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. There isn't an actual "keep" opinion here, and what Pi314m writes makes little sense. Sandstein 21:28, 17 January 2020 (UTC) reply

Glenn Sirkis

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Article about a non-notable business man who fails WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO. NNADIGOODLUCK ( Talk| Contribs) 21:50, 24 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. NNADIGOODLUCK ( Talk| Contribs) 21:50, 24 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. NNADIGOODLUCK ( Talk| Contribs) 21:50, 24 December 2019 (UTC) reply

• Weak delete. There is some discussion in two different articles about Mr. Sirkis, and it might meet WP:GNG accordingly - though the article itself sounds like a clipped summary. Poorly built. I'm going weak, here, because I'm honestly not sure if this would meet GNG, though - and should note that my reasoning is not because it needs a cleanup. -- Dennis The Tiger ( Rawr and stuff) 22:30, 24 December 2019 (UTC) reply

• Author's question: does WP:GNG improve by having found (via the 4th from the right "WP Refs" item => Bloomberg News, and from there a bit more via google)

"He is now CEO of Stradis Inc. a developer of video compression technology." Pi314m ( talk) 04:24, 26 December 2019 (UTC) reply

(Author's) Not an opinion: Notability. Got it (I hope)..

His self-developed marketing skills helped him sell the Hayes modem hardware, license the Hayes command set, and decades later, as CEO of Stradis, a company known for hardware that compresses and decompresses video, to promote their equipment to the broadcast industry, which is a major purchaser, using his background of having managed WREK broadcasting 1970/1971. He also took time during the mid/late 1980s from his career to, as a labor of love, not only fund but run and promote the offerings of a major regional theater.

If the above is supported by neutral, second party sources - much of which is within the article's cited sources (even if not in the article), I'd think the lowest score the article would get is draftify, having met notability. (obviously not a neutral opinion- I wrote the article; see Talk page as to why)

• • First, I should note that the formatting makes your reply a little hard to read. Second, please make sure your posts to this are signed.

Now then. To answer, finding (and adding) material that meets the general notability guidelines does improve the article, but the material must still meet muster. I recommend checking out our reliable sources guidelines to this end. It's worth noting that a mention or so in an article does not mean that it makes the grade; a better article would have the person as the subject of such an article (such as the one where Mr. Sirkis is running a theater, which is linked). There's a lot to go through in a single AfD post, though, so you're best reading up on the WP:RS link I gave. -- Dennis The Tiger ( Rawr and stuff) 00:27, 2 January 2020 (UTC) reply

• Author edit (in support of above item) - added

  "Sirkis devoted four years (and money from his years at Hayes) to rennovating a "1940-vintage movie theater" dedicated to "the artier segment of the moviegoing audience in Atlanta." (with citation) Pi314m ( talk) 08:59, 13 January 2020 (UTC) reply

.. another citation: to article with his name in the title "Sirkis is having 'reel' fun running the Ellis Cinema" Pi314m ( talk) 17:40, 13 January 2020 (UTC) reply

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