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The result was keep. Courcelles 00:21, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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This article has nothing to do with "part exchange". Part exchange does not "refers to the swapping or bartering or exchange of goods or services". It refers to a discount when giving up your old item when buying a new one. This is done mostly in the car trade. Anyway, the rest of the article is mostly unencyclopaedic content with POV phrases such as "So successful is" and "given a whole new lease of life". "Part exchange" would be better as a Wiktionary definition, not an article here. 91.85.135.167 (talk) 11:59, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Note: this is not my AFD, I am submitting in good faith for IP. tedder (talk) 17:32, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 18:04, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete without prejudice to reposting a sourced article. This is an encyclopaedic topic (although one I think would fit better in barter), but there's far too many unsourced statements open to dispute, and this particular article doesn't seem to have anything worth preserving. And picking one company which offers a part exchange service is very dodgy. Should someone wish to rescue this article in mid-AfD, I will reconsider. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 20:28, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. Yet again we have calls for deletion, rather than editing, of an imperfect article on an obviously notable subject. User:Jonathan de Boyne Pollard has demonstrated that there is no need to delete this article before embarking on improvement. I would suggest that the nominator and seconder check the current state of the article and reconsider their positions. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:12, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
    Change to keep now that the article has been rescued. I maintain that when there's nothing in article of encyclopedic value, and it would require a considerable amount of work to put any meaningful article in its place, deletion is a valid option, because I don't see why other editors should expected to do the work instead. But since someone's voluntarily chosen to work on this, it's a moot point. Good job with the rescue. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 19:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was keep. Courcelles 00:22, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Non-notable television station in New Zealand that only operated for four years and has few, if any, external sources. — Parent5446 ☯ 23:50, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Delete- Insufficiently notable. DerbyCountyinNZ 04:22, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep per Adpete. --Arxiloxos (talk) 05:14, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep - It's demise was quite controversial, as TVNZ was accused of introducing MTV-UK primarily to force Cry-TV and Auckland counterpart Max-TV out of the market - and the five state-funded regional channels were shut down to provide frequencies for MTV. MTV was taken off-air a few months after Cry and Max closed down. There would probably be source material in The Listener (print version). It's the old story - stuff from 1890 is easy to find as everything is being digitised, but the 1990's is poorly documented online. dramatic (talk) 09:42, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:22, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Subject does not meet notability guidelines for living people. When mentioned in news articles (which is rarely), he tends to be mentioned in passing as an advisor or campaign worker for politicians. In the best source (currently #2) he is still only listed as one of two people founding a new business, and the focus is on the business. As such, subject does not appear to be notable enough for an article. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:49, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Autobiography. Adpete (talk) 01:54, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus. There are reliable sources for this person. He had had media features on him, and is named in various books. The reason why people are having difficulty with the article is that it is a poorly sourced (and pooorly written) BLP. While the man is notable enough to have an article written on him, people have not yet written one up to appropriate standards. This is a no consensus close as the arguments on both sides are fairly equal. The article should be cleaned up and appropriately sourced or it is likely to be brought to AfD again. SilkTork * 01:05, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

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Barry Popik (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)
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Notability was challenged about a month ago, there have been no rebuttals and the biography does not appear to be notable enough to stand on its own Scoundr3l (talk) 23:25, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the Wall Street Journal article was a profile. John M Baker (talk) 18:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
He does appear to be an authority on etymology, there's no question about that. However, some articles seem to quote him arbitrarily or unnecessarily. For example, on the Hot Dog article:
"The earliest usage of hot dog in clear reference to sausage found by Barry Popik appeared in..."
I'm of the opinion that his name is being cited in order to justify his article, rather than the article being made to satisfy the need to cite him. Does that make sense?Warthomp (talk) 03:15, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
The article is poorly written (or at least this passage in it is). Popik's role in researching the etymology of "hot dog" is a relevant part of the story of it coming to light. For a better-written example, see the article on Big Apple, where Popik also played an important role. (Popik probably should be mentioned in the Origin of the name "Windy City" article too.) Of course, this line of argument shows only that Popik properly is listed in the hot dog and Big Apple articles, not that he's notable in his own right, but I think it's a factor that can be taken into account in deciding whether he's notable. John M Baker (talk) 03:33, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
In regards to the number of pages that link to Barry Popik, it should be noted that a large number of them (I stopped counting at 14) only link Popik as a reference. Not including lists and talk pages, I see 6 articles that use his name in the body text. In a few cases, the mention of Popik seems somewhat trivial (and even a little clumsy). I think Climate of Chicago does a great job of explaining the relevance of his mention, but in other cases it comes off as unusual. Take almost any other article with an etymology section, for example, and you don't usually find a mention of who discovered the term.Warthomp (talk) 09:26, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Merge: I think the majority of Popik's notability can be found on the pages relevant to his work. I would like to see that information improved, if possible (perhaps with an anecdote about how Popik assisted, if note-worthy) but I feel the aren't enough third-party sources which use Popik as a subject to warrant a stand-alone article.Warthomp (talk) 09:26, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Move to Barry Popik and Weak keep. We've deleted articles of people more notable, we've kept articles of biographies less notable. (Cf. Beauty Turner.) I'd personally draw the notability line north of this guy, but there's much more here than for others we've deemed to meet WP:BIO, so I'm going to invoke WP:ILIKEIT. Arguably meets WP:SCHOLAR because of multiple citations"Barry+Popik". He's basically the Snopes.com of etymology. In addition to the WSJ article, there is , which gives him more coverage than many biographies we have here. THF (talk) 12:05, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete "He's at least as notable as " isn't a valid argument, nor is "...seems consistent with notability to me." Those supporing Keep need to reference a specific notability guideline and how Popik satisfies it. EEng (talk) 00:01, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
  • There exist two biographical articles about him as well as dozens of RS about his work, and he meets WP:SCHOLAR because of the wealth of citations to him. Hence my weak keep !vote. And, yes, the fact that AFD consistently refuses to delete the articles of people who don't have two biographical articles suggests that this one should be kept also per the general understanding of WP:BIO. THF (talk) 10:00, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure what WP:Scholar is, it appears to be a search engine tool and not a criterion or policy. I'd just like to make sure we're not using invalid criteria, such as search engine results, in determining notability.Warthomp (talk) 00:31, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. I would not say Mr Popik is notable as a chess player as his 2300 Elo rating is a bit short of the IM level where notability as a chess player is borderline. Chess does seem to be a notable enough aspect of Mr. Popik's life that it belongs in the bio however. The notability stems from his etymology research which has gathered some independent attention. In addition to the sources presented in the article, there was apparently an extensive article about him in the Dallas Morning News, here, which should provide some material to support the article. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:37, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete. While Mr. Popik has more potential than others, a line must be drawn at what we consider (or should consider) notable enough to warrant a Knowledge (XXG) article. Popik falls below that line. Thadeuss (talk) 06:48, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:22, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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No secondary sources, no notability. Seems to be just a small mast standing around with no use. -- Prince Kassad (talk) 23:06, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:05, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Not at all clear why he is notable, indeed no claim is made, seems only to have any significance at all to the LDS Church. Fails WP:BIO. Paste Let’s have a chat. 22:45, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:08, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Unsourced biography of a (living?) person. No reliable independent sources with any depth (can't even get DOB), no independent coverage. No known awards. Contribution was fairly obscure and his fame has not endured past the dial-up BBS era. --Wtshymanski (talk) 21:50, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep His contribution (YModem and, more importantly, ZModem) is hardly "obscure". Ask your Grandad. For references, I'd expect Tanenbaum's Computer Networks (standard university text of the period) certainly covers the protocols and I'd expect it to at least mention their creator. Andy Dingley (talk) 01:16, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
That helps, but it's a pity we haven't got any conventional biographical information. Is there anything that gives away, oh, say, what year he was born? Just one of the things that a real biography would be expected to have. Yes, we know he invented ZMODEM. But what else? Is he the Baptist minister? Is he the diet guru? And so on. Sources are silent about Forsberg the man and not Forsberg-who-invented-ZMODEM-that-was-popular-till-dial-up-BBSes-died. Does writing a widely used piece of software make the creator notable? And collecting virtual clippings from the subject's own Web site covering a one-shot press conference seems sketchy even by Knowledge (XXG) standards. I don't think someone is notable if you can't even find out what year he was born without flying down to his (unknown?) home city. --Wtshymanski (talk) 16:41, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
When we have issues of verifiability with the assertion of notability in the article, then we are in a situation where notability cannot be reliably established. In this case, there is no dispute that the subject of this article is the creator of YMODEM and ZMODEM (see soruces below). So the assertion of notability is verifiable. So what remains is your query of not having a birth date available means that they are not likely notable. I will point out that we have in fact lots of people in Category:Date of birth missing (living people). So the only thing I can surmise is that you are really challenging the whether being the creator of YMODEM, and ZMODEM is a sufficient claim for ntoability. I address that in my !vote below. -- Whpq (talk) 17:53, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep - I will first admit a computing age bias and declare that I hail from the era of BBSes, and from personal knowledge know of the YMODEM and ZMODEM protocols. A google book serch for Chuck Forsberg shows that he is heavily identified with the transmission protocols that he created, and the material about these protocols indicate that they were a significant bit of work with respect to BBS file transmissions. See , , , , , , and are just some of the many hits that one gets int he book search. Per WP:CREATIVE point 2, the transmission protocols were signficant new techniques, or in the alternative, per point 3, this work has been heavily covered in reliable sources with reviews. - Whpq (talk) 17:45, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
So creation of one, (once) widespread piece of software is alone, enough to assert notability? I don't think I'm trying to be difficult here, I'm just trying to figure out why Forsberg gets an article and the creator of the Clapp oscillator doesn't. Difference being, there's still Clapp oscillators in every darn thing, but there's a whole generation growing up that wouldn't know ZMODEM from Morse code. --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:59, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
In this case, for me, the answer is yes, although it isn't one, but two transmission protocols that he worked on. As for the inventor of the Clapp oscillator, the existence or lack of existence of other articles has no earing on this AFD (WP:OTHERSTUFF). I am assuming you mean James Kilton Clapp which is currently a redirect to the Clapp oscillator article. The redirect's history shows that it was recently created. There's no indication that it went through any deletion. I have no idea if he deserves an article as I've done no research about him, but as I said, that he doesn't have an article has no bearing on this discussion. -- Whpq (talk) 18:46, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
A protocol isn't the same thing as software. It's more like inventing a language. This was back when downloading 1 MB took 20 minutes. ZMODEM was much faster: a revolutionary improvement on its predecessor. This made Forsberg so famous he was given an award. (Incidentally, I agree re YMODEM.) --Pnm (talk) 00:24, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was speedy delete per G8 by Metropolitan90. Non-admin closure. Erpert (let's talk about it) 07:31, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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Article about a supposed future film was erroneously created in "talk" space with no references. Looks like a copy-paste with minor alterations from another film article. Alleged film title generates zero results on Google. AtticusX (talk) 21:31, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:14, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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This article has been speedied twice and created 3 times now... but the author continues to recreate it. It looks like a blurb from the organization and does not indicate notability. I also don't find any outside sources.

If this is speedied again it needs to be salted, or this needs to run so that it can be speedied as a recreated article. I can't see the deleted versions but the newest one does not address any of the problems (may actually be the exact same, not sure). Shadowjams (talk) 21:16, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. No significant coverage, no biography. Courcelles 00:24, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Knowledge (XXG):Vanispamcruftisement - The only verifiable fact contained in this article is that the subject is a mixing and mastering engineer. His claims of nominations for awards cannot be verified, and the remainder of the article is comprised of name dropping. Their is no verifiable notability for this very non-notable mixing and a mastering engineer. Quable (talk) 21:05, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Delete - The fact that the article has already been AFD'ed twice, and both times the result was "no consensus," means that maybe the gentleman is on the verge of notability as his own person. But for now all of his notability is by association. His list of production credits appears elsewhere but on Knowledge (XXG) such a list is merely unencyclopedic name-dropping and self-promotion. Sorry, sir. --DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 13:36, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete: The Keep proponents in the previous AfDs solely based their stance on the fact that being an engineer for prominent musicians means that the subject somehow passes WP:MUSIC and is notable. Errr, excuse me? Do we also cite the artist who did the album cover art, or the musician's agent, both of whom likewise materially contribute to a musician's success? Of course not, because notability is not inherited. Beyond that, this unwarranted stretching of the notability criteria misses the fundamental premise of notability criteria: that you can claim notability for (say) a popular artist because someone with a song at the top of the Billboard charts can be presumed to be featured in multiple citations in reliable sources, and so pass the GNG. No such presumption can be made about a sound engineer, be the musicians for whom he works ever so notable. So ... show me the sources. Period.  Ravenswing  15:49, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete - I participated in the original AFD. My position from that first AFD still stands. This a case where notability is being made through association. It didn't fly for me then, and it still doesn't this time around. -- Whpq (talk) 17:58, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • 'Keep - Mastering engineers are considered notable when their artists are nominated for a Grammy. Call it *name dropping* if ya like but thats how we measure them. There was press coverage. Im not gonna go looking for stuff written online cause that point alone is good enuff for me. We do have rules and guidelines but they also bend for some situations. Jrod2 (talk) 13:25, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
  • speedy keep + comments.I never liked Jrod's use of slang on talk pages and cared very little for his work at Knowledge (XXG), but in all fairness, this time is clear to me that the AfD nominator doesn't understand wiki policies. No matter how much you don't like the citations or you think the subject isn't notable for Knowledge (XXG), you can't delete critical links like this then do a WP:AfD. A proper action would be to voice concerns or ask questions to the main editors at talk page, but stripping an article off like that disqualifies his nomination. 95.211.27.70 (talk) 01:11, 12 December 2010 (UTC) — 95.211.27.70 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Comment: "Critical" links? I would consider a "critical" link one that would count towards supporting notability. A one-line quote from Vinatea (as opposed to about Vinatea) does not count as a reliable source. A user-entered submission on allmusic.com does not count as a reliable source. And speaking to Jrod2's comment, "mastering engineers are considered notable when their artists are nominated for a Grammy?" Says who? Notability is still not inherited. While we're talking about rules and guidelines, here's one: it is the responsibility of editors advocating Keep to supply sources when challenged. Far from there being "press coverage," as he alleges, a G-News search for "Edward Vinatea" turns up nothing. No hits, at all. So if there is purportedly press coverage, my answer is this: show us the links. I say there ARE none.  Ravenswing  05:12, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Comment - The sources that were removed failed to meet the criteria for being reliable. So pointing to them as a reason for keeping the article is dubious. -- Whpq (talk) 16:01, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

