Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geoff Smart
What seems abundantly clear here is a prejudice against the world of business which is so strongly biased that our policy  seems most appropriate.  The idea that we should punish imperfect early drafts about people that we don't like by deleting them is quite contrary to our |editing policy.  Note that, if you look at the edit history, there was http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geoff_Smart&oldid=299991156 another attempt at an article about this person, which was obliterated by a redirect.  By preserving the edit history, we are able to follow what's happening here and so try to improve on such faltering attempts.  As it is conceded that the topic is notable, deletion would result in a repetitive cycle of creation and deletion, in which the lessons of history would be obscured.  And, no doubt, some jobsworth would rush to slap a #G4|G4 on any attempt to have another try at documenting this notable topic.  Deletion would therefore be doubly disruptive by removing all trace of the existing content and putting bureaucratic obstacles in the path of those who might want to try again.  Such deletion would not be based upon our policies and seems strongly counter to |core policy
— User:Colonel, 10:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CENSOR||WP:PRESERVE||WP:CSD||WP:NPOV (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)