Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Thomas (businessperson)
as creator. Contrary to DGG's claim in the nomination, Thomas is actually the head (chairman) of ''two'' major companies: the FTSE 250-listed Spirent and Clarkson plc; this is clearly stated in the article and backed up by reliable sources. But even more importantly than that, he's received a UK knighthood, which has always been held to meet #1: {{green|"The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor"}}. If that still doesn't convince you, then there's more than enough material to show that he meets the GNG: he's the ''subject'' of in-depth coverage (in the form of interviews, profiles or articles ''about him'') in ''The Telegraph'' (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2802248/Business-profile.html), ''The Times'' (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/business-big-shot-bill-thomas-of-the-co-op-bank-l6xbjs6093n), ''The Independent'' (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/bill-somebody-just-who-ed-balls-mysterious-labour-business-supporter-10023527.html), ''The Lancashire Telegraph'' (https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18144743.colnes-new-sir-bill-speaks-pride-delight/), and ''The Register'' (https://www.theregister.com/2003/12/10/eds_rallies_troops_over_tax/). This is just from the first page and a half of a Google search. He's also profiled by Bloomberg. Several of these articles and his Bloomberg profile are already cited in the article. On the basis of all of this, I can't see any grounds for deletion at all; indeed, I am struggling to understand why DGG even thought it appropriate to nominate this for AfD
— User:Noswall59, 07:21, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ANYBIO (Wikipedia:Notability)