contribs) 09:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody is complaining about anything and nobody is insulting anyone. All that's happening here is that were are having a discussion to try to decide whether Mr Drinkall satisfies the Wikipedia criteria for notability - and it would be a lot better if we could conduct it in a civil manner. -- Boing! said Zebedee 12:26, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

*Discussion closure requested - as contributor has blanked page as a request for speedy deletion. Claritas (talk) 09:57, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom as failing WP:BIO. Shell Livewire is a grant not an award in the sense of an honour and they dole out five a month. (See [1]) Nancy ^talk
Delete Only references given are one local newspaper, and the schedule for a conference at which he apparently spoke (and one 404 link) - I don't think either establishes sufficient notability for a WP:BIO. I've done some searching myself, and I can't find any other reliable sources attesting to notability. -- Boing! said Zebedee 12:23, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Media coverage insufficient to establish notability. Favonian (talk) 12:45, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is an easy call. — Timneu22 · talk 14:54, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no notability. (GregJackP (talk) 22:04, 3 May 2010 (UTC))[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:03, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.