:Keep I'm a deletionist like user Ravenswing but I still think Vinatea has the bare minimums to meet WP:BIO and WP:Music. I found this from the Huffington Post and the Democratic Underground . I also noticed that the biggest mastering engineer in the whole world Bob_Katz has no G-News and looking at his page not much for references either, yet he is the most famous of them all. Ubot16 (talk) 13:50, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Comment - How do those meet the criteria of significant coverage in reliable sources? -- Whpq (talk) 14:15, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Comment: I already addressed those links in my previous comments. That being said, Ubot16 is a SPA who drops in every few months to participate in (or nominate) a couple AfD discussions. This is the third AfD where he's come in out of the blue to echo Jrod2's position, and his first edits were undoing changes made to Jrod2's talk page. I suspect a WP:SOCK violation.  Ravenswing  16:14, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete - I'm a keepist, if that's a word, and even I think this should be deleted. All the references are pages where the subject's name can be self-submitted, except for the Huffington Post, and that article has nothing to do with the subject's career, and merely mentions his profession as an adjective to go with his quote on an unrelated topic. ArchieOof (talk) 15:55, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
commentsI am sorry Ravenswing, Jrod2 is on my watch and I can see why it looks that way, but since you think I am puppet, I've stricken my comments from this AfD. I am still new and I don't understand the system all that well. Regards 216.55.165.136 (talk) 17:24, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete I prefer keeping where possible (although usually come in on ones not worth it...). I can see a man doing a job. Probably a good job, but a job. No reliable references worth tuppence given. Discogs and allmusic are submitted material, and the Huffington Post one is just a quote from Vinatea which may be taken to indicate that he is a mastering engineer. If better referencing from reliable sources were to be found, then I'd willingly reconsider. But, like some jobs in the film industry and others like ghostwriters, notability can be hard to show for what are essentially backroom jobs. Peridon (talk) 17:43, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

keep Mastered grammy nominated artist Geri King. Comments: I've never contributed to this subject before but as some users have already said, mastering engineers are by nature name droppers and piggy backers, and most nothing but a bunch of "prima donnas". The subject displays many professional aspects-"a multifaceted"-and is an unsual situation per WP:BIO. 209.44.123.5 (talk) 20:06, 13 December 2010 (UTC) — 209.44.123.5 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

  • Comment - So basically, he does not meet WP:BIO, but he should be kept because of name-dropping. Did I interpret your comments correctly, because that's not a very sound reason for keeping an article. -- Whpq (talk) 20:31, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Reply: Whpq didn't question that the anon IP claimed that this was an "unusual situation" - the IP said so specifically, after all. My own thought on that is much the same, though, as Whpg's: quite aside from that, in point of fact, there is no "unusual situation" clause on WP:BIO, is there any basis for this belief other than a desire that sound engineers be presumptively notable? I'd suggest, if so, that this AfD is not the proper venue to do this, and that lobbying at WP:MUSIC's talk page be preferable.  Ravenswing  14:49, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  • KEEP. That doesn't necessarily work that way for mastering engineers. It also turns out that Quable removed some pdf from the book of Grammys that where in the article itself . It gives reference to Ashley Altman and Geri King, both nominated for Grammy awards, both Vinatea's artists. On the second AfD someone found out that song writers Tom Glide and Ekayani had two wins with an album Vinatea worked on called "Yoga On The Dancefloor And Sanskrit Mantras". It won Best Urban Track & Record Of the Year 2008 and Best Urban Track 2007 at The New Century Peoples Choice Award and it was rated 4 stars by Time Out New York mag . How much does a successful record depend on the an engineer's work? I think it goes hand in hand with the artists and needs to be taken into consideration. I would like to see more press coverage and more substantive editing on this article, but we should allow people to further develop it 112.140.185.250 (talk) 19:18, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Reply: The removed PDFs are of dubious value. It's unclear what they represent as they are bits and pieces uploaded to Commons. In any case, the documents make no mention of Edward Vinatea. They look to be there only to support assertions that the song is notable. So again, like all the others indicating "keep" in this AFD, and the previous AFDs, it's an assertion that notability is inherited in this case. In fact, you go on to opine "How much does a successful record depend on the an engineer's work? I think it goes hand in hand with the artists and needs to be taken into consideration." So if this truly is the case, where is the documentation of this significant relationship that allows us to come to the conclusion that a mastering engineer's role is so material to a hit song's success that notability is automatically conferred? -- Whpq (talk) 14:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Question.- Are you saying that the Grammy PDF is a hoax now? Are you accusing somebody of making hoaxes? How can this not be of value as a reference? It's also at the Geri King wiki. The docs make no mention of any engineer, even the producer, but it is considered their work as well... 204.152.202.162 (talk) 17:22, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Reply - No, I am not saying it is a hoax. If I thought it were a hoax, I'd have said so. What I am saying is that these PDFs are some document with very little context uploaded to Commons. It is not clear what these files are supposed to be sourcing when they don't mention Edward Vinatea at all. So I ask, you want is the value of the reference? -- Whpq (talk) 18:06, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
keep = If I may answer that for you Mr. WPHQ, if the subject had never worked on Altman and King's albums someone would have raised that point a long time ago. I also think The 49th Grammy Entry list pdf represents that his work yields results and that he is part of a professional team with a degree of success in the record industry. Mastering is the sound of the production and a huge responsibility to bear. For instance, if an untold number of copies didn't sound great, it would be a great embarrassment to the artist, the producers and the record labels. I am actually surprised someone hasn't written already a biography for Ashley. I am a Brazilian native living in the middle America and I always enjoy reading this site very much. Best to my knowledge, there are checks and balances at Knowledge (XXG), and between readers and editors, there are millions just like me. If something isn't true someone sends a complaint to the support desk or it's removed from the article by an active editor. Let me make example of why things don't and shouldn't get removed all the time: Chris Ottaunick worked on the photography for YoYo Ma's "Obrigado Brazil" . How do we know this is true? We don't. Billboard doesn't mention it and there is no extensive coverage to support it's true either. . Some delete users might argue that this has to be removed as well. But up to this point nobody has ever questioned the veracity of that photo credit. Wouldn't the real photographer (or anyone familiar with that record) have raised a flag to delete that information by now? And, what about observing good faith, Gentlemen? Are the main editors and the users who have contributed to that bio, way off the mark here? We are not talking about removing one dubious credit, or one paragraph that needs citations, but an entire article. It's one thing to create a deception, and another to make a human error. Maybe the entire article needs to be revised. I don't know, but there seems to be evidence all around us that this engineer is the real thing and deserves a place at Knowledge (XXG). If someone owns that Ashley Altman CD, please come forward and confirm that this isn't a doctored pic of her album . If someone owns the book of The 49th Grammy Entry List, come forward and confirm that this wasn't doctored either . Until then and in good faith, I am going with Keep. Thank you. 66.36.251.196 (talk) 23:07, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Keep.-... There seems to be a notion among members that if an engineer has no significant press coverage then he is not notable and that's plain wrong. I repeat plain wrong. WP:BIO states that a subject doesn't have to be famous. You can't also compare this type of work with graphic design, that's ridiculous. This subject does have some web coverage and he is certainly up to the par of other engineers included on Knowledge (XXG). If you ask yourself, why would a journalist from the Huffington Post quote him in an article? The answer is, there was an interview online or on paper that nobody has seen yet. . Deleting a biography just like that really discourages users to create new ones and that's damaging to this project. I say, give this article another year and see if we need to nominate again. 204.152.202.162 (talk) 17:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC) — 204.152.202.162 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:09, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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The article is unsourced, crystal ball at best, and redundant to List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. BOVINEBOY2008 21:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was Speedy keep. Clearly WP:POINTy nomination without any basis in policy, especially considering that this is a featured list. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 04:59, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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Pointless. BwburkeLetsPlays (talk|contribs) 20:49, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:25, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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I don't believe that this article about a PhD student meets the criteria of WP:BIO or WP:ACADEMIC. Google search comes up with school page, Facebook, Linked In , etc. and nothing from Google Scholar. Contested prod. ... discospinster talk 20:19, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

He is doing cutting edge work in the fields of organizational ambidexterity, strategic renewal, organizational and individual learning. Give him the benefit of the doubt and leave the profile up. You will hear from this gentlemen and his promoters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.240.31.186 (talk) 17:00, 10 December 2010 (UTC) — 93.240.31.186 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

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The result was keep, withdrawn. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:45, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

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I can find no evidence in Google or Google Books that this person is notable in terms of WP:GNG or WP:PROF, and the article doesn't provide any evidence either besides words, words, words (having published a book or having received an honorary doctorate is not a guarantee for notability, as far as I know). I'll gladly stand corrected, but right now I think this should be deleted. Drmies (talk) 20:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 05:24, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Unverified BLP. A Google News search delivers this, which does not suggest that the subject is notable. He may have worked on a lot of notable shows ("may" since none of it is verified), but I am not sure that that makes him automatically notable. And despite the fact that he looks pretty good, kind of gloomy and hip with his beard and his beer, the news hits suggest that he does not pass WP:GNG. Article was originally written by what appears to be an SPA, and it certainly reads a bit like a resume; that's not a reason for deletion, though--non-notability is. Drmies (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep The section titled "Critical reviews of his work" seems to prove he is notable. Plus he has produced many notable works. If you wanted anything more added to the article, you could always search for his name and the name of some of his notable shows. I think there is enough already there to prove his notability though. Dream Focus 19:32, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete: a couple of very brief mentions (in the 'Critical reviews of his work' section), as part of reviews of projects that were team efforts (as opposed to being the topic's solo creative work), does not amount to notability, and would not distinguish him from the majority of BBC radio producers/writers/voice-actors/etc, for whom we'd expect to see similar occasional brief mentions. 'Find' search results do not appear to turn up anything more substantive about this Simon Nicholls. HrafnStalk 04:40, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. Per RS sources, as reflected in g searches.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:48, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Proper g searches can easily tease out the RS sources I refer to. Of course, wp:ghits is about something else entirely -- simply referring to the number of ghits, rather than the fact that a g search can easily yield the RS sources.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:29, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Then your argument devolves to a mere argument by assertion (as you have done nothing to substantiate that your "g searches" actually yield "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject"). I would suggest that "it has g-hits "g-searches" therefore it has RSs " is no more valid than "it has XX-many g-hits, therefore it is notable", and that the two arguments aren't that dissimilar. HrafnStalk 08:38, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  • "g searches" (unless they happen to provide no hits) inevitably means "g hits". The 'g hits" are the results of the "g search". So now you have compounded an invalid argument with pointless hair-splitting. Very tendentious. Misrepresenting a valid paraphrase as "putting words in my mouth"? WP:AGF? Game-playing? HrafnStalk 09:02, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:25, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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I started working on this, and quickly found this and this. I contend that despite the claims in the article, this person is not notable. Drmies (talk) 19:57, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was speedy close. Discussion about related articles from the same creator is also taking place here, and since that article seems to be about the parent company, I bundled everything there. Non-admin closure. Erpert (let's talk about it) 07:18, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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non notable software WuhWuzDat 19:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was Speedy delete. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 04:57, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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non notable software WuhWuzDat 19:50, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. Courcelles 00:13, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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This non-notable hill does not satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article. Quable (talk) 19:15, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Would you care to explain how this hill does not satisfy inclusion criteria, without resort to tautology? Phil Bridger (talk) 23:33, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 05:24, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Fails WP:PROF. *Delete: per nom, non notable enough. He has no significant international achievements. Poor references. DrPhosphorus (talk) 18:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was Keep/withdrawn - the spelling mistake was the problem. Moving to Rocky Agusta - could do with more refs though. Black Kite (t) (c) 01:15, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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PROD removed, but this is still an unsourced BLP for a long time. This is undoubtedly a person who was once a racing driver, but given that such notable people usually pull up a lot of references, I can find very little on this person that isn't a Knowledge (XXG) mirror. Black Kite (t) (c) 18:39, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Nailed down the problem; the name is misspelled. Try searching for "Rocky Agusta"...--Jezebel'sPonyo 19:23, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 22:48, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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This article is about a priest and author with no coverage in reliable sources to establish notability. As a priest, he appears to have been, well, a priest. He is mentioned here, and . There is no coverage of any significance in reliable sources. As an author, the writings section in the article lists his thesises and a music composition. The body of the text mentions his first novel which is published through Booksurge, a self-publishing service. I can find no indication of significant critical reception. Whpq (talk) 18:32, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. No prejudice against a nomination that actually advances an argument for deletion. Courcelles 00:27, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Fails WP:ENT. not notable enough. Poor references. DrPhosphorus (talk) 18:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC) — DrPhosphorus (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

