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 Delete. Substantive rationale: No compelling assertion of notability to merit an individual article independent of the related Aplus.net. Probable WP:AUTOBIO and/or WP:COI, per discussion. Relevant material already exists within the aforementioned related article. SoLando (Talk) 22:24, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gabriel Murphy[edit]

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This article was clearly written by the subject who is non-notable and serves as an advertisement for them. It contains an unnecessary amount of depth. The IP address resolves to the subject's home town. Alterego (talk) 03:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep. Article does read a bit spammy, but at least a couple of the references seem to validate significant coverage about Murphy proper. Between that and being named top entrepeneur in his area, I think there might just be enough for him to meet WP:BIO. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 03:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral per Alterego's concerns; awaiting further comment first. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 05:04, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• The coverage is trivial. He is a not even a Kansas City native; the company headquarters was moved to Overland Park, Kansas and he joined a best entrepreneur competition. In a city with less than 150,000 citizens and a field of only 23 people he was first place. Big deal. Does second place also get an article? --Alterego (talk) 04:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. Not notable, too. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 05:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect – To Aplus.Net a short biography is already listed on the page. If it grows, than possibly a separate article. Shoessss |  Chat  18:02, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Not notable enough for own article, running a business or ranking in a few local competitions that probably only a few dozen people entered doesn't quite cut it, move any relevant information into Aplus.net and delete. Even Aplus.net is marginal.- (User) WolfKeeper (Talk) 18:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another bizarre thing, according to my google toolbar, this article has a google ranking of zero, nothing links to it, not even within the wikipedia, except aplus.net, but no article links to that either, except this article! Even the home page of aplus.net currently has a google ranking of zero, which probably means google think they're link spamming or something; which they historically are known to have done before.- (User) WolfKeeper (Talk) 18:59, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - as Bearian, I tried very hard to fix the worst flaws in this article. I have given up! Bearian'sBooties (talk) 02:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.