Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug S. Merritt

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 06:46, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Doug S. Merritt

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No indication of being notable. Fails WP:BIO. Run of the mill business news and announcements for refs. No secondary sources. scope_creep^Talk 16:27, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Roller26 (talk) 19:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Roller26 (talk) 19:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete- notability not inherited from the company. 1292simon (talk) 06:29, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It looks to me like Merritt meets WP:N after I dug for some additional coverage on him. Several articles meeting WP:SIGCOV were found and added to this page. 97.115.70.106 (talk) 14:10, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The person above is WP:SPA and WP:UPE editor who has made little or no contributions outside this article. scope_creep^Talk 16:02, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The four that have been added to the article are all dependent sources. They don't satisfy WP:SIRS. scope_creep^Talk 16:02, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete does not actually come close to meeting any reasonable notability guidelines for businessmen.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:00, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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