Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray Washburne

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The result was no consensus. Mackensen (talk) 01:22, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Potential permastub; also a BLP  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 04:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Obvious case of non-notability. Part of the Donald Trump presidential campaign walled garden AusLondonder (talk) 19:48, 14 June 2016 (UTC) AusLondonder (talk) 19:46, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete and I would've frankly PROded instead as there's nothing at all minimally convincing, certainly not herited notability. SwisterTwister talk 01:34, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep and improve. Advise Nom to run a more through WP:BEFORE on rich guys; even on rich guys with poor political judgment. A quick archive search turned up lots of RS. Stuff like "Entrepreneur Ray Washburne leaves his mark on Dallas" McClatchy [1], and "Ray Washburne's Office Wall" Texas Monthly "Dallas entrepreneur Ray Washburne has two passions: restaurants and real estate. The 49-year-old married father of three is a co-founder of MCrowd Restaurant Group, which is the creator of the bustling Dallas-area eateries Mi Cocina and Taco Diner, and the CEO of Charter Holdings, a real estate investment company. Garnering him the most attention was last year's acquisition of the country's oldest outdoor shopping complex, Highland Park Village, the tony town center for one of the wealthiest enclaves in Texas. Though it may be his crown jewel, Washburne says he's "not done yet." To stay motivated he keeps..." [2]. Those were just the first 2 hits on a ProQuest search. I did not read the remaining 387 articles. (An aside, entrepreneurs are an undercovered category on Wikipedia, editors tend to be more interested in political figures.)E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:50, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as the article makes no assertion of notability beyond noting the subject's vice-chairmanship which clearly doesn't justify notability on its own. Graham (talk) 05:31, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• You misunderstand; The question at AFD is not what the article asserts, but , rather, whether the topic is notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 05:16, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and Improve: Per this Bloomberg article and E.M.Gregory's analysis. I've added further references to the article that may also help. Aust331 (talk) 09:15, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and improve - Here is in depth coverage from the Dallas Observer which could be used to fill in details, since it's a BLP - Ray is the fifth of six children born to Mary and Elihu (Hugh) Washburne...Washburne graduated from Highland Park High School in 1979, and went on to Southern Methodist University...He majored in history and graduated in 1984...He sold carpeting and rented small refrigerators to dorm residents, rented Coke machines to apartment buildings...Washburne earned his commercial real-estate license by age 19...etc.

Another one with in depth coverage from D Magazine - Washburne was 9 when he started his first business, a lawn mowing operation in the Park Cities...Washburne’s great-great-granddad Elihu was secretary of state under Ulysses S. Grant...Washburne went to work for Austin Industries...By 1989, he was out on his own, buying land and properties, developing them, selling some for a profit...etc.

Political coverage in The Atlantic - In 2000 and 2004, Ray Washburne worked with George W. Bush's presidential campaign...In 2004, Washburne, along with George Seay III, co-founded Legacy...Washburne chose to back Mitt Romney for the 2012 presidential elections...Washburne was appointed national finance chairman for the Republican National Committee.

In depth coverage from Southwest Art about his Texas Art collection...The Washburnes are members of the Texas Art Collectors Organization...more than 40 early Texas works are scattered throughout the residence...a 1929 work by Jose Arpa...Dawson-Watson's colorful 1928 work CACTUS IN BLOOM...a 1914 work by Hale Bolton...a 1952 piece by Benton...etc.-- Isaidnoway (talk) 17:56, 4 July 2016 (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.