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The result was delete. Notability is not inherited. No prejudice toward creation of a focused article written from reliable sources. Mackensen (talk) 01:30, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jay Meetze (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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blatant selfpromo with loads of useless sources (Meetze unmentioned) or sources about mr. Meetzes companies, not about himself. The Banner talk 21:28, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, §FreeRangeFrog^croak 02:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak delete - This appears to be self-promotion.--Rpclod (talk) 22:31, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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• Delete self-promotion, sources are about the opera company, not him. Reywas92^Talk 22:53, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – It seems incongruous that the founder of a notable opera company should not be considered notable. The subject's objective achievements do not outweigh his deplorable tendency for promotional writing. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 08:03, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep and improve. While there is a lot of self-promotional material that needs to be removed, he is still notable as the founder of a notable opera company. Another problem with the article, though, is that some of the sources might be fabricated-for example, I couldn't find the britannica article. --gdfusion (talk|contrib) 13:46, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Self-promotion is not allowed on Wikipedia.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:31, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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