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removed David Phillips as founder

I did a really big rewrite, taking it from a very POV/advert-ish article to one that fills in the complete history and has a good timeline, and going from 14 sources (many from the company itself) to 39 sources. Trying to balance the amount of Damien Patton's history with what is relevant for the company; creating his article next.

Pretty much all of the reliable sources discuss Patton as the sole founder, I don't think I saw any articles that even mentioned Phillips; the closest it got was when Patton said he fired all but one employee after south by southwest, but .. the other employee isn't named, nor is that timeline entirely consistent. tedder (talk) 21:07, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge in Damien Patton

Damien Patton's notability is entirely related to Banjo. Jonpatterns (talk) 09:34, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Jonpatterns:, thanks for the copyedits. I disagree about merging for two (related) reasons. First, he's notable outside of Banjo- if you subtract Banjo from his bio, there's still findanyfloor, NASCAR, KKK, and so on. It's just that most of it is offline; the linkage was done during the Banjo era, but it's not about the Banjo era. Second, his history is more extensive than what belongs in the Banjo article. For instance, none of these belong on the Banjo page at all: owning a trophy truck, his Navy time, his personal relationships (marriages). And even the details of the KKK stuff doesn't belong here- certainly mentions and reactions, but the entire synagogue shooting story seems excessive for a business article. I'm interested to know more on your thoughts, and hopefully we'll get a couple others providing their opinion on the merge. tedder (talk) 17:48, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. I'll have to check Wikipedia policy, but things like having been in the navy or personal relationships aren't enough on their own to be notable. Possibly his NASCAR involvement may make him notable. Jonpatterns (talk) 09:19, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Closing, given the arguments for independent notability and no support for the merge. Klbrain (talk) 10:18, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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