Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Rainford

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The result was delete. Imma treat the lone keep !vote as "delete" seeing as that is the main thrust of the policy grounded arguments in it Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:14, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

John Rainford[edit]

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Originally CSD tagged by an IP, which I declined because the article has been around for over ten years and I don't like making unilateral decisions like that. However, I can hardly find any independent coverage of Mr. Rainford; the only sources that mention him at all are quotes about PassGo, which is itself apparently not notable enough for an article, so I am really struggling to see how Rainford could be. — Earwig ^talk 21:26, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:08, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:08, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jax 0677 (talk) 23:00, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - a corporate executive with no indication of notability.--Rpclod (talk) 01:07, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Can find no significant coverage in independent reliable sources, only mentions in business press and press releases from the companies he's been involved with. Qwfp (talk) 07:00, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Clear violation of WP:NOTPROMOTION created by a WP:SPA. The subject also fails to meet the WP:GNG and WP:BIO, the only coverage I can find of him is shallow. His name is hard to Google, but it seems Passgo was the most notable thing he did. His article will always live on on youtube [1]. - GretLomborg (talk) 01:54, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@GretLomborg: was your above vote intended to be a "Delete" by chance? K.e.coffman (talk) 04:29, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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