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The result was delete. -- Tavix ^(talk) 23:35, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

William Lawton[edit]

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Promotional article with no sources for notability. His only possible claim to notability is as founder of Seagate Fund, but we seem not to have an article on it. The references are either mere listings, of short notices like ref 4, or don't even mention him , like 3 and 6. DGG ( talk ) 00:18, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:58, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete promo article on a non notable subject. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:34, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as advertorial and no signs of convincing substance is enough to delete. SwisterTwister talk 07:00, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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