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The result was delete. Despite allowing two additional weeks for discussion after Timtempleton's edits, the consensus has not shifted. –  Joe ( talk) 06:51, 6 December 2018 (UTC) reply

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Less than five sources, including routine business directories, are too thin per WP:NBIO to sustain a Wikipedia biography. The creator disclosed this was a paid job and IMO it probably just didn't have enough material. See "Wikipedia’s Top-Secret 'Hired Guns' Will Make You Matter (For a Price)" for paid model explained and why quality/content failures like this occur. ☆ Bri ( talk) 16:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Nat965 ( talk) 19:46, 12 November 2018 (UTC) reply

• delete should have been speedied. Trash. Jytdog ( talk) 22:29, 12 November 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete - not seeing enough quality, in-depth coverage to pass WP:SIGCOV. Furthermore, if one separates (per WP:NOTINHERITED) the subject from the one notable company he was CEO of, he lacks a claim to encyclopedic significance.-- SamHolt6 ( talk) 23:29, 12 November 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete Mentioned along with NuVasive, Inc. in reliable sources, but that is not considered notable per WP:NOTINHERITED. D4iNa4 ( talk) 17:44, 13 November 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete Very low quality article. scope_creep ( talk) 19:05, 13 November 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep - I just added some more sources and removed the press release. The San Diego Union Tribune source calls him "a well known life science executive".[ [1]] I know the Life deal he helped broker was huge. I think there's enough now to pass WP:GNG, but I'll look for some more coverage to add tomorrow. Here's more in the meantime - he was considered notable enough that The Boston Globe had a whole article on his compensation in 2009.[ [2]] In 2011, he was #12 on Forbe's list of highest paid CEOs.[ [3]] TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 02:55, 14 November 2018 (UTC) reply

  Added a little more info. For the closer, the comment below and of course all above appear to have come before reviewing my edits. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 03:05, 15 November 2018 (UTC) reply

• Delete: does not meet WP:ANYBIO; signficant RS coverage not found. Sourcing is in passing, not independent of his company, and / or WP:SPIP. K.e.coffman ( talk) 02:57, 14 November 2018 (UTC) reply

• Comment - I don't want to add it because it will make the article look more like a puff piece to people unfamiliar with the accolade, but Lucier was selected this year by the San Diego Business Journal as one of the San Diego 500. You can read his listing and the qualifications for inclusion here [ [4]]. Also, NuVasive, the company for which he's the Chairman of the Board, appears to have enough coverage to demonstrate notability. You can Google them and see the coverage in the San Diego and Dayton, Ohio press. I know notability is not inherited, but taken in context the info does bolster a keep argument. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 23:37, 28 November 2018 (UTC) reply

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