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Mushroom (Talk) 12:58, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Mark Stevens (Venture Capitalist)

A tag has been placed on Mark Stevens (Venture Capitalist) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Sunny910910 ^{(talk|Contributions)} 03:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

RE:Mark Stevens (Venture Capitalist) speedy deletion

Hi Amilator, I received your message you left on my talkpage. I am glad that you are trying to contribute to wikipedia however I was not the one who deleted you page, I only requested deletion. After some consideration, though, I beleive you may be right. But I'm afraid that you'll have to talk to User:Michael Greiner, he was the administrator who deleted you page. I hope you can understand this, as I am only an editor. Oh and by the way, you signiture should be added to the end of your postes, just so you know.--Sunny910910 ^{(talk|Contributions)} 03:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of Mark Stevens (Venture Capitalist)

Hi, you recently deleted a biography I created for Mark Stevens. Under the biography criteria, it states "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field". Mr Stevens donated $22M to USC to help start a new division to the school (http://stevens.usc.edu/). Please reconsider. Thanks.

Amilator (talk) 03:37, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

That's not what contributions mean. Please read it again to make sure you didn't mean the money thing. Many people who are notable did not make money contributions. —BoL 03:41, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Just because you donate a large sum of money to a university, doesn't mean you are notable enough for an article, it just mean you are rich. E. Philip Saunders donated $13 million for the establishment of the College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology,[1] yet he doesn't have an article. BTW, the USC donation wasn't even mentioned in the article I deleted. --Michael Greiner 03:54, 29 December 2007 (UTC)