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The result was keep. Courcelles 00:27, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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No secondary sources found. All TV roles are unnamed/one-shot characters or "not starred" whatever that means, except as a non-notable character on the 1980 Galactica reboot. All film roles are very short. Perhaps the only role that may save him is The Penguins of Madagascar, but even there, Private is one of no fewer than seven lead characters and Joey is only a tertiary character. In any event, he doesn't meet WP:BLP since there are no secondary sources, and he's dangerously close to failing WP:ENT. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 18:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

The presumption through WP:ENT is that reliable sourcs exist that can verify the scope of the actor's career and that he has had significant roles in notable productions, and not that the actor must also meet the GNG.
There is a non-policy tendency for editors to demand significant coverage under WP:GNG as if it were the only criteria acceptable for showing notability... but it is not the only criteria, and if the GNG were the only criteria we were allowed to consider, there would be no reason for the subsidiary criteria to exist at all.
To clarify: WP:ENT is set for cases where significant coverage may be lacking, by allowing editors a reasonable presumption that an actor who has significant roles in notable productions may indeed be found notable if these roles can be properly verified in the reliable sources without it also and needlessly demanding that the verification must itself be significant coverage.
And in a BLP, information that is likley to be challanged may be considered for removal if it cannot be properly verified in a reliable source. But as reliable sources toward verification are present, we do not have a violation of WP:BLP... and we do even have at least some significant coverage alowing some extended discussion of the individual and his career. To me, per policy and guideline, the keep seems a given. Schmidt, 13:45, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
In terms of coverage, please see here and here. Silverseren 07:00, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
WP:ENT is a guideline and "meeting one or more does not guarantee that a subject should be included." WP:V and WP:BLP, however, are policy. The sources provided by Silver seren include a brief entry in the apparent blog www.serienjunkies.de and this, which gives a good bit of opinion about the character Stuart plays and virtually nothing about him. If your argument is that there are no sources that give substantial coverage but that we can cobble together the bits and pieces from sources like that (and trivial coverage like this, this and this), please say so. At the moment, I'm looking for sources with substantial coverage and not finding them. - SummerPhD (talk) 15:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
"Substantial coverage" has never been a policy or guideline mandate. With respects. my "argument" is that your argument is incorrect, as is that of the nominator who made some patently incorrect and easily refuted statements toward the actor and his many roles. The AV Club article Silver seren offered goes far toward refuting the nominator's claim of insignificant roles by its showing the significance of a role in a notable production. Trivial would apply only if the assertion was simply his meeting WP:GNG. Again, an erroneous demand for substantial coverage, while laudable, is not per policy nor applicable guidelines, and his career can be verified in reliable sources... and THAT is per both policy and guideline. The requirement that we be able to verify an assertion of significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions is not a violation of BLP... quite the opposite... it specifcally meets it. Policies WP:V and WP:BLP ARE being followed, as well as the guideline of WP:ENT. And that others are able and willing to improve the article is actually a pretty decent reason to allow its continued improvements over time and through regular editing. Schmidt, 17:05, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep I have added some references to the article. The subject appears to be fairly notable, though he is admittedly often a supporting character. Nevertheless, he's fairly prolific in television and the sources in a search reflect this. Silverseren 07:00, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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  • Keep. Per Silver's added refs -- sufficient to reflect notability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Epeefleche (talk • contribs) 19:46, December 10, 2010
I didn't want to put this comment up as a "keep" because I am not registered on wikipedia yet, and I do not know if it is appropriate to do so, but I would support the above people who favor keeping this article. I have seen him in more than a few things now, although often as a supporting character (although I appreciate the additions to the page noted above, as they have helped me find more of him). Also, he does have a starring role in Andy Richter Controls the Universe, and I think this should add a good amount to his notability (and even though the show was cancelled after 2 seasons, it did have a fair amount of episodes, was on during prime time, and averaged over 7 million viewers). I think there are certainly better candidates than him to be removed from wikipedia (and I feel like we should probably err on the side of inclusion if anything, considering how useful wikipedia is for those looking for information on people). 138.88.156.182 (talk) 04:18, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was Speedy delete as hoax. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 19:25, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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Suspected hoax. I can't find anything to verify that this Australian politician exists. He was supposedly elected to the Australian Parliament in 2010. I'm bringing this to the community to determine if this is for real. • Gene93k (talk) 18:02, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Non-notable neologism. Proposed deletion declined by author with no explanation. WikiDan61ReadMe!! 17:20, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, policy discourages disparagement of contributors. But you're not a contributor, just an opportunist leeching off Knowledge (XXG) for your own gain. Our message is simple: Knowledge (XXG) can live without you.EEng (talk) 19:04, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
I apologize for the above comments; they were harsh. But I still believe notability is lacking. EEng (talk) 15:18, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

: Comment At the time the duplicate page (E-excellence) was redirected, its content was identical to the content of E-Excellence at the same time. (See E-excellence as of 17:08, 8 December 2010 vs E-Excellence as of 17:08, 8 December 2010). Since the two pages were identical, there can not have been any loss of content resulting from the redirect. WikiDan61ReadMe!! 16:48, 9 December 2010 (UTC) (Did not realize "duplicate page" referred to another new page that had been speedily deleted.)

  • @EEng|EEng: I am positively appalled by the tone in use in this forum! Some people here really seem to believe that they are the mind police... I have no problem admitting that I made a contribution in which I have a special interest. However, it is also of interest to a wide community of people and having an article published in Knowledge (XXG) on the European Seal of e-Excellence will not engender any "gain" for me, nor for the 2 dozen not-for-profit organisations that support it. Are you accusing other NGOs (not to mention the thousands of commercial companies that have a Knowledge (XXG) entry) in the same way when they publish information about their activities???Stuartmilljohn (talk) 11:45, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • @WikiDan61: I moved the sections on partners and winners of the Seal that was previously on "e-Excellence" (where it was indeed not very relevant) to a new article on "European Seal of e-Excellence". These sections disappeared entirely when the latter entry was "speed deleted" (indeed, within a few minutes!). Could you restore them please? BTW, I still do not understand the reasons for deleting the "European Seal of e-Excellence" entry. It provided information about a well-established award that promotes innovation in the ICT sector. Nobody "gains" from this entry, besides the organisations that apply for the Seal and, after selection by an independent jury, may prevail themselves of having won it.Stuartmilljohn (talk) 11:45, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Reply I am not an administrator and cannot restore deleted pages. As for European Seal of e-Excellence, that page was deleted by Lectonar (talk · contribs). You would have to contact that user to understand his or her reason for the deletion. WikiDan61ReadMe!! 12:19, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was speedy delete. WP:CSD#G3 blatant hoax. This clearly fails WP:Notability (books); that is not enough for speedy deletion, but the patently false claim of "worldwide critical acclaim" in the week since its supposed release, plus the complete absence of any confirmation from searches, moves it firmly into "hoax" territory. JohnCD (talk) 18:01, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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Delete There is no evidence at all of notability. No sources are cited, and none have been found by extensive searching. For example, a Google search for "The sparrow on the windowsill" Lambie produces only this Knowledge (XXG) article. A similar search for just "The sparrow on the windowsill" produces nothing that relates at all to this book, though there are hits referring to other works, such as Mary Poppins. Amazon does not list it. Google books does not mention it. Similarly with other searches. The article says that the book has "received worldwide critical acclaim", yet I can find nothing about it anywhere, making this claim dubious to say the least. The article appears to be either a hoax or self-promotion for a totally non-notable book. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:18, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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non-notable essay also per WP:OR Mo ainm~Talk 17:07, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Non-notable religious movement. The article itself states, "A simple search of the term "Archangelati" on any given online search engine will produce multiple blogs and pages of self-identified contributors to the movement." Google search for Archangelati brings up no relevant results other than the movement's web page. Contested prod. ... discospinster talk 17:05, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

[[User talk:Archangel777| I have since fixed these problems and now more notable references are included, now talk of what has alredy been accomplished, and have made it more than just a definition.

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Does not meet criteria of WP:POLITICIAN. Being the youngest person on a city council also does not confer general notability. (After all, somebody has to be the youngest.) Contested prod. ... discospinster talk 17:08, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • According to our article, Bangor has a population of 30,000, and the subject has nothing more than passing press mentions. Shall we start allowing biographies for school board members from one-high school towns like Princeton, which also has a population of 30k? What about the student representative to the school board? These are all people who are in the same category of prominence, and who are hideously unlikely to ever receive substantial coverage in secondary sources. Ray 15:51, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete Non-notable. As a newly-elected city councilman he has received virtually no press coverage; one mention in one article about the election results seems to be it. --MelanieN (talk) 15:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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This article basically states the following: "Ward Bird is in prison. He shouldn't be because it sets a bad precedent for all of us." POV issues notwithstanding, most reliable source coverage surrounding this person is limited to local coverage of his legal case, failing WP:BLP1E and WP:PERPETRATOR. —KuyaBriBri 16:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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No assertion of WP:Notability, zero coverage online apart from organization's own website, non-notable neologism per WP:NEO, evident WP:Conflict of interest by article's creator. Proposed deletion contested by creator on talk page. Invitrovanitas (talk) 16:44, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 05:23, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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No significant coverage shown, hard to find any via google. Does not seem like a notable company, but A7 is questionable here because there's one link. — Timneu22 · talk 16:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Cyclescheme were the UK's fastest growing privately owned company last year, with a turnover in excess of £25m... The directors met with PM David Cameron last week to discuss, amongst other things, the success of the business, and has received backing from Sir Richard Branson. It is a notable company in the UK with large press coverage, ranging from National newspapers to bike industry discussion forums. It also has notable clients such as Sainsbury's, ASDA, the BBC, IBM, a large number of the UK's Police Authorities, Local Councils and NHS Trusts as well as SMEs. As requested, a second reliable source has been added, with more to follow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marksellick (talk • contribs) 17:42, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Comment: GNews gives some more coverage here and here, which may be enough to tip this over the boundary of WP:CORP. Perhaps we could merge some of it to Cycle to Work scheme (which seriously needs improving anyway). Alzarian16 (talk) 21:13, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Redirect/Merge: I second the suggestion to redirect to Cycle to Work scheme. If Marksellick's claims can be backed up by reliable sources, I would consider changing my vote. Ebikeguy (talk) 00:03, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • I did a bit of research and created two credible, IMHO, references (actually, I just cut and pasted them in from other areas/articles). There could be some substance here, but I still think step one would be to merge with Cycle to Work scheme and redirect. If the article can be fleshed out in the near future, it might merit its own entry. And, Markselleck, please heed those voicing conflict of interest concerns. If you keep editing in a manner that raises NPOV concerns, you will hurt the article's chances for survival. Ebikeguy (talk) 04:47, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was redirect. As no case was made for a merger, I have deleted the article and re-created it as a redirect to Consensus decision-making. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:28, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


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This is original research. Neither of the cited sources actually use the term overwhelming consensus edit: and I can't find any sources that describe it as a logical fallacy. They are both examples of it that the author has incorporated into the article. The only relevant google result that I found is this comment in a Media Matters piece (beginning "I've heard the term..."). Comments are not reliable sources. Other relevant sources are media talking about the overwhelming consensus about global warming (as opposed to the supposed logical fallacy that is the subject of this article).--Chaser (away) - talk 16:11, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

