Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arron Banks

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The result was Keep. (non-admin closure) czar ♔ 23:07, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Arron Banks

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I gave it a good thought and even after the author deleted the PROD I sent yesterday I still think it fails under WP:BLP1E. The man hasn't made anything notable before today, and even still the one event (of donating 1 million pounds to UKIP) isn't that notable in the first place. Aerospeed (Talk) 23:43, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerlyHMSSolent|lambast 00:15, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerlyHMSSolent|lambast 00:15, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep He's been the CEO of two publicly traded Alternative Investment Market companies, and the co-founder of one of those, Brightside Group (now delisted), which claims to be one of the 20 largest insurers in the UK. Moreover he has been chief exec of two other private insurance firms, and director of numerous others. This coupled with his significant political donations passes him over WP:GNG for me. Kiwiguy12 (talk) 03:07, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep he has received a lot of attention in the news media recently for his huge political donation, but as Kiwiguy12 points out, there are good reasons for notability before this recent event, so I don't think WP:BLP1E applies and he passes WP:GNG. I am One of Many (talk) 18:03, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:53, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep based on business career, and political donations I think he is sufficiently notable. Naughpo (talk) 14:57, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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