The result was delete. WP:BLP1E clearly applies here, which is more important than meeting the letter of WP:GNG (which is the only valid "keep" argument that was put forward). If one or more editors feel that UBS#2008-09 U.S. tax evasion controversy isn't sufficiently detailed, I suggest expanding that material into a separate article, where Gadola can be mentioned. — Darkwind ( talk) 05:45, 27 September 2013 (UTC) reply
The subject of the article appears not to merit an article under the guidelines at WP:CRIMINAL. By the article and by the stated intent of the article's creator, this is being used as a WP:COATRACK to build the entire scandal and other BLPs around this individual, who does not appear to have been the key player. Nat Gertler ( talk) 16:37, 3 September 2013 (UTC) reply
Misrepresentation of my intentions The idea that I am building the "entire" UBS tax evasion scandal around Renzo Gadola is incorrect. There's nothing in the article that says he is the mastermind of the UBS tax scandal. Why Gadola is significant is that he is the first person who revealed the usage of regional Swiss banks by American tax evaders once UBS, a major international bank, in accordance with its agreement with the United States, cracked down on American citizens' use of its numbered accounts to hide assets and evade taxes. (The final Swiss-American tax treaty was signed a few days ago, so this scandal is ongoing, and it is ongoing because of bankers like Gadola and the bankers he fingered.) He helped the U.S. DOJ and IRS with its crackdown on tax cheats and their enablers using this new venue.
Is he a criminal? Gadola and his confederates urged Americans to defy the US tax authorities. even after the crackdown on Americans and the IRS amnesty. He certainly is a player and he is one of the only Swiss bankers to be brought to justice. Furthermore, he revealed (and participated) in a conspiracy that defrauded the United States government of northwards of US$500 million. Is someone who engaged in a crime that racked up more "loot" than Whitey Bulger, John Dillinger, or any other garden-variety hood with an article in Wiki ver dreamed of qualify as a criminal? I think so. Just because it is a white collar crime doesn't mean that Gadola and his confederates aren't criminals. Their arrest and conviction was covered by the business press.
If Gadola is not included in this encyclopedia, where will researchers find out about him. By a random search of periodical articles that may disappear in time? If he is just a footnote in another article, the significance of his crime and his cooperation with the United States is lost. Shemp Howard, Jr. ( talk) 02:31, 4 September 2013 (UTC) reply
The result was delete. WP:BLP1E clearly applies here, which is more important than meeting the letter of WP:GNG (which is the only valid "keep" argument that was put forward). If one or more editors feel that UBS#2008-09 U.S. tax evasion controversy isn't sufficiently detailed, I suggest expanding that material into a separate article, where Gadola can be mentioned. — Darkwind ( talk) 05:45, 27 September 2013 (UTC) reply
The subject of the article appears not to merit an article under the guidelines at WP:CRIMINAL. By the article and by the stated intent of the article's creator, this is being used as a WP:COATRACK to build the entire scandal and other BLPs around this individual, who does not appear to have been the key player. Nat Gertler ( talk) 16:37, 3 September 2013 (UTC) reply
Misrepresentation of my intentions The idea that I am building the "entire" UBS tax evasion scandal around Renzo Gadola is incorrect. There's nothing in the article that says he is the mastermind of the UBS tax scandal. Why Gadola is significant is that he is the first person who revealed the usage of regional Swiss banks by American tax evaders once UBS, a major international bank, in accordance with its agreement with the United States, cracked down on American citizens' use of its numbered accounts to hide assets and evade taxes. (The final Swiss-American tax treaty was signed a few days ago, so this scandal is ongoing, and it is ongoing because of bankers like Gadola and the bankers he fingered.) He helped the U.S. DOJ and IRS with its crackdown on tax cheats and their enablers using this new venue.
Is he a criminal? Gadola and his confederates urged Americans to defy the US tax authorities. even after the crackdown on Americans and the IRS amnesty. He certainly is a player and he is one of the only Swiss bankers to be brought to justice. Furthermore, he revealed (and participated) in a conspiracy that defrauded the United States government of northwards of US$500 million. Is someone who engaged in a crime that racked up more "loot" than Whitey Bulger, John Dillinger, or any other garden-variety hood with an article in Wiki ver dreamed of qualify as a criminal? I think so. Just because it is a white collar crime doesn't mean that Gadola and his confederates aren't criminals. Their arrest and conviction was covered by the business press.
If Gadola is not included in this encyclopedia, where will researchers find out about him. By a random search of periodical articles that may disappear in time? If he is just a footnote in another article, the significance of his crime and his cooperation with the United States is lost. Shemp Howard, Jr. ( talk) 02:31, 4 September 2013 (UTC) reply