Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bernard A. Flynn

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:30, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bernard A. Flynn

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Non-notable business person. Many of the claims made in the article are not supported by the references or are otherwise empty promotional bluster. In particular in the version we had before I removed the worst of it.

In terms of the apparent claims to notability, that the subject:

has founded a number of companies seems to be established. But, there is no evidence that these activities have received anything other than a small amount of coverage. As the subject is Irish, I have searched through the newspapers of record in Ireland. A search for the subject's apparent full name in the Irish Times returns nothing at all. A search for the more generic "Bernard Flynn" returns information on a different subject, the GAA player and pundit. In an attempt to filter those, I filtered only to the Irish Times' business coverage, and found three articles in which the subject seems to receive a passing mention. Like this piece which is substantively about a different subject. Nothing that meets SIGCOV. An attempted search on the Irish Independent stable of papers returns a story in the Drogheda Independent. Which, as before, is more focused on a different person.
has sold a number of companies seems to be somewhat established. However, I would note, that no coverage of the sale of Red Planet to Deloitte seems to even mention the subject.
has been covered in "IrishTechNews.ie" pieces is largely inconsequential. The two pieces used to support the article text seem to be the only two pieces of coverage on this website. And, even if two pieces were considered "significant coverage" (and they are not), they are largely PR pieces/interviews. And hence not "independent of the subject".
is somehow the "original Irish Ironman" or "a sponsor of a cycling event"(?) are frankly clawing claims. And are not, as far as I can tell, in ANY WAY supported by the supposed references.

In short, I do not see how WP:GNG or WP:ANYBIO are met, and am more than a little disquieted by the apparent PROMO, COI, FV and related issues. (I also note that the article's creator was blocked some time ago for editing in a way which triggered similar concerns from other editors/admins.) Guliolopez (talk) 11:06, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. Guliolopez (talk) 11:13, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Guliolopez (talk) 11:14, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete a non-notable businessman.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:03, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Fails notability. Spleodrach (talk) 22:39, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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