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The result was no consensus. So Why 10:07, 4 April 2018 (UTC) reply

Paul Palmieri (CEO)

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Obviously promotional. There is no significant coverage in reliable sources indicating notability. Perrythwi ( talk) 23:36, 20 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Are ya sure about that? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC) reply
That was rude but yes I am sure. Those are all from the Baltimore area. I was told a person needs coverage beyond their local area to be considered notable. Ofcourse, the local press will celebrate when he gives $1 million dollars to a local school. Perrythwi ( talk) 00:38, 21 March 2018 (UTC) reply
Outside of Baltimore, where Millennial Media is based, there is basically no detailed coverage. [1] [2] [3] The company maybe notable, but the CEO is not. Perrythwi ( talk) 00:59, 21 March 2018 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. North America 1000 03:01, 21 March 2018 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Connecticut-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 16:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC) reply
  • The Baltimore Sun article is clearly very substantial coverage about this executive. Other sources also discuss him in some detail. Is he best covered in a stand alone article or in the article about the company he co-founded and led? Deletion would not be the appropriate outcome. FloridaArmy ( talk) 13:32, 23 March 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Keep Thanks to Ritchie333 for doing the search that WP:BEFORE mandates and finding an array of sources about Palmieri that supports the claim of notability. Any issues regarding cleanup should be addressed through a mix of editing and discussion at the article's talk page; deletion is not cleanup. Alansohn ( talk) 16:00, 23 March 2018 (UTC) reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America 1000 01:04, 27 March 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Delete: Does not meet WP:ANYBIO and significant RS coverage not found. The sources listed above, such as [4] & [5] are routine news, passing mentions and / or not independent of the subject's company. K.e.coffman ( talk) 02:51, 29 March 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Merge and redirect to One by AOL, the new name for Millenial Media. My rule of thumb with company founders is that unless the person is the founder of a single very well known company, I prefer to see that they founded and led a minimum of two companies that are considered notable enough to be on Wikipedia. In this case, since he's known for a single moderately notable company, his biographical info is better served being in that company's history section, with a redirect. Should he get significant coverage down the road in his new role, the history is preserved and this action can always be revisited. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 19:28, 3 April 2018 (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.