Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Cavenaugh

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Draftify. The keep arguments are particularly week. Doing a google search and copy-pasting a bunch of URLs from there is not a useful argument. What's useful is to pick a few that really show the subject meets (in this case) WP:BIO and examining them in detail. But, moving this to draft does seem like a reasonable WP:ATD. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:42, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Kevin Cavenaugh

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Non notable outside of his company, promotional content, lacks WP:RS and fails WP:GNG. Wikipedia is not a linkedin for organisation's CEO and executives. Meeanaya (talk) 04:46, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. J947 ^(c), at 04:50, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. J947 ^(c), at 04:50, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

• Disclaimer: Stub creator. I say keep or move to Guerrilla Development because there should be an article for at least one of these subjects. Searching "Kevin Cavenaugh" at Google yields 14,000+ returns and 680 news sources. He and his company are associated with many architecture projects, and some sources describe his personal biography. Here are just a few to consider after a quick Google search:
  • https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2016/9/21/maverick-portland-developer-kevin-cavenaugh-builds-diamonds-of-design-in-the-urban-rough
  • https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2018/10/25/how-developer-kevin-cavenaugh-is-building.html
  • https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/02/14/our-developers-are-privatizing-socialism/
  • https://www.sunset.com/food-wine/design-ideas-that-matter-qa-with-kevin-cavenaugh
  • https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2018/03/one-crazy-idea-developing-better-projects-minneapolis-build-smaller/
  • http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/12/27/kevin-cavenaugh-is-back-with-a-new-idea-for-food-carts/
  • https://www.portlandmercury.com/the-design-issue-2016/2016/04/13/17874598/kevin-cavenaughs-art-of-risk
  • https://pdx.eater.com/2017/12/15/16779022/pub-at-the-end-of-the-universe-new-owner-pdx-portland
  • https://www.theringer.com/2018/8/16/17692852/han-oak-restaurant-peter-cho-portland
  • https://www.koin.com/news/business/portland-boss-takes-cut-to-make-equal-pay-a-reality/1389594534
  • https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/guerrilla-developments-bold-plan-to-end-homelessness/
  • https://www.oregonlive.com/frontporch/2010/02/kevin_cavenaugh_sued_over_loan.html
  • https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/residential-architect-design-awards/box-one-lofts-portland-ore_o
  • https://www.camaspostrecord.com/news/2019/jan/24/rig-a-hut-opens-in-downtown-washougal/
• There are many others, so I could see an overview of architectural and other projects. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 13:40, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
• Keep I am not quite sure but the subject seems to be notable enough. There are several sources that mention him but none of them gives much elaboration on his activities. @Another Believer: could move the article to draft space, work with it when time permits and move it back to article space. Ktrimi991 (talk) 00:08, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: To allow for proper assessment of the sources above.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Stifle (talk) 11:17, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 18:14, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

• Keep or create a page for the company, theres something notable here. Horse Eye Jack (talk) 05:01, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
• Draftify - I agree that it is likely that there is a notable page that is itching to get out. The problem with the article is that much of the sourcing is very local and doesn't yet meet WP:BIO. The Portland Mercury is always likely to write about one of its own, for example. I don't think that we are in a position to referee whether an article on Cavenaugh or Guerrilla Development is the better way forward. Best, I think, to draftify to enable further development. 2A02:C7F:4481:8300:90DC:E235:5074:54B0 (talk) 18:35, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. The current "article" tells us nothing of note about this guy of why he might be notable, and sourcing is borderline. If a decent encyclopedic draft is created with solid sourcing, then perhaps it could be recreated, but for now I'm not seeing enough for WP:GNG or WP:NBIO.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:22, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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