Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Surace

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The result was keep per WP:SNOW (non-admin closure) TBr and ley ^{(what's up)} 19:42, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Surace

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Corporate puff-piece. A listing on CNBC and giving a TED talk isn't sufficient to meet WP:GNG. Calton | Talk 17:34, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: While a TED talk is not sufficient alone, Entrepreneur of the Year (Inc Magazine) is more than sufficient to meet WP:GNG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.59.129 (talk • contribs) 22:44, 5 January 2013‎
Keep. I think he does satisfy WP:GNG. He turns up quite a few Google hits, plus the 2009 Inc Entrepreneur of the Year award. Not sure how a TED Talk plays into notability honestly, but it seems like someone that is asked to speak at TED is in some way notable? Do we have a consensus on TED Talk speakers? 173.13.150.22 (talk) 01:48, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:48, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I agree. Google search for "Kevin Surace" turns up 23,400 hits. USPTO search (just to verify the claims) turns up 20 patents issued. The TED talk is an interesting and probably useful side note, but not the meat here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.164.217.162 (talk) 23:14, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Article could be much better written; but Surace's notability doesn't seem to be in question: the Inc. article alone seems to establish that. Note also that there's been considerable coverage of Serious Materials/Serious Energy (e.g. John Stossel's criticism, Barack Obama's plaudits); since there's no separate article on SM/SE, this coverage could be regarded as adding to Surace's notability. Ammodramus (talk) 18:30, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and snow close. Some fairly noteworthy awards in addition to his work. Mkdw ^talk 08:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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