    • That may well be true, but you still need reliable sources saying that this concept constitutes a logical fallacy. Your instinct to create an article to explain something that needs explaining on many pages is the correct one. But you need reliable sources to back it up. Part of the issue here may have been my unclear nomination, so I've edited to hopefully clarify it.--Chaser (away) - talk 04:15, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Redirect sounds like a good option to me. No one else here advocates deletion rather than simply redirecting it, although AshforkAZ seems to still want to keep it, so the AFD should stay open.--Chaser (away) - talk 20:03, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Comment I just want to make sure I understand the main author perfectly clearly. The idea is that an "overwhelming consensus" is a fallacy because, after all, it could be the case that they are all wrong. That sounds plausible as a form of argument ad populum. But then the author wants to include the overwhelming consensus of scientists on the subject of evolution, and say it's a fallacy? I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense at all. Scientists go through a valid process to obtain their knowledge. That makes a consensus among them a valid reason to believe the truth of a claim. Would it be a fallacy to conclude that the sun will come up tomorrow based on the fact that it came up the day before, and the day before , and the day before because, after all, there could be an apocalypse? Dumb.Greg Bard (talk) 00:04, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • While there is no doubt that there is 'overwhelming consensus' on evolution (and other topics), it is not valid logic to use that consensus as an argumentum ad populum to coerce someone to agree. A person should choose to accept a position based on evidence, not on what has the most votes. _AshforkAZ (talk) 02:14, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
No one is trying to coerce anyone. However, an overwhelming consensus of scientists (who do rely entirely on evidence btw) should compel you to accept the position. That's not a fallacy at all. This is just another example of how religion turns people's brains into mush. What logical reason is there not to accept the claim of an overwhelming consensus of scientists?Greg Bard (talk) 02:54, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Anyone who allows an "overwhelming consensus" to compel them to accept anything, even in science, is a fool. Science does not work that way. Logical thinking does not work that way. To compel = coercion. Persuasion, based on logic, is completely different. _AshforkAZ (talk) 05:27, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Take it outside, both of you. —Tamfang (talk) 06:45, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Indeed.Greg Bard (talk) 02:54, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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  • Delete. Not really "notable." Byk appears to be seriously involved in painting and the illustration here, if hers, is impressive. But nothing in the article suggests anything but ordinary achievement. Normal arts education. Girl Scout catalog doesn't really seem enough, assuming it is true. Not every person who supports themselves in art (a difficult job) is notable. Unusual, maybe, but solid awards and display in MOMA or Smithsonian or something, is needed for notability. Current article shows none of this. Student7 (talk) 15:40, 8 December 2010 (UTC) Student7 (talk) 15:40, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 17:16, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. Reference for Girl Scout catalog could not be located, so sentence has been deleted. Page has been revised with additional references to put emphasis on Byk as a notable artist who has been winning awards in recent years. Johnson & Johnson One Person Show indicates she is acknowledged in area of corporate art, and the Garden State annuals are highly competitive. Unlike other leading New Jersey painters, Byk has little apparent interest in self-promotion, which certainly makes her unique but limits reference sources. Pepso2 (talk) 15:18, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete Talented, but in encyclopedic context no more notable than the thousands of other working illustrators out there. The only hint of notability was the unsourced claim that she contributed an illustration to a girl scout catalog, but that was (quite rightly) removed as unverifiable and in my opinion wouldn't be enough even if it's true. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 02:51, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Note: More references have been added to Cecily Byk. Pepso2 (talk) 13:05, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Per WP:NOTNEWS; small, insignificant event with no major deaths involved. Per my knowledge, incidents with such small magnitude are not kept here and its unlikely that this particular event will have any lasting significance. Mar4d (talk) 15:21, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy keep: The incident while minor, is notable in that it is mentioned by multiple news organizations. Try googling and you will know what i am talking about. This is the only criteria for inclusion for an incident or person, that i'm aware of. Joyson Noel 15:25, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Yes, it has recieved coverage in some RS, but that still doesn't overlook the fact that it is a relatively minor incident which will hardly have as much lasting significance and therefore deserve a seperate article. I recall some Iraq articles being taken to AfD's before which had death tolls exceeding well over 20-30 and there was some debate of what should be published. This event is indeed minor and WP:NOTNEWS definitely, and largely applies in this case (..routine news, recent development, timely news subject etc.) The sheer magnitude of the attack itself compromises its significance and does not make it any more important than a regular breaking-news. Having a seperate article for this would perhaps be a tad bit too far; any information in here should best be merged somewhere else, preferably to the Indian Mujahideen page or Terrorism in India; Mar4d (talk) 15:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Keep The rationale for proposing this for deletion, WP:NOTNEWS, applies better to articles which do not meet the WP:GNG. This article does meet those guidelines. It is a bombing during the best-known religious service in the holiest city of Hinduism. Reliable sources everywhere have reported this, more reliable sources are going to report every aspect of the investigation, and every sociology student in every university in the world who studies violence in India is going to be aware that this event happened. Mar4d's comparison of this event to Iraq is offensive because Varanasi is not a war zone; I would ask commenters in peaceful cities to consider whether it would be notable if the most prominent religious service near them were bombed by terrorists and the same death toll occurred, and the media had the same response. Blue Rasberry 18:30, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

I am not comparing this to Iraq; the point I was trying to make is that I am not aware of any solid consensus on whether articles should be made on such small incidents, no matter how tragic they are. In the case of India, there have been bombings there that have been much more severe. This particular incident caused no major damage or toll for that matter, and I don't see why instead of being merged into a suitable place, it should have its own article. It's the relative significance that is being questioned here. Mar4d (talk) 03:40, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Keep To add to what Rasberry has already pointed out, WP:NOTNEWS is very clear that it considers "enduring notability" and excludes "routine news reports". A terrorist attack is certainly "not routine". A violent incedent in someother part of the world, depending on how much it matters to you, may or may not qualify as important. You need to judge each event individually before applying NOTNEWS. --Deepak D'Souza (talk) 09:01, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Keep not routine news by any stretch of imagination. fortunately Varanasi is not NWFP where these incidents happen on an almost daily basis.--Wikireader41 (talk) 03:21, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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completely fails WP:BIO; covered only by primary sources in a routine fashion. Ironholds (talk) 15:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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No evidence of meeting WP:ACTOR. NW (Talk) 14:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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This article has a terrible history of being abused by members of the LDS church to attack the subject in retaliation for his criticisms of the church. Once all the POV nonsense is removed, we know remarkably little about him. Superficially the subject passes WP:BIO but there is a lack of reliable, independent sources cited, and quite a long history of polemical sources. The article either needs a Heyman-standard rewrite or, and this is the subject's preference expressed via OTRS, removal as more trouble than it's worth. Guy (Help!) 14:32, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • I am Steve Benson, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Republic and recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize. The wiki bio that is currently up on this website (a bio which I did not create or ask to have created) has historically been targeted by members of the Mormon Church who are upset with my decision to leave that religion. They have repeatedly and viciously altered the bio information, filling it with false, defamatory, invented, libelous and slanderous personal attacks. I have repeatedly asked wiki moderators to monitor and clean up the site but the abuse continues.

I am frustrated and disappointed that this ongoing vandalism has not been reined in and am feeling even more so now, due to the fact that I am now being advised by wiki moderators that I should hope for future edits to be put up by non-Mormon writers who will produce a more accurate biographical sketch. I do not think it is fair or appropriate for me to have to rely on others to clean up this constantly-poisoned and perjurious bio. Nor do I believe it is the proper approach to inform me (as I have been so notified by wiki) that whether or not this constantly-vandalized bio should be maintained must be determined by some kind of vote.

Again, I did not ask that the bio be put up in the first place . Its relentless targeting for barrages of malicious, unsourced, unverified and false accusations is intolerable.

I believe it is entirely reasonable, therefore, for me to respectfully request (as I have done more than once) that the bio be taken down entirely and permanently. Given that the bio has an ongoing history of being vandalized and abused, I do not trust that it will suddenly or in the long-term transform into a platform for accurate personal information about me, my family and my life.

Thank you.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic Phoenix, AZ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tobygiz (talk • contribs) 22:32, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

"Delete and redirect's" proposal is an acceptable and reasonable compromise to me. --Steve Benson, Editorial cartoonist, The Arizona Republic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tobygiz (talk • contribs) 23:31, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Note: The article under discussion here has been flagged for {{rescue}} by the Article Rescue Squadron. SnottyWong  00:20, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep - I don't think there is any question that this individual satisfies WP:GNG and WP:ARTIST. I think that most Pulitzer Prize winners automatically pass the notability bar. The fact that the author himself is requesting the deletion of the article because of frequent vandalism is also a concern, however with all due respect to Steve, the fact that the subject of a BLP has requested the deletion of their article is not really anything that we can or should take into consideration when debating whether an article should be deleted. If you truly have concerns about the vandalism of this article, you may want to contact the Wikimedia Foundation and/or read Knowledge (XXG):Contact us/Article problem/Factual error (from subject). With that said, I have added the article to my watchlist and I will keep a lookout for vandalism in the future, and I encourage other regular editors to do the same. We have many tools available to us to fight vandals, including page protection (so that anonymous editors can't edit it), blocking vandal user accounts, blocking vandal IP ranges, and more. I fully understand why you would want to have this article deleted, but I feel that we have the tools available to us to ensure that this article stays here unvandalized, and grows into an accurate account of you and your work. After all, deleting the article would mean the Mormons have won, and no one wants that. I'll keep a lookout for you, and feel free to contact me on my talk page (User talk:Snottywong) if you have any concerns about the article in the future. Cheers. SnottyWong  00:20, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
He already has contacted OTRS, which is why I have AfD'd the article. This much should be abundantly clear. Guy (Help!) 00:24, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

--I have yet to observe how this unauthorized bio can remain effectively unvandalized. I say that because up to this point, it certainly has not been. Rather, it has relentlessly and viciously been rewritten, added to and polluted with non-factual and libelous assertions/insertions. Unless this website has a reliable, long-term method for protecting the bio from slanderous onslaught, I remain decidedly uncomfortable with leaving it up. I am requesting some workable form of lock and block. If that cannot be done, delete permanently, please. Ask yourself, how would you feel if you were the target of such defamation? --Steve Benson, Editorial cartoonist, Arizona Republic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tobygiz (talk • contribs) 00:38, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Like I said, I understand why you feel the way you do and can't disagree with you. I'm not sure what you've tried in the past to stop the vandalism, but you may have just not talked to the right people. I have put in a request for semi-protection of the page, which would prevent anonymous users (i.e. users that are not logged in) as well as non-confirmed users (i.e. users that were recently created) from editing the page. If this protection is granted, it will make it much harder for vandals to modify the page. In the event that they figure out how to add more false information, I have the page on my watchlist so I will see the changes, revert them, and request that the vandal user account be blocked. SnottyWong  00:49, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Thank you for your concerns, interest, follow-up and pledged efforts.

In the past, I was contacted (after having made initial and direct complaint to this site about the bio's continuing vandalization), by a wiki moderator (the first of two), with whom I had several conversations about resolution. I was informed that measures would be taken to cleanly edit the bio back to reality and that special attention would subsequently be paid to keeping the bio from being tampered with--but with no absolute guarantee given that full protection would result.

I am presently working with a second moderator who expresses sympathy with my concerns over the libelous nature of the attacks on the bio; who agrees with my complaints and suggested remedies; who has urged patience; who advises me that they do not have the final say on this matter; and who, in the meantime, says they are trying to satisfactorily resolve the problem.

Through this period of attack and re-attack, I have made direct complaints, per protocol, to this site as I have become aware of the vandalism. But the problems have again flared up and I am concerned over whether they will, in fact, be stopped.

I would appreciate (and,frankly, expect) serious proactive measures to be taken by wiki to prevent this slanderous and defamatory abuse from continuing.

Thank you.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic


Ok, the semi-protection request has been granted. It will expire in March 2011, and if the vandalism starts back up again we can always request semi-protection for a longer period of time or indefinitely. Anonymous users and new users (less than 4 days old or less than 10 edits) can no longer edit this article. SnottyWong  01:04, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Thank you for taking action. I hope that what is described as "semi-protection" translates into effective long-term protection.

Your attention to this vexing problem is appreciated.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonnist The Arizona Republic

Thank you, JzG and Snotty, for taking the initiative on getting long-term protection for this article. I have taken a shot at adding sourced content about Mr. Benson's distinguished career and notable public controversies. Comments and appropriate revisions are, of course, invited.--Arxiloxos (talk) 01:38, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Thank you, as well.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic


  • Keep -- BUT, this article needs to be watched very carefully because there have been some libelous edits. I'm an administrator, and I'm willing to aggressively revert or block users, or if necessary put temporary full protection on the article if anything improper arises. I am also willing to take potentially libelous material to oversight and delete such material from this page's edit history if appropriate. I have a lot of things on my watchlist, so I might not see every problem, but anyone should feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. COGDEN 02:16, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Thank you for your oversight and willigness to intervene aggressively as needed to weed out and purge libelous material.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic

  • Comment - as an oversighter, I was called in to address some egregious violations of our BLP policy and my immediate reaction was to want to raze this article to the ground; kill it with fire. There were dozens of edits, lasting a very long time indeed, that could only have been done with malice intent - Alison 07:25, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
And fact that it cited sources (i.e., it wasn't an "unreferenced BLP") was of course meaningless against one or more determined vandals. Alison, you probably know this, why aren't we limiting BLP edits to registered confirmed accounts? It won't screen out all, but it will screen out many of these people, leaving us with the worst cases like this one to deal with.--Milowent • 13:57, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • My ultimate preference would be deletion, redirection and protection. That appears to me the most effective and perhaps the least complicated approach. I did not seek or authorize this bio placement in the first place and its continual, malicious and ad hominem content change has been a source of ongoing frustration and concern for me (as I sense has been understood during the course of this discussion by participants involved in the dialogue).

Thank you for your consideration.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Repubic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.158.27 (talk) 15:35, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep but actively protect - Benson is clearly notable, so there's no basis for removing the article. The Pullitzer is conformation of notability, not the reason for it; the reason is his body of work. However, we absolutely must enforce WP:BLP, with no excuses. If the semi-protection doesn't work, I recommend indefinite Full Protection. This article is not being actively worked on, so the overhead of occasionally asking an administrator to make a change requested on the talk page is going to be minor in comparison to the BLP violation risk. I believe that being fully locked down is sufficient to assuage the subject's very reasonable concerns with compromising on the content of Knowledge (XXG). Dylan Flaherty 14:49, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • I believe there is clearly a justifiable basis for removing the bio if it cannot be reliably protected from continued libelous alteration. I would agree that it can remain up, but only if there is full protection from the kind of malicious falsification that it has regularly been subjected to. In the past, there has not been such a safeguard in place and, as a result, the bio has been the target of continual slanderous attack. Please fix it or nix it.

