Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark R. Urdahl
Subject is not particularly |notable, just one of tens of thousands of successful businessmen. Fails .  The article is |promotional, citing mostly primary sources announcing his taking various executive positions with a number of different companies.  The article fails  by not mentioning information in |reliable sources that are detailed in an on-line community news blog http://www.wlhspectator.com/Rogue.htm.   I did find an interview at http://esj.com/articles/2008/09/02/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-see.aspx. The WP article citation http://www.wildpackets.com/resources/compendium/gigabit_ethernet/overview/printableto support that he was key in FCSAN doesn't even mention his name. In reply to the long testimonials above, that activity predated common use of the Internet is irrelevant.  Articles about notable persons and events contained in legitimate newspapers, magazines and journals are available in on-line indexes and archives to cover the period before the Internet.  I frequently use those archives to find citations and sources for Wikipedia articles that I write or to which I contribute.  I found nothing indicating that Mr. Urdahl is notable or any justification for an article about him in Wikipedia
— User:Doctree, 18:34, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:BLP||WP:NOTPROMOTION||WP:NPOV||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Notability)