Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erik Prince
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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 Keep per WP:SNOW, non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 19:56, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Erik Prince
Bio is WP:NN. Fails to meet WP:BIO. Meets WP:NOT#DIR. Article is linked to no other notable pages, cites no credible sources. Contains mostly advertising and POV spam. Btl 18:41, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Keep - Of course he is notable, he founded one of the largest defense companies in the world. He is heavily mentioned in external independent reliable sources and there are many hits in Google current news. End of the day he is notable, the article just isn't written properly --Childzy ¤ Talk 19:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Speedy Keep And I question the good faith of this deletion debate. He's the founder and CEO of the world's largest PMC, is constantly in the press for it. Plenty of news articles. Does not read like advertising or POV spam, although it's not great. ⇒ SWATJester Denny Crane. 19:12, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Keep - Very notable. Type in "Erik Prince" into Google news and find ~70 recent mentions by such reliable sources as the LA Times, Reuters, Financial Times, The Associated Press, and Times. While the article could cite many more of these reliable sources, and it certainly could use improvement, it certainly does not warrant deletion. Also, no mention of any specific deficiencies has been made on the talk page or on this AfD besides to allege "POV spam". I also fail to see what could be construed as "advertising". johnpseudo 19:15, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Speedy Keep. Seems like a bad faith nomination. -Crunch 19:26, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Strong Keep. As the founder of the iconic private military company, Prince is highly notable. However, because his company, Blackwater USA, has recently been in major headlines, this entry has been subject to extensive vandalism and should perhaps be protected from IP edits. There is extensive information about Prince in Robert Young Pelton's book Licensed to Kill. I would prefer not to be the person expanding this entry. --Pleasantville 19:33, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Keep. Google returns 2 million articles related to him and the name.Operating 19:51, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- 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.