Thanks you.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.158.27 (talk) 15:08, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

  • you can sue the vandals, of course, but that would be a herculean effort. back before wikipedia was big, attack blogs and (X)sucks.com websites were the way people were smeared. in your case, you've raised your profile enough (among wikipedians) that you're more safe having an article than not having one, because if you didn't, the vandals will go elsewhere.--Milowent • 15:12, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Strong and Speedy Keep as per Arxiloxos. Presuming the editor claiming to be the subject is, deletion is never the proper method of avoiding vandalism. Edward321 (talk) 15:20, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • If continued vandalism of the bio cannot be avoided or effectively firewalled against, then deletion, in my opinion, is a proper approach for dealing with the problem; otherwise, the problem continues here. Yes, the vandals may go elsewhere if wiki takes down the bio, but at least the vandals are no longer able to continue their libelous assaults on this site.

In the past, when vandals were adulterating the bio (and, in response, limited efforts were being made by wiki to thwart such attacks), I began receiving emails from anonymous individuals whom I suspected harbored malicious intent, urging me to put up by own bio on this site. I refused to do so (and did not answer their communications), believing it was possible they were simply wanting to gain access by subterfuge to my own authored bio with the intent to mess with it.

In short, there has been an ongoing and relentless effort to infect the bio in question with slanderous claims--an effort which I suspect will continue. Therefore, deletion is an option that I believe should be seriously considered and ultimately utilized if wiki cannot stop the vandalism.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.158.27 (talk) 15:59, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep Long term protection is the solution for the problems that this bio has had, not deletion. Notability per wikipedia's notability guidelines is clear and not marginal. I note the recent protection is the first time this has happened to the article and should along with the pledges above to monitor the article prevent problems from recurring. Davewild (talk) 19:12, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Please then lock and block it against continuous vandal assault. If that cannot or will not be done, then please delete it.

I do not feel that I should be expected to tolerate this kind of ongoing libel and unfounded attack which has persisted for some time and about which I have lodged understandable, polite and protocol-followed complaint--all the while requesting effective remedial action.

Thank you.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.158.27 (talk) 19:30, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep The article says "Benson was awarded the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning". Yeah, that sounds like a pretty notable person in his field. Dream Focus 19:41, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep - Easily meets inclusion standards. I am entirely sympathetic to Mr Benson's entirely legitimate concerns over vandalism, and for that reason I will add myself to the list of people who will watchlist the page and actively monitor for inappropriate editing. Thparkth (talk) 20:34, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • wiki, in my view, has a serious and unavoidable responsibility to safeguard its platforms against libelous misuse. It is troubling to me that as a matter of apparent practice wiki makes allowance and provides opportunity for anonymous individuals to edit, change, and even warp the writings of someone else.

If wiki is going to permit this secretive editing and changing of what others author here, then wiki has a grave responsibility to clean up malicious "rewrites" when they occur and to thereafter protect the articles against such abuse in the future.

Better yet, I think that when libelous assaults by shadowy attack dogs (assaults which are obviously designed to harm the reputation and character of those whom they target through the insertion of patently false information) are spotted and reported, wiki should permanently freeze the article under siege (after purging it of its invented content), so that it cannot be viciously manipulated in the future.

Otherwise, simply monitoring the article under assault will not solve the problem--given that the article (as history has clearly shown in this case) will likely remain constantly under siege and thus will repeatedly require revision back to reality.

Lock it and block it, once and for all, please.

I didn't want this bio up here in the first place but now that it is, I request that it be soundly secured--and if not soundly secured, then promptly deleted.

Thank you.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.155.172.22 (talk) 21:12, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello Mr Benson,
If the outcome of this deletion discussion is that we should keep the article, which seems possible at the moment, I would ask you to give the new arrangement a chance. The typical anonymous vandal will not be able to edit the page, and you have a good number of experienced editors watching out for any inappropriate additions. Yes, we may have to remain vigilant forever, but that's pretty much what we do. If the problems continue, there are other means available to give the article even stronger protection.
Cheers,
Thparkth (talk) 01:30, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
    • I hope you are correct in your assurance that under the new arrangement "the typical anonymous vandal will not be able to edit the page." I'm concerned, as I am sure you are too, with the atypical anonymous vandal.

I will, however, give it a chance (assuming the article is retained), and I do appreciate the collective willingness here to remain vigilante.

If, however, the firewall is breached in the future, then Plan DP: Delete, Please.

Thank you.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.155.172.22 (talk) 03:32, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep Having won a Pulitzer is significant enough for notability. As there are issues regarding vandalism, we can indefinitely semi-protect the page to prevent unregistered or new users from editing it, or we could use pending changes to ensure that all edits are reviewed before being posted to the public. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 03:51, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Semi-protection is not what I am looking or hoping for.

If forced to choose, I'd prefer your second option of ensuring that all edits are reviewed before being publicly posted (perhaps combined with the first approach of preventing unregistered or new users from editing the bio--if such a duo counter-measure is possible).

Thank you.

Steve Benson Editorial cartoonist The Arizona Republic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.155.172.22 (talk) 05:09, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was Speedy Keep (non-admin closure). Pontificalibus (talk) 22:39, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)
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This article is a fork of United States diplomatic cables leak and was originally created a week ago but for a lack of agreement on this action it was soon converted to a redirect. Discussion about having this fork was discussed at Talk:United States diplomatic cables leak but no consensus developed for the split-off. It has been argued that the parent article is becoming too large (169kb prior to the split-off) and one editor therefore made the unilateral decision to reinstate the article fork with the amazing edit commentary "Sorry folks, but this needs to be brought under control), indicating some sort of emergency procedure having to be made, assumedly as the rationale for omitting to obtain a mandate from other editors. It should also be mentioned that there are strongly conflicting opinions on the parent article's talk page about what strategies to pursue in going forward covering the ongoing diplomatic cables leak situation. I would like to point out that adding one more layer for the casual user to have to click makes the information on this issue increasingly less available. Already we have the situation that with the current diplomatic leak story being daily in the news headlines across the globe, 20 times as many people only go to the WikiLeaks page as go on to United States diplomatic cables leak (500k hits vs 25k hits). That should raise a huge warning sign that continued diffusing this information comes at a considerable cost. meco (talk) 14:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep and convert to prose or change the focus of the contents. Before splitting, the parent article was 166,177 bytes and growing exponentially, as only 1000 out of more than 250,000 documents had been released to date. Clearly, something needed to be done, and discussion on the page with various editors, including User:Nergaal, User:Lihaas, and others, show that there is a concern for readability and management of a random list of contents growing exponentially, a herding cats problem with no end in sight. After the split, the article is now a healthy 44,000 bytes, and while it needs a great deal of work and improvement, it is actually readable. Meco has all but ignored the discussion on the talk page, preferring to keep expanding a 166,000 byte document without any regard to what other editors are saying to him on the talk page. Viriditas (talk) 14:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
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  • Keep and convert to prose or change the focus of the contents. Although this move was not yet agreed upon by other editors, it does not change the fact that it was done with the intent of compliance with general Knowledge (XXG) guidelines regarding article length. Furthermore, this also does not constitute a reasonable argument for having the move reverted until consensus has been agreed upon, especially while other options are available for handling the child content. Exercising good judgement is encouraged on Knowledge (XXG), and the move to separate the articles arguably has an immediate impact of making the related content more accessible to the general public, especially to users who may find the enormous scope of the former length of the parent unmanageable, or others wishing to contribute to or disseminate related content while utilizing a narrowband internet connection. It's my own personal opinion and recommendation that the separation remain, and the proposal for deletion of this article be removed. Further talk of organizing this child article can be proposed on the child article's talk page. To revert the change at this point, given the enormous priority and status of this article as a major current event, would ultimately prove to be counter-productive and confusing to readers, and serve no other purpose than to uphold bureaucratic procedures that undermine Knowledge (XXG)'s community as adhering to common sense principles. --Glitch82 (talk) 14:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep I don't see a valid reason to delete. Claiming that the info needs to be kept in what would be an excessively long main article in order for people to find it is not a valid rationale. --Pontificalibus (talk) 16:48, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep No policy-based reason for deletion. Having this kind of detailed sub-articles is the best way to maintain both depth of coverage and readability. --Cyclopia 17:09, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep Haven't heard any better proposal so far. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson (talk) 19:39, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. Significantly noteworthy and extremely worth of its own, separate, independent, and very well sourced and referenced page. -- Cirt (talk) 20:41, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep There should be an article discussing the contents, in addition to the article giving the history of the source, releasing, publication, reactions, and governmental retribution against Assange. The text of the cables might be provided at Wikisource, unless that could be prosecuted as "espionage" on the same basis US politicians want Assange prosecuted. (This is an observation and clearly not a legal threat). Edison (talk) 20:47, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep But also give the main article a significantly condensed version of this. If not possible, then merge with United States diplomatic cables leak‎ - Amog | 20:49, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

I move to speedy keep the article, i.e. withdrawing my nominations. I see that we can work this out in constructive ways without going through this AfD which also doesn't seem to be going in any other direction anyway. __meco (talk) 20:51, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep. Plenty of material. In fact, this may merit more region-specific forks as more cables are released... > RUL3R>vandalism 22:05, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep - I was the person who performed (and subsequently undid) the initial split. The concerns some contributors raised over the timeliness of splitting this content were certainly compelling to me, but I personally foresee the fork as being an inevitable eventuality that will receive resounding support once the public interest dies down. Ultimately, either way, redirection would be preferable over deletion and so this should be handled at an editorial level.   — C M B J   22:26, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was Speedy delete (WP:CSD#A7) by RHaworth (talk · contribs) (Non-admin closure) WikiDan61ReadMe!! 22:24, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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Non-notable musician. No significant coverage of this musician in any reliable sources. WikiDan61ReadMe!! 14:20, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. If any sysop elsewhere wants this for their proejct, just let me know, and I'll gladly put it somewhere for a transwiki. Courcelles 00:31, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Not Notable and unsourced. Acps110 13:11, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Delete Unsourced, and not encyclopedic. This is material that appears in training manuals for new railroaders, and is not appropriate for an encyclopedia.oknazevad (talk) 13:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 17:21, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete This seems to be contrary to WP:NOT as a listing of signals used internally by a private company, and less encyclopedic than, say highway signs, or other signals used by the general public. If the present signal system of this railroad is encyclopedic without satisfying the GNG via significant coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources, then every internal system of rules or signals, basically every employee handbook of every major company and organization would be eligible for an article. Certainly the rulebook of every railroad in history as it related to signalling would be equally eligible for an article (Such as historic Illinois Central: Five long whistle sounds, followed by ten short whistle sounds: Flagman for train number 10 may return from the North. Etc, on and on.). That said, it is a very nice looking article. Edison (talk) 21:01, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Ambivalent, but think through transwiki options before deletion - needs sourcing, obviously. It might be encyclopedic in the sense that it would be eligible for an Encyclopedia of Rail? In which case it would have a place in Knowledge (XXG). Not everything here has to be suitable for Britannica! If not suitable for here, would there be a home for it in Wikibooks, which does accept manual-like material? TheGrappler (talk) 18:10, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Not any encyclopedia of rail I've seen; this is purely instruction manual material. I actually have some CSX signal manuals, and this looks exactly like them. That itself may be a problem; there may be copyright issues, though it's mostly basic information and simple diagrams that may not meet the threshold for copyright eligibility. Regardless, this isn't material for or from an encyclopedia. The fact that there's no other articles with carrier-specific signal rules tells me that there's agreement on that.oknazevad (talk) 19:16, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm happy to take your word for it. I can't see how this would be a copyvio (I think you're right re threshold). I suspect this belongs as a transwiki to Wikibooks, as instruction-manual material? TheGrappler (talk) 22:49, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was Procedural close. Redirects should be discussed at WP:RFD. Hut 8.5 11:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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Wrong redirect--LTSC1980 (talk) 11:01, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Neologism. Does not seem to be used anywhere, by anyone. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:12, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

