Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mat Wilcox

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The result was redirect to Wilcox Group. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:46, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mat Wilcox

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The subject appears to potentially meet notability requirements, but the current article violates WP:NOT as an online resume or means of promotion. We could also reduce it to a sentence or two, but I don't feel the current is an improvement to Wikipedia. CorporateM (Talk) 23:45, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 20:41, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 20:41, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Wilcox Group - For "Canada's Most Powerful Women", I found this press release, this event and profile and her profile at The Globe and Mail which mentions a lot of the information in the article but this would be considered as a primary source and insufficient. I found this news article which mentions Wilcox Group closed in 2010 due to a "rapidly shifting..communications and public relations landscape". She has certainly achieved quite a bit but it seems she is best known for her company with a Google News search "Mat Wilcox Wilcox Group" providing several results (including a The Globe and Mail article here in which she talks quite a bit) which would suggest the company may be notable though a separate search with only "Wilcox Group Canada" provided little (mainly press releases). Through a different search, I found this which mentions her multiple times through the five pages as well as Wilcox Group and the second page provides her education and family's history in business. This article also mentions she worked with Hyatt for five years as a crisis team member but a separate search for this did not provide anything relevant. I also found another The Globe and Mail article here about her which talks about when she was diagnosed with cancer, but it also mentions her work with the fast food restaurants, Pizza Hut and XM Radio. It seems she did not receive any third-party attention for the PR News Crisis Communicator of the Year with an insufficient source here and her The Globe and Mail profile also supporting that. For her Wellington Financial LP and S’Cool Life Fund work, it was the same thing, the Globe and Mail profile and this interview (in which she talks about the PR industry and her skills and also mentions XM Radio). For Scott's Real Estate Investment, I only found this PR blog. I can continue searching for sources with her other clients but I think it wouldn't do much as it seems she has never gained much news attention herself and more for Wilcox Group. As a result of this, this article reads like a résumé and with many insufficient/third-party references. However, for Telus, the sources are the Globe and Mail profile, a press release and this (which also mentions her work with KFC and Taco Bell). The bottom line is I will admit she has achieved quite a bit of work and a little bit of attention, mostly in Canada, but I don't think it is enough for an article that wouldn't read like an advertisement. SwisterTwister talk 22:29, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 01:23, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran (t • c) 02:04, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect as mentioned above. Notability is not inherit, even though he is the leader or owner of the company, this does not sustain or sum up his notability factor. Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 03:53, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Wilcox Group for now. Notability doesn't seem to be independent from her company. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 03:59, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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