our apologies As reviewing administrator I need to apologize to you on behalf of wikipedia for the unjustified comments on the article Yes it does need references to show  that it meets WPPROF I discussed the specifics on the articles talk page But the career as given is almost certainly notable even if there is COI we do not delete on that ground and the standard for deletion is unsourceable not unsourced Inline citations by the way are not necessary any form of referencing is acceptable here People are supposed to look for sources before placing deletion tags but it nonetheless is basically your job and not theirs by the way make sure the text you have is not taken from a web age or other preexisting sourceif any is it must be totally rewritten to observe the original copyright