BTW source of this nomination is wikt:WT:RFV#Pikachu. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:51, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks very much for finding that cite. But the Arizona-based martini-glass drink described in this source appears to be quite different from the long drink in a highball glass described in the article as originating in Montreal: the only element in common seems to be sake. I'm willing to have my mind changed (especially after I drink a couple of Pikachus), but so far I don't think this is evidence that there really is a definable, notable drink by this name.--Arxiloxos (talk) 01:54, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was merge to Spain (surname). Beeblebrox (talk) 01:32, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Unencyclopedic. Wiki is not a social networking site. Unmaintainable list (They will be wanting a list of everyone called Smith next.) Kudpung (talk) 08:49, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • KeepThis has nothing to do with social networking; this is about notable historical facts and people. The Spain surname, and all of it's derivatives, is very common and there are several notables in history and society, some who have articles about them here on wikipedia, that are not indexed/found when searching the word Spain or the words Spain Surname. When you type that in you'll get all kinds of surnames of Spanish origin. Spain surname is a hard search, so I was just trying to make it easier. I added the article link to the Spain (disambiguation) page for this reason. That's my reason for doing it. I was looking for information on the surname, which is not mine by the way - I was curious. Then I notice that this surname and derivatives have significant genealogical search engine results. I also noticed the notability factor in many of the bios that I read. I only have three listed, but more are coming. We're talking notables from European and America history. The surname has as much significance as any other surname that has a page/list on wikipedia, such as Williams.
Furthermore, the list and surname article are just starts. There is an entire evolutionary history behind the surname which is another reason why I thought making the two articles was appropriate. We're talking more than 900 years on two continents. Now, when people with Spain, and derived, surnames do a search engine search, they can come across these two articles and add on to information.
Knowledge (XXG) is an idol hobby I have that I get caught up in at a whims notice. I thought the whole idea of Knowledge (XXG) was to make the discovery of unknown information easier. I saw a need and tried to fulfill it. I really don't comprehend where you get the social networking idea from. Bab-a-lot (talk) 09:28, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Based on your explanation above, I fully realise that you created this list in good faith. However, the inherent problem is that with Wiki being a freely collaborative site, everyone named Spain will be adding themselves to it, most likely linking to their FaceBook, blogs, and corporate sites, and it keeps whole teams of volunteers WP:NPP and WP:Recent changes busy round the clock deleting them all. A list of names such as Spain is untenable.Kudpung (talk) 11:04, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
I don't get your logic. I offered a link above to the Williams (surname) page where there is also a link to a list of people with the Williams suname. People aren't going to add themselves, because it will be clear to anyone who wants to contribute that it's designated for notables only. There are similar pages, and name lists pages of other surnames where there is not an influx of random people adding their own names. It's reserved for notables only. Bab-a-lot (talk) 23:51, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete (or speedy delete) unencyclopedic, we already have Spain (surname), notable people with that surname should be there. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:16, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep (or possibly merge to Spain (surname) if the list doesn't get long enough to justify a standalone article). It is usual practice to create lists of people with certain surnames if a lot of people share that surname and a complete list is too long to fit in the article on that surname, as can be seen in this list of articles with similar titles (to answer the nominator's question, List of people with surname Smith already exists). Keeping a list of people with a shared surname for navigation/disambiguation purposes is perfectly encyclopedic. The fact that non-notable people could add themselves to the list is irrelevant, as the same is true of just about any disambiguation page involving people, list of school alumni etc. Hut 8.5 11:55, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you. I agree. Bab-a-lot (talk) 23:56, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Merge to Spain (surname). I see no reason why this relatively short list should be sepperated from the surname page. Generally the surname pages include such lists.4meter4 (talk) 21:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I agree. Great idea! Bab-a-lot (talk) 23:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

-- Jclemens-public (talk) 17:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

I don't understand why these are to be deleted, especially if the name lists will not be transferred to the (surname) article page. You will make looking for people with those surnames a hard, nearly impossible, search.Bab-a-lot (talk) 00:05, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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no indication of notability. noq (talk) 08:31, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Someone tagged this article yesterday as a hoax, and while I disagree with that, I also think this person does not pass WP:AUTHOR. She is a self-published author whose name doesn't return any Google hits except for the usual suspects. No Google Books hits either. (The article also appears to have been created by an SPA.) Erpert (let's talk about it) 08:30, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Please check a log of the search of this name. The founders and the organization is searched by the entire world. It deserves to be on Wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.27.113.60 (talk) 20:23, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

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Non-notable non profit advocacy organization. Competely non-npov, weakly referenced (if at all). I found zero gnews hits and zero gscholar hits in my attempt to cleanup and reference the article.  7  07:57, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. Courcelles 00:31, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Fails WP:NALBUMS. Fixer23 (talk) 05:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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parent article deleted for non-notability at http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/BLATT , also fails NN Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:12, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:08, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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parent article deleted for non-notability at http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/BLATT , also fails NN Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:17, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. Sources were provided, and no other arguments made for over a week. LFaraone 18:11, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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fails WP:ORG. whilst coverage verifies its existence it's not indepth. LibStar (talk) 00:41, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep - Sourcing for Asia-based not-for-profits is always a difficult issue, as their activites may be notable to tens of thousands of people without necessarily receiving media coverage in Western or English-speaking sources (a constant problem arising from LibStar's conscientious and much-needed nominations of many such articles). While Google searches have been unable to yield any significant coverage in reliable English sources, they have yielded such a large quantity of trivial mentions and non-independent sources (including references to a reasonably generous budget) as to convince me that its non-English notability may nevertheless be sufficient to justify an article. (See WP:BIAS.) - DustFormsWords (talk) 02:09, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
    • please provide sources then, you are assuming they exist and yet little can be found. this organisation is based in Singapore where English is one of the main languages. LibStar (talk) 02:58, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
      • In cases like this the onus is reversed; once a reason is established to suspect that unavailable sources exist, a deletion should only be endorsed after someone has taken reasonable steps to verify such sources DON'T exist, which in this case would amount to an enquiry or search of Singaporean news outlets, which as far as I know aren't indexed on Google. See WP:FAILN. - DustFormsWords (talk) 03:09, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
        • Your alleged rule is wrong. We don't care if an organization does amazing things for millions of people. If we can't identify any third-party, independent sources, then we do not keep the article, full stop. Knowledge (XXG) is WP:NOT a promotional opportunity for non-profits, and notability requires verifiable evidence, not merely handwaving and optimistic assertions that surely some sources exist. If you want this article kept, I suggest that you find a way to produce at least one independent, third-party source. WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:06, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
          • To be clear, you're accepting that WP:FAILN is current Knowledge (XXG) policy, and that I have presented it correctly, but you're suggesting it should be revised or ignored in this case. - DustFormsWords (talk) 03:49, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
            • No, I'm saying that you've misunderstood FAILN, which says: "If appropriate sources cannot be found after a good-faith search for them, consider merging... deleting." NB that it says "cannot be found", rather than "cannot be imagined, speculated, or assumed to exist". The onus is not reversed; if challenged, sources must actually be produced. Notability requires verifiable evidence (on the same page as FAILN) is very relevant to the situation here. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:31, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was merge and redirect to Travis Jeppesen. There's not much here, either interest or content of the article, no third-party refs, so I'll use a little admin discretion. - KrakatoaKatie 08:19, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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notability-tagged for two years, it's not Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:24, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 05:24, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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I believe he fails WP:BIO. yes he's made a TV appearance for his ability to remember music but I don't see substantial coverage. the 4th link supplied is dead, and he only gets 2 gnews hits . Wording like this "Bullies tormented Boerebach throughout his school years, which were followed by several years of unemployment. Despite his difficulties, a positive and inquisitive attitude has led to his successful completion of several TAFE Certificate courses, and A Grade passes in work experience projects" is really not relevant. LibStar (talk) 05:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Comment, can you point to any policy that suggests that the subject of an article must compare favorably to other subjects of articles? Or a policy asserting that a subject's notability hinges upon the notability of a film festival at which a documentary about them appeared? A policy that suggests that a documentary about them must have an entry in IMDB (which is not a reliable source and thus does not confer notability), or that deletion of an article related to the subject diminished their notability? WP:GNG points to significant coverage in reliable sources, are you arguing that the coverage is not significant or the sources not reliable? --Nuujinn (talk) 12:08, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • The coverage is not significant enough and many of the cited sources are too close to the subject or are of local interest. Basically there aren't enough high-quality sources for this person. As for comparisons: I don't mean that the subject's achievements must match those of other quiz show contestants; I'm trying to show the level of coverage required for someone to be notable just *as* a quiz show contestant. Almost every significant film has an entry in IMDB, so the fact that his documentary does not have one is a major concern to me. It seems that the documentary is used to bolster his notability, to show that he did something more interesting than just appear on a quiz show ... and I'm trying to show why the documentary shouldn't necessarily be used for that purpose. Since the article 2PR FM was deleted, that Internet radio station cannot be used to indicate notability. Graham87 13:44, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete Unfortunately he isn't notable, just because he may have Asperger syndrome and runs a internet radio station doesn't make him notable. RockWiz is a WP:ONEEVENT and is rather trivial. Bidgee (talk) 12:36, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Comment First of all, I'm not suggesting that the subject is notable because of his appearance on a quiz show. The subject is a disabled person with an unusual ability, a savant, and that is, I think, why he has attracted attention in the press, and I think that coverage is significant enough to meet the general notability guidelines. Please note, if we can trust the WebCite entries, apparently ZDNet, St George & Sutherland Shire Leader and Penrith had a brief articles about him in 2000-2007, before his appearance on the show. For those reasons, I think WP:ONEEVENT does not apply here. The number of google news hits is, as far as I know, not a criterion for notability under WP policy. Yes, I think the documentary counts for establishing notability--SBS is apparently a national broadcasting service, and they aired the documentary. I think they count as a reliable source. I readily acknowledge that if the documentary had never aired, or was only shown at film festivals, it would be a different matter, but that is not the case. That the documentary is not itself notable is not, I think, an issue, as we do not require that sources themselves be notable--there are literally millions of books, articles and journals used as sources on WP that are not themselves notable, but in any case, appearing in WP or IMDB would not establish the documentary's notability because WP consider neither itself nor IMDB reliable sources. Nor do I think the relationship between the subject and the director is an issue, since SBS would be considered the publisher of the information. thinkBIG may not be a major magazine--perhaps I am missing something, but I am unaware of any policy that says that a magazine has to be major to count as a reliable source. The Age is a broadsheet, seems to be reliable enough for this subject. The St George & Sutherland Shire Leader looks to be very local, but I think that's counterbalanced somewhat by the degree of coverage he's received, four articles over 4 years. He's also apparently been interviewed on television and radio. None of the sources are connected to the subject as far as I can tell and there are lots of them, and all of the ones used in the article appear to be reliable. So from my point of view, there's enough evidence that the sufficient sources can be found, if they have not already, to establish notability under GNG, and I'll shut up now and go do some work. --Nuujinn (talk) 01:47, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
  • It's true that SBS is a national TV station in Australia, but it's quite a minor one. Also, they broadcasted RocKwiz, so naturally they had an insentive to broadcast the documentary. The ABC has far more clout in Australia, but he is not mentioned anywhere on the ABC website, despite the fact that it has archived almost every story it has broadcast for at least the last decade. Two articles in Australian statewide newspapers (The Age and The Courier-Mail - are not enough for me; ZDNet confers a bit of notability, but I don't think it's enough to get him over the line. Graham87 03:11, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
WP:INTERESTING is not a valid reason. LibStar (talk) 13:21, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
No nead to drag some WP:ESSAYS into this. Please stick with guidelines and policies. DVdm (talk) 15:27, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
  • BIO's on Knowledge (XXG) shouldn't be a brief life story since that is what books are for, BIO's should be detailed description on the a well known person, the achievements as well as controversies but should never be a story. Mark Boerebach is just not notable for Knowledge (XXG), if we allowed to keep the Mark Boerebach article, we could have people who have similar type of coverage have an article. I've been in the media a few times in my life, I've been on TV just to name a few but it doesn't make me notable. Bidgee (talk) 23:20, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
  • I respect your opinion, and understand where you are coming from, but can you point to policy supporting your assertions about what biographies here should be? My feeling is that it is a significant achievement for someone with his challenges to start a web based "radio" station, and he does have a pretty unique talent, and both have been covered in the press. Many people are notable for overcoming obstacles in their lives. Also, I'll point out that we already have articles on people with similar coverage, and articles on people with less coverage, even articles on people with no coverage in reliable sources, and that flow is pretty much going to be unaffected by whatever we do here. GNG is pretty straight forward and clear, as is WP:BASIC. Of course you don't have to agree with me, but I think the subject meets both with coverage spanning a number of years from a variety of reliable sources. Also, if you feel that the article should be trimmed back more to "just the facts", I agree with that--my usual approach is to add material and then come back and trim out the excess, but AFD is not cleanup. --Nuujinn (talk) 23:59, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Indeed I don't think that notability is directly related to number of times having been in the media. Surely Bidgee's notability (or lack thereof) should have no influence upon this subject's notability. We cannot complain about lack of sources, and I just think that this item happens to be sufficiently notable — I guess that's what this inquiry is bound to be about. DVdm (talk) 10:35, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
  • The whole point is that starting and running a online station (whether it is radio or TV) doesn't add to the notability nor does the amount Australian music chart he remembers. Having a few news stories (most local newspapers) and a minor documentary (had it been a doco done by the ABC or SBS then maybe) also doesn't at to the notability. Most radio presenters who should be far more notable don't have articles since they don't have enough notability except for John Laws and Alan Jones who are undoubted notable. Bidgee (talk) 11:08, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
I think that the notabily of the subject is —de facto— going to be decided on this page. I think that the subject passes wp:GNG, and you don't. Not much to discuss, really... Cheers - DVdm (talk) 12:09, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
No I don't, otherwise I would have said keep and not have stated what I have said above. Bidgee (talk) 12:15, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
I believe that according to WP policies, general notability is established when reliable sources provide significant coverage. Bidgee, I'll ask again--you've said "BIO's on Knowledge (XXG) shouldn't be a brief life story since that is what books are for, BIO's should be detailed description on the a well known person, the achievements as well as controversies but should never be a story." Can you point to support for that statement in WP policies or guidelines? I agree that the documentary is minor, and I'm willing to concede that SBS is a minor national network, but where in policies or guidelines does it say that such are not reliable sources, not verifiable, or fail to establish notability? --Nuujinn (talk) 17:42, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Yes, I've been following that discussion. In the interest of full disclosure, if you check his talk pages, you'll note that I've offered to help him, and I found this article the same way as you did. I think it's unfortunate that he's received some fairly brusque handling, but that's understandable given that it took some time to sort out what was happening and what his circumstances are. I have also been following the SPI case, and I believe that both the ANI and SPI have been closed acknowledging both the missteps by the subject and the subject's good faith. Since I work with some folks with mild Asperger's, I'm familiar with the problems they face in social interactions, and I'm not surprised at how things unspooled. That being said, I'm not sure any of this is relevant to the discussion here at this point--could you clarify why you believe his situation as a WP editor is relevant here and now? --Nuujinn (talk) 01:43, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
I just thought it was worth noting that discussion here for the sake of transparency. Graham87 02:25, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Snottywong, yes, regarding the subject, we've covered that ground, and Mr. Boerebach has been anointed in the blood of the lamb and absolved, let us pray he sins no more against the church of Jimbo. More to the point, do you see any evidence that he's had any influence on this article? And if not, what relevance does his situation as an editor here have to do with the notability issues here at AFD? And which WP:ONEEVENT do you mean, the founding of the internet station, the initial coverage in the local press about his desire for a job, or the documentary and appearance on RocKwiz? --Nuujinn (talk) 23:54, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • I don't have any hard evidence that he has had an influence on this article, however the article was created by a WP:SPA. See Special:Contributions/Saltless-ocean. Maybe he's just a die-hard Mark Boerebach fan who was angered by the lack of Knowledge (XXG) coverage of his favorite 70's-80's pop music internet radio disc jockey? Perhaps Saltless-ocean should be added to the sock investigation just to be safe, since I don't see them at the SPI or ANI discussion. The relevance of the topic is evident at WP:COI and WP:AUTO. As for WP:ONEEVENT, I'm referring to his appearance on the game show, which received some brief local coverage. As far as I can tell, having a desire to get a job is not notable, and purchasing some software to stream music over the internet is not notable (as evidenced by the previous AfD on 2PR FM). I'm not saying that the argument about his notability is black and white, but I happen to fall on the not notable side of the argument. SnottyWong  22:40, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Yes, you have a right to your opinion. But I will point out that the SPA last edited in 2008, and the article has been substantially retooled since then. You could add Saltless-ocean to the now closed SPI, but I would wonder what the purpose would be, since WP:COI and WP:AUTO related issues can be cleansed, and I think they have been. If you think there are still NPOV issues, we can certainly address them. The interview about the job was local, but a plea for employers to consider people with disabilities, a human interested piece. Purchasing software to stream audio is not notable, but I suggest that coverage for starting an internet based station in ZDNet and a newspaper are. And the coverage regarding the game was somewhat brief, but SBS is a national broadcaster, and was covered by major newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne, and not confined to local news outlets as you contend. --Nuujinn (talk) 22:53, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  • I certainly won't make a request to add Saltless-ocean to the SPI case, as I agree it would be pointless. However, we'll have to agree to disagree about the notability issue. SnottyWong  00:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:07, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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unsourced, subject does not seem to be notable Jweiss11 (talk) 05:44, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was Withdrawn It's official; I have the world's worst Google-fu. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 21:08, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

