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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure)  ^B E _C K ^Y _S A ^{Y L} E _S  00:55, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Lin Yu[edit]

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Subject had an article on the basis that he was the CEO of a NASDAQ-listed company, but he has now resigned and I do not believe that this makes him notable. Shritwod (talk) 17:22, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep He still has his awards, and he's still the founder of the company. This article was AfD'd here, and the result was speedy keep. That was just a week ago. (However, I'd like to know why he resigned, and whether it had anything to do with issues raised on Talk:NQ Mobile.) – Margin1522 (talk) 19:02, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment the result was speedy keep in part because I withdrew it, due to a concensus that as CEO he was notable. Now, he is an engineer and businessman with some awards, rather than an NYSE-listed company CEO. Shritwod (talk) 19:08, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Sorry, I didn't mention that you were the nom there too. Um, it's not unusual for founders of tech ventures to move on when the company reaches a certain size. Currently I'm arguing at WP:Articles for deletion/Larry Bock that the founder of the company with 70% of the market for genome-sequencing machines is notable, even though he has gone on to other things. It seems like the same deal here. If NQ Mobile is notable then he is too. – Margin1522 (talk) 11:50, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Having a flick through some of the other NYSE-listed companies, not all mention their founder, so I don't think that it is strictly necessary. But you raise an interesting question about whether NQ Mobile is notable in itself. It looks like only 1515 / 2800 NYSE-listed companies have an entry. What is the criteria for having an entry? Shritwod (talk) 19:36, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question. I have no idea whether NQ Mobile is notable or not. I was kind of hoping that John Nagle would weigh in here. – Margin1522 (talk) 21:24, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -Fimatic (talk | contribs) 05:04, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep/Merge Wikipedia notability is supposed to be permanent, per WP:DEGRADE. Since this just passed an AfD last week, it's rather soon to do this again. A merge into NQ Mobile, where he's the founder, might be appropriate as an alternative. John Nagle (talk) 05:24, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• If he was ever notable, then he's notable forever. We don't delete people's articles when they retire.—S Marshall T/C 16:42, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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