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 keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:13, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One-dollar salary[edit]

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Article fails to establish notability - a couple of dated news articles reporting on the then-latest buzz word is hardly sufficient. Article attempts to coin a term - fails per WP:SYNTH Ronnotel (talk) 04:32, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:12, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. 1. The articles aren't dated. 2. They're only a subset of the coverage this phenomenon has received. 3. It isn't a "buzzword", it is an actual occurrence - top executives get a nominal income of $1, for whatever reason, and that fact is noteworthy enough to get media commentary about it. Fences&Windows 16:55, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This article has been nominated for rescue. Fences&Windows 16:57, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• This search that finds hundreds of news articles will be useful in building the article:[1]. Fences&Windows 17:06, 25 July 2009 (UTC) Another more focussed search: [2]. Fences&Windows 17:20, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• More sources:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Fences&Windows 17:20, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Categorify/rename to List of people with one-dollar salaries. As an article it just isn't very encyclopedic. GraYoshi2x►^talk 18:00, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree. There's more to this article than just listing the execs. The concept has been discussed in depth in umpteen news articles, there's a lot of scope for expanding this article. Fences&Windows 20:43, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, unless a suitable merge target can be found. The phenomenon is notable enough to justify an article, and citations are plentiful. More work is indeed required to turn this into a better article. Owen× ☎ 01:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - agree with OwenX that the topic needs an article and this is a difficult subject to Google for to some extent. To the delete voters, I can't imagine how many more sources from notable publications you would need as there are a large number of multiple countries already. Article certainly needs editing and improvement, not deletion. Also agree with Fences and windows that when this article is properly done, and it certainly can be improved to this extent, it is more than just a list of execs. Zachlipton (talk) 07:12, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• keep Appropriate list, as a significant distinctive group--and can be expanded into a more informative article DGG (talk) 17:50, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and Expand. One-dollar salaries with stock options are one example, as given in the article. There are also other examples and reasons for a one-dollar salary, such as Richard Riordan taking one as the mayor of Los Angeles. Eauhomme (talk) 05:16, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - well-known phrase since at least 1933 onwards to this day. Bearian (talk) 18:45, 27 July 2009 (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.