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Roles include one-shot characters, recurring character in a short-lived Z-level sitcom, recurring character in a film series without an article, and some very very minor voice acting. Closest thing to a "notable" character is Charlie Calvin in the Santa Clause trilogy, and even there, his role in #3 is only a cameo. My main concern is the outright lack of sources outside IMDb; I have been completely unable to find any biographical info on him, and I feel that the lack of sources outweighs any notability per WP:ENT. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 05:16, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Still not notable. From Knowledge (XXG): Notability: # "Significant coverage" means that sources address the subject directly in detail, so no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material. Delete Me-123567-Me (talk) 05:05, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

I don't get it... you agree, but you don't agree? Notability is based on sources, if there are no sources, notability is hard to come by. (... but if everyone agrees it's notable, then that pretty much settles it, there are no delete votes yet). Hairhorn (talk) 21:49, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep OVH is one of the biggest Webhosts in Europe and the biggest one in France (Too bad this can only be confirmed from netcraft analysis), in 2009 they placed a bid on german webhosting company Strato (that should be a good hint on their size) and last and least there is this Wikileaks thing that's all over the international press. --Mastacheata (talk) 20:16, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • The article also needs more reliable third party sources. The only ones that qualify are for the Wikileaks things. Blogs and forums are unacceptable. Me-123567-Me (talk) 21:18, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. I was the original author of this page before it's first deletion, nominated on the same grounds by the same user. It's worth pointing out that OVH don't sell to North America, only a handul of European countries - so there's little coverage of it in US media. However, at least one source points to it being one of the largest web hosting providers in the world. As a larger firm than, say, 1&1, I think that makes it more notable than 1&1, not to mention a low number of sources not strictly being grounds for deletion. Though a Google news search for "OVH" shows more than 7 pages, including Gizmodo calling it the second biggest ISP in Europe. --Razakel19 (talk) 21:44, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep notable as a major company, quite apart from anything to do with wikileaks. DGG ( talk ) 22:25, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

All material in Knowledge (XXG) articles must be attributable to a reliable published source to show that it is not original research, but in practice not everything need actually be attributed. This policy requires that anything challenged or likely to be challenged, including all quotations, be attributed to a reliable source…

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  • Eh? Besides the obvious argument for notability, I was only (secondarily) adding that there are plenty of reliable, third-party sources on the topic that demonstrate notability, most of which happen to be in the French language. WP:ENGLISH is about what we should write in; there's no requirement that sources be in English (or online). (See WP:NONENG: "English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones, unless no English sources of equal quality and relevance are available…" etc.) Anyway, this is my last message here; no point discussing notability further. Shreevatsa (talk) 18:25, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  • That doesn't mean we can't use foreign sources, in fact we must use foreign sources if we are ever to get anywhere near finishing the project. Try using google translate if you can't read a language, it's not really good enough to write articles from, but you can clearly tell that the sources I listed demonstrate notability. SmartSE (talk) 19:00, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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This article is a rambling list of things which only have a tenuous connection to XML. The closest connection is to Topic Maps, so maybe a redirect is in order instead of outright deletion. — This, that, and the other (talk) 03:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Can be restored if anyone wants to work on it, but as a poor BLP, it goes for now. Courcelles 00:33, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Unsourced and distinctly promotional WP:BLP but may be salvageable. Guy (Help!) 23:07, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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does not meet any of the criteria for WP notability as a tennis player: has never played in a grand slam or ATP World Tour main draw match, nor a Davis Cup match; has no Challenger event title wins; was not a top-three ranked junior nor a grand slam junior champion; would appear to meet none of the other remaining criteria either Mayumashu (talk) 02:42, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:16, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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DJ that "produced" a single track on a notable work. Was selected for "Red Bull Music Academy" which is billed as an opportunity for "up and coming" DJs. Not yet notable in his own right. Gigs (talk) 03:17, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:06, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Not notable JDDJS (talk) 22:20, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

See WP:MUS and WP:ENT. I really don't think she's notable, at least at this point in her career. -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:19, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
It's borderline, for sure; I'd tend towards leaving it be, but I don't have a strong feeling either way. It might be the sort of thing someone could userfy, though. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:34, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
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The result was no consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:17, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Appears to fail notability (WP:BAND). Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 22:15, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

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Wellll.... they're signed with a label, and they've got a song on the soundtrack of a film, so.... I think that's notability? DS (talk) 15:02, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I think the soundtrack (Speed Racer) doesn't actually relate to the film from this article. The film soundtrack appears to be here (Speed Racer (soundtrack)) as sourced from this article. The record label(s) I'm not so sure of. Trying to find specific details for them is difficult, what I can find suggests they specialise in video game soundtrack releases, that kind of thing, with a little indie label(s) on the side. I'm not certain that anyone signed to any of those labels is notable (but I'm completely open to persuasion by someone who knows this area better than I do). Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 20:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:01, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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Retired minor league baseball player who never reached the major leagues (or above the high-A minor league level, for that matter). Nothing too notable about his minor league career, ergo he is not worthy of an article. Alex (talk) 21:46, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

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The result was no consensus. Courcelles 00:33, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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only sources are IMDB. No mention of awards, etc. jsfouche ☽☾ talk 18:38, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:27, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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An unsourced article (the sole "reference" says nothing to support anything in the article) which contains a number of statements said by the rights owners to violate trademark, trade secrets etc. Originally created by the WP:SPA Comunicazionealcantara (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Perhaps a lesson for them in unintended consequences, but not one we should use against them out of malice. Yes, the material exists and is in widespread use (my first Volvo V70 had Leather-Alcantara trim).

The entire content of the article needs to be sourced as a matter of urgency, or the article deleted as unsourceable. Guy (Help!) 00:15, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

  • So this is how it works now - call an AFD if you want a notable article fixed, and delete it if nobody shows up :-). Snowy keep, but merge Alcantara and Ultrasuede, and probably put them both into the parent article microfiber. This would also quench discussions on differences between Ultrasuede and Alcantara. Talk:Alcantara_(material) is the place to discuss it (or better go bold and do it). This might help. Gosh, you can search Google books, and you had a car lined up with it - I've never even heard the name before :-). Materialscientist (talk) 06:00, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Think of the D as in "discussion". The article is said by the rights owners to be substantially inaccurate, the sources we cite are not sufficient to remedy that, therefore it needs better sources orremoving as unfixably inaccurate. Guy (Help!) 01:30, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
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Keep ...... certainly no more self serving or a trademark violation then this.......... Special k. Though the article does appear to need some work it does provide general information regarding the product that appears to have numerous uses and has been around for several decades. Additional information like that provided here might be added. About that trade secrets issue ..... no more information has been given then could not be garnered from a hazardous materials data sheet nor have details been given to reproduce the manufacturing process. --StormHarbinger 03:41, 8 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Warrior777 (talk • contribs)

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The result was merge to Transformers (toy line). Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:18, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Another Transformers toyline with no independent information to assert notability Dwanyewest (talk) 04:46, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:05, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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A minor Transformers character with no independent information to assert notability Dwanyewest (talk) 04:49, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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While I've found half a dozen mentions about it on sites like "wired.com", I'm not sure this passes WP:WEB, no awards, and coverage appears to be trivial. Worm 15:04, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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  • Comment: Rest assured, this topic is already fully covered on the Final Fantasy Encyclopedia on Wikia. By contrast, WP's coverage of games is weakened to the point of uselessness, leading game experts to not expand WP articles, leading back to deletion in a vicious circle.
For example, there are scores, perhaps hundreds, of articles on Chess openings, and individual articles for each of the five Chess pieces, and even the chessboard itself, but computer game mechanics, which are more complex and thus require more explanation than the moves of individual chess pieces, are not allowed in any computer game article. Chess is elegant in its simplicity, but it is simple. Its articles are therefore limp, repetitious, padded with illustrations and filled with hypothetical observations, while other game articles are bled dry of essential and empirically observable if not documented content.
Similarly Voice acting in Japan is given as much or more credit as/than film actors, yet the WP rules which I tried in vain to fight forbid the listing of voice actors in game articles.
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The result was no consensus. Courcelles 00:04, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Unsourced promotion for a non-notable event. Damiens.rf 16:50, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:25, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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The "LOLCat Bible Translation Project" is amazingly unsupported. No sources seem to be evident, beyond links which, chiefly, do not work. This should be deleted as per the Knowledge (XXG):Notability criterion. I'm aware that another nomination of this page for deletion exists, but the crap has gotten even worse, since then. Hard to imagine, but true.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Malleus Felonius (talk • contribs)

