Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willard C. Butcher
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- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
The result was nomination withdrawn. Non-admin closure. Jamie☆S93 17:03, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Willard C. Butcher (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)
I don't believe a vice-president of Chase Manhattan Bank satisfies WP:BIO. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - there seem to be many reliable sources from which a bio can be expanded. This one[1] is a New York Times article that refers to him being the CEO, not VP, in 1988, presiding over a layoff of 3,500 people, and dealing with then Mayor Ed Koch. If you look through these (e.g. [2]) it looks like Butcher was the "hand picked" successor to David Rockefeller. He gets a couple mentions in a book on the "economic history of the United States"[3]. It looks like what happened is that he was VP at the time Rockefeller made the quote, but he rose to be CEO during a very important time in the bank's history. If you read any history of the bank or its new parent company JP Morgan Chase, Butcher's name comes up. This is simply a tiny stub in need of some expansion. Wikidemo (talk) 08:04, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - Article could do with some work, but the subject appears to pass notability guidelines per sources listed by Wikidemo above. Wiw8 (talk) 09:38, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - per Wikidemo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.194.16.90 (talk) 12:21, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Withdraw nomination. The article did such a poor job explaining his significance that I didn't bother to doublecheck. My bad. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:21, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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