Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Thomas Cowan

Poetlister 13:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thomas Cowan
I suspect subject is not notable, though editor strongly asserts notability (which is why I didn't request speedy). Subject does have a Forbes profile but this doesn't seem like enough to me. Editor lists some books by the subject, but none appear on amazon. Editor lists quotes under "Sourced" but provides no sources. Quotes themselves seem trite to me. — Ubiquity 22:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 23:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment: On further inspection, editor and subject appear to be same person. --Ubiquity 22:09, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. This appears to be a self-promotional article. It would be hard to imagine that these quotes, which seem like commonplaces of the business world, could be traceable to any one person. - InvisibleSun 22:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment There is a Thomas Cowan who has published many books listed on Amazon UK, but I doubt that it is the same person. . If it is, I'd vote keep! --Poetlister 23:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I found a single book by a Thomas S. Cowan there, who is this person. Personally, I don't think he's notable either. ;-) There is a moderately notable Tom Cowan, but that's yet a third guy. --Ubiquity 00:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, there's rather a good quote from him on Thinkexist: "The man who rolls up his sleeves seldom loses his shirt." Not strong evidence fro notability, though.--Poetlister 23:37, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Good quote, but doesn't justify an article.--Yehudi 12:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm not convinced that the evidence suffices to confirm notability. Quality of quotes is always subjective, but I wouldn't regret losing any of them.--Cato 22:32, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless better evidence of notability is provided. ~ UDScott 18:43, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per InvisibleSun.--Yehudi 12:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per InvisibleSun -- Herby talk thyme 14:48, 30 November 2007 (UTC)