  • Keep, until an explanation for the above and about why the web sources "don't work" is provided which is actually consistent with WP policy. The subject has multiple independant sources, therefore it is notable. - filelakeshoe 03:48, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Paraphrasing the wikipedia:tutorial, wikipedia policy is to build up stubs- and I see few sources which would allow this to be any more than a stub, and a short one at that- but stubs are not relevant to wikipedia.The links are rotted. For one thing the chronicle link currently on the page is unaccessbile. If it is to stay, it must be formatted. Other links are duplicates of each other, such as links 1 and 3 on the references list. That makes like 1 reliable source, and might I remind you that that is toppled by Knowledge (XXG):ONEEVENT? Also, you're not allowed to vote twice, no matter who you are, on a proposed deletion.--Malleus Felonius (talk) 03:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. The article already has legitimate sources, and the editorial linked by Umbralcorax above could be added as a source too. I believe the nominator has misunderstood Knowledge (XXG):Stub, the guideline for stubs; being a stub is not a reason to delete an article. I also don't know what the nominator means by saying that the "chronicle" link is unaccessible; there's no mention of anything called the Chronicle in this article or its cites. Nor are there any inappropriately duplicated links in the references. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:55, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. 1. Yeah, there's a misunderstanding of stubs there; 2. the Internet Archive is your friend; 3. The person you were cautioning about voting twice, MF, only had voted once. - The Bushranger One ping only 06:45, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep, a well written and sourced article about a notable project. JIP | Talk 07:20, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete, I will show the sources, and why 80% of them are inaccurate. The first so-called source is a blog, here . This is against wikipolicy. The second source is untraceable, see here . Not even the basic hyperlink works. The third so-called source is merely a definition of the LOLcat Bible Translation Project, written by some annonymous contributor. The fifth, well, that is also a blog. The sixth again returns nothing after many archival searches. In other words, only about two sources are reliable for this entry. The article should be merged with history of LOLcats, or something.Also, the fact of whether it is written well or not is not under dispute. Effort=/=Fact.--Malleus Felonius (talk) 14:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Regarding "blogs", please see WP:NEWSBLOG: "Several newspapers host columns that they call blogs. These are acceptable as sources, so long as the writers are professionals and the blog is subject to the newspaper's full editorial control."--Arxiloxos (talk) 18:19, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Comment: Very few of the cited sources are not some kind of blog. Suggest more than 2 sources that aren't some kind of blog, wikipedians. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malleus Felonius (talk • contribs) 18:47, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Maybe he means that this AfD should be speedy closed and another AfD about the article should be opened. I can't understand why. Why not simply comment in this AfD? JIP | Talk 19:43, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Actually, (1) it's available on the L.A. Times website here under a different title; (2) it's available at archive.org as currently shown in the footnote; (3) there is no requirement that sources be available on line, so even if it were not currently available on-line that wouldn't affect its sufficiency as a source for the purposes of showing notability. --Arxiloxos (talk) 01:18, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
As noted above, it's not broken. Perhaps your computer can't access archive.org? - The Bushranger One ping only 01:53, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Well, the archive footnote doesn't work on my most advanced computer browser, with all settings on max. It didn't work two days in a row. If someone could connect this here, with the footnote connected to the archived copy of this, so the footnote actually worked, I'd bee much obliged.--Malleus Felonius (talk) 18:17, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:03, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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I can't find any sources covering this guy, and I've looked at reported news by most of the main Vietnamese newspapers. Ironholds (talk) 16:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:25, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Unreferenced for 2+ years, notability not clear Black Kite (t) (c) 23:23, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Comment If this discussion goes against my position, I request that the closing admin userfy the article in my userspace. I'll be happy to see what I can do to produce a sourced stub when I have more time over the upcoming holidays. Ray 03:08, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep per Ray, sources establishing notability do seem to exist, though some may be harder to obtain.--Milowent • 07:25, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:25, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Unsourced BLP for 2+ years, notability unclear Black Kite (t) (c) 23:26, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

stuck per below. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 20:58, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 17:25, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Unsourced BLP for 2+ years, notability unclear Black Kite (t) (c) 23:29, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was speedy keep (1) per WP:OUTCOMES and WP:CCC - most high schools have been considered notable, and (2) the sourcing has improved per WP:HEY, proving this high school is in fact notable. Move on folks. Bearian (talk) 01:57, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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No reliable sources, references independent of the subject besides trivial coverage where the subject is not the focus THISBITES 02:03, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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The result was delete. Including results from Knowledge (XXG):Sockpuppet investigations/Alikhezrayi, consensus at this AFD is to delete. -- Cirt (talk) 19:30, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

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Fails WP:ENT. I couldn't find any reliable source for this article, even in Persian. Farhikht (talk) 16:28, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

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Comment: As i said in the discussion, iranact.com, sourehcinema.com, us.imdb.com, these are reliable sources. His works are still popular in Iran, but i will try to find some more links. I don't know howlong has it been that you live outside of Iran (for people judging this article), but from whoever in Iran you ask, i promise you that they all know Zizigooloo, Khaneye ma, tehran 11, morabaye shirin. I don't know but perhaps you have watched his movies as well. If we want to judge whether he is notable or not, we should look into Iranian cinema sites, if he has profiles there, and his serials (links already posted) have pages here in Knowledge (XXG) and he is also on IMDb, howcome he is not notable enough to be on Knowledge (XXG)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alikhezrayi (talk • contribs) 00:57, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Delete Even if we were to consider iranact.com, sourehcinema.com, and imdb.com to be reliable (a faulty premise in any event), there is not sufficient coverage in these sources to show notability. And apart from these, there appears to be no reliable coverage of this actor. Fails WP:V and WP:N. Calliopejen1 (talk) 01:42, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep Come on guys, have you even looked at new links added to the article? These are his profiles on these notable Iranian cinema sites, in one of them, you can even see his pictures with Marzie Boroomand, the famous Iranian director ( maybe you are going to deny the credibility of one the biggest directors in Iran). Seriously are you only here to delete the article? Do you have a personal problem with it? Have you even searched? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alikhezrayi (talk • contribs) 02:53, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
    @ User:Alikhezrayi: Many editors DO perform research before commenting. For instance, "IranAct.com" is registered to entities out of New York City, and "SourEhCinema.com" is registered to the Soureh Cinema Organization in Tehran, Iran, a producer and distributor of films, and so are not exactly independent of the subject. I have found no news articles about this actor in ether English or Persian. In a general web search in English, I find only forums, databases, and sales listings. In Persian, I find SourEhCinema and IranAct and then more forums and sales sites. Please... find us a magazine article, or news review, as I am unable to. Schmidt, 06:56, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
    And a note: Alikhezrayi: Comments are very welcome here, but only one "keep" to a customer. I had to strikethrough this second one. Schmidt, 06:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • comment Apparently, MichealQSchmidt as well as others who request to provide books or newspaper article as proofs are not really familiar with the book resp. articles archiving and accessibility policies. Especially in countries like Iran, it is a non-trivial job to research on such subjects. If you don't find this actor by basic searchs in google, it could suggest: 1) Most of the iranian newspapers do not provide their archives accessible for google search; 2) Most of the iranian papers on cinema and art in his era of activity never become online or they do not exist anymore based on the iranian censorship; 3) It might also show your dogmatism and incompetency in order to do research. As far as I remember, a wiki member named "farhikht" started this deletion discussion here and claimed that he cannot find "ANY" information on this actor neither in english nor in persian. "Farhikht" made exactly the same comment on any other iranian actor that was listed for deletion. So my general comment is, being iranian or being able to type some words into google search do not make anyone competent enough for all kind of discussion. Thus, I would suggest from now on that the reviewers provide some information on themselves in order to achieve a high-quality discussion based on facts and competency. This means, if a reviewer is not even slightly familiar with the iranian cinema (not cinema in general as michael), so he is by definition incompetent to comment on "this" topic. I am an iranian scientist and researcher living currently in europe and have provided several contributions to the encyclopedia iranica (columbica university). I have seen different movies played by this actor and even some he directed, and I personally read at least one (lack of memory) journal article in "majale Cinema" from 1998 which was as interview with this actor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrPhosphorus (talk • contribs) 08:33, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • keep: Bonjour, j’aimerais ajouter une chose ici que je connais cet homme et il mérite d’être ici sur le site de Knowledge (XXG). Il doit être la pour que les gens puissent le connaître mieux. J’ai déjà vu trois de ses films (réalisés par lui) et je dois avouer qu’il a fait beaucoup pour la société iranienne et aussi pour le cinéma iranien. Il va devenir de plus en plus grand et j’espère bien qu’il reste sur Knowledge (XXG). Et c'est justement par des sources sur son Knowledge (XXG) que j'ai vu ses films faits en Iran. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.56.22.232 (talk) 15:49, 8 December 2010 (UTC) — 74.56.22.232 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
    • At the risk of looking pedantic, I thought I'd render this in English: "Hello, I'd like to add that I know this person and he deserves to have an article on Knowledge (XXG). It must be there so that people can get to know him better. I've already seen three of his films (made by him) and I have to say that he has done a lot for Iranian society and for Iranian cinema. He is going to get bigger and bigger and I hope that he stays on Knowledge (XXG). And it is precisely because of the references in his Knowledge (XXG) that I got to see his Iranian movies." Drmies (talk) 15:48, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
  • keep: Sorry, but people who are discussing this article, are you even Iranian? Do you know how to read Persian? Because if you are, I sincerely can not believe that you do not recognise this artist by looking at references sites that are on his page. Anyhow his videos are on youtube too if you would like to give them a look. And I have to say that I truly believe that something is wrong here, yesterday the AFD was gone and closed and today we can see that it is back (user Schmidt says). I hope that people here would be fair to this person and this article with a just opinion. And this article has nothing against Knowledge (XXG) policy and his references are here to prove its notability. I respect those who have other opinions, but I believe that comparing to lots of articles about artists, this article does not lack any notability or credibility. (sources added)--EshghamVatanam (talk) 16:37, 8 December 2010 (UTC) struck  Confirmed sock, per Knowledge (XXG):Sockpuppet investigations/Alikhezrayi. -- Cirt (talk) 18:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
very good reference, now this is dehkhoda, no one can deny it.
With respect, I have to say that the official website of the Dehkhoda Dictionary is an interactive site and users can add content to it. See the yellow box on the left corner of the page: "این واژه توسط اعضای سایت به لغت نامه اضافه شده است."which means "This word has been added to the dictionary by the members of the website".Farhikht (talk) 17:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
With respect for you, but users add articles to Knowledge (XXG),users add information to internet site to make them larger, Even if you are going to deny that, you can't deny that two of his series have pages on Knowledge (XXG). Whatever we post here, you say something about its credibility, while almost every article can be discussed this way, because it is by personal opinion i guess. by the way i went to dehkhoda site and i think it is a very good reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amahnaza (talk • contribs) 17:32, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

دوست عزیز غمگین کردی منو با حرفات، ما میدونیم که این سایت ها همگی درست و کامل کننده هستند. مانی نوری به اندازه کافی ارزشمند برای اینجا . .. هم وطن از تو انتظاره چیزه دیگری بود. رضا --EshghamVatanam (talk) 17:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)struck  Confirmed sock, per Knowledge (XXG):Sockpuppet investigations/Alikhezrayi. -- Cirt (talk) 18:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

  • keep: I say keep . Because we know amir agha jamali from zizigooloo, because we know pooya from khaneye ma, because we know jalal from morabaye shirin, because we remember our memories through our childhood, now if some people disagree, there is no problem. I respect that. I will add a link here (Marzie Boroomand on Knowledge (XXG): http://fa.wikipedia.org/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B6%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF), this is a famous director(no one can deny her) and he has played in a lot in her movies (list available if you know how to read Farsi). His TV shows are still playing in Iran and in Jamejam (for Iranians outside of Iran). Well the pages for zizigooloo and khaneye ma are also added to his article. And for people who are saying iranact.com/sourehcinema is gossip, they are wrong. Gossip sites or gossip pages in Iran, they are not like that, if they are, please show us an example ( i may have to remind you that a gossip site must be a site where they talk about personal lives or they lie). Let's not forget that even a gossip site will only write about someone who is famous enough. And I have a question: how are they gossip sites if they are only showing experiences, photos (on set) and giving profile information about artists? (I mean by looking at them, you can understand that they are not gossip). These sites are cinema sites in Iran. I like to ask people who decide here to get a person who speaks farsi and then judge the article (i think the user Schmidt asked for it from black kite and the answer was positive by saying he is famous). And asking for being in a book, well I have to agree with Drphosphorous and I have to add that we are not talking about kiarostami here (maybe he is mentioned in a book), being mentioned in a book is for masters and if by books, you mean interviews, then i think that you would see them as gossip also. And Schmidt, links have been added to the article and i am sure that your Iranian friend can't deny them, because they are based on official sites and not one single of them is a personal website. Let’s be fair and logical. Thanks. I only made a Knowledge (XXG) account to support him. And I will do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amahnaza (talk • contribs) 17:16, 8 December 2010 (UTC) struck  Confirmed sock, per Knowledge (XXG):Sockpuppet investigations/Alikhezrayi. -- Cirt (talk) 18:36, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • @Farhikht Dear Farhikht, please answer the questions that I asked on your discussion page, before adding new comments. They are of substantial importance for your credibility. In respect of this discussion, you can start with introducing your research strategies and methods (you claimed, you couldn't find anything even in persian, while you could easily find dehkhoda). It would also be great to know, why in your opinion an actor like Mani Nouri (whose films played for years all over iran) is non-notable but some really unimportant politicans are notable like Bahram Soroush whose activites does not have any impacts and is only known in a very small community of the "20" members of his own party. Don't get me wrong, I am not criticizing any political view. Please, do not be stolid. You suggested a deletion and you are confronted with an unexpected resonance. Its time to see the reality. Everyone makes a mistake. DrPhosphorus (talk) 18:08, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete I am willing to believe in good faith that this actor is all that the "keeps" say he is, but lack of any coverage or verification of this actor's career in reliable sources even after the "keeps" were encouraged they be presented, lead me to feel a delete is in order. Schmidt, 19:05, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete. While I recognize the difficult faced with foreign bios, especially from non-English countries, we still need RS sourcing to reflect notability, unfortunately. Even looking at the article's pre-AfD views, there is not much to suggest interest by wikipedia readers in this article--Epeefleche (talk) 07:14, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Courcelles 00:01, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Delete. No sources, there are hundreds of airsoft guns out there and specific ones should not have their own article. TheAviator • T 22:43, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

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