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The result was delete. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 01:36, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan Van Voorhees (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)

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Such a massive autobio crys out for an AfD. Is he notable? — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 22:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Not really; don't see the substantial coverage in reliable sources. Nyttend (talk) 01:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are footnotes to online information. Currently obtaining other sources from public archives such as LSUS library archives. Also researching case numbers on class action suit. How many newspaper mentions are required? Jvanv 08:23, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
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relliable sources added more to come --Jonvanv (talk) 08:12, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep 46 footnotes, 7 independent publications, multiple web sites, seem to indicate that others thought of van voorhees as notable or quotable. I'm sure the article could be improved and I would appreciate any help you may be able to offer. --Jonvanv (talk) 07:33, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak delete I see no incoming links. I see an assertion of "celebrity" that links to a CV (ie, cut hair of celebrities Jill Ireland, Elizabeth Wurtzel etc), and the whole article is basically reproducing what seems to be self-publicity already available on the web. Project Clear Visions: The Anthrax Conspiracy has an IMDB entry and many associated webpages but no review that I can see. I haven't checked every link, but of the dozen or so, I have none seems to satisfy WP:CREATIVE on its own; possibly in combination they might achieve notability, but it would require a situation where other editors had access to verifiable sources. Otherwise, it's just possible it could be moved to userspace, the editor could contribute to other articles, and clean bio up so that notability claims were clearer. There's an external link to the Coty Award but no indication he won or was nominated for it. Does the Texas Monthly Bum Steer Award count as notable award? Any comments or quotes by major hairstylists, in hairstyling magazines? Class action suit would need newspaper coverage IMHO. (Protested against nukes but worked for Raytheon?). No offence intended, just can't see enough evidence of meeting WP:BIO. --Cedders^tk 18:09, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Nothing on the web about Columbia Park Bust, very little about George D'artois, some about district 14 race. Difficult to find references about class action suit due to date, 1970 which is why this was included - will contact Henry Walker and George Strickler to see if they have case numbers etc. Links to Austin, Orlando, and Dallas Newspapers referencing Van Voorhees as hairstylist that introduced new perm treatment in addition to fantasy styles published indicate he was fairly widely known. will write article about fantasy hair as a sub-genre of hairstyling & van voorhees' contributions were published in news media. Not much on difference between precision hair cutting and hair sculpting, may warrant another article or addition of a section to the article on hairstyle. Coty award was for Bill Tice indicating that Van Voorhees worked with notable people because he was a stylist of note. Texas Monthly is a prominent magazine inclusion in any form is recognition of notability. Everyone has to make a living, not everyone agrees with the positions and policies of their employers. pretty sure NO NUKES was before Raytheon. --Jonvanv (talk) 08:06, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per the lack of reliable sources. A Google News Archive search returns passing mentions, while the sources in the article seem to be more about topics that are related to the subject, not the subject himself. Cunard (talk) 19:47, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 01:40, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Douglas Baker (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)

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This WP:BLP subject claims direct descent from divinity, but so do many, many others. The only absolute claim to notability I can see is the authorship of very many books, and on checking the British Library catalogue I find 80 or so. However, they are published either by 'D. Baker' or by 'Baker Publications', or by Claregate College which the author established. The only source actually cited is his own website and I have not found any other independent sources. Therefore I do not believe the subject is truly notable; in addition there is a matter of controversy over his history. Sam Blacketer (talk) 22:18, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, no evidence of notability, and these publications can be treated as self-published. Nyttend (talk) 01:12, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. amazon.com has quite a lot of books with named publishers, so I don't think it is true that he only self-publishes. He's a nutcase, but that isn't reason for deletion either. Zero^talk 15:06, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Weak delete As I can't turn any up any signifigant discussion of him in reliable sources. (Being a fringe self-published author might do that). But given the volume of stuff published, it wouldn't be surprising if there were articles that establish notability somewhere. Keep if they get found, but otherwise delete (since I couldn't find any) Bfigura ^(talk) 04:14, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep The article is (almost but not quite entirely) the work of User:Solar who originally asserted the subject has "written over a hundred books on various esoteric subjects, which it is claimed makes his works the largest collection in the world produced by a living author" - may be weasel words, but sounds notably prolific. Lectured [1] at Theosophical Society and described as "renowned esotericist", so while fringe, not "fringe of fringe". Amazon turns up mentions (of Douglas M. Baker) in "Guide pratique des élixirs floraux du Dr Bach by Roger Halfon", "The Alchemist's Handbook by John Randolph Price" and at least 2 other authors. I don't believe a controversy or slow edit war (about two points) is a reason to delete. --Cedders^tk 18:54, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete without prejudice. The article provides no evidence or reason to suppose notability. Good faith search of online sources do not identify any significant independent coverage of him or his (numerous) works in reliable sources. ^Bongo_matic 05:15, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and add more. I'm not a regular here at all, I stumbled across this and can't believe what the issue is, to have Dr Baker deleted. Misunderstanding of what he says seems to be the only reason here, and the fact that others have not written a lot about him and therefore he is not cross referenced.... right ? Maybe some first hand insight might help his case. ?

I personally know Dr Baker better than many, though I have not had anything to do with him and the Claregate college since the late 90's, I'll stand up to vouch for him and his writings. My best friend moved to London late 80's meet and married his wife, who's brother works for Dr Baker. I was first told of Dr Baker through my best friend. then he came out to Australia with Dr Baker on a lecture tour, 1993 I believe...where I sat in on his lectures in Sydney and met him and his other staff. I spent a lot of of time with them all during that lecture series, and I was given numerous books of Dr Baker's to read when they left. Dr Baker came back for a few more lecture tours the following years, 94 and 95, I volunteered to come on tour with them spending upwards of two weeks at a time working and living with Dr Baker and his staff, sharing every meal etc. I came to know the man behind the lecturer that only a hand full of people got to see. Dr Baker always said he is only putting the ancient wisdom into the language of the day, and to study all the great works out there. That I have tried to... I have many many books of what are called the great works by the Theosophical Society written by authors such as Madame H P Blavatsky, Annie Besant, Alice Bailey, C W Leadbeater, J Krishnamurtti, Geoffrey Hodson, Manly P Hall, G De Purucker A E Powell, C Jinarajadasa, Mabel Collins and others such as the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita...... Oh and all of Dr Bakers 100 or so books.... What strikes me having read all these hundreds of book on the one massive subject... is... that no book contradicts any other book.. they all are saying the same thing.... So either it is one huge cover up over hundreds of years, or they are all telling the truth.... I tend to think the latter.. The proof is in your own research. The problem, with comments Dr Baker makes, to the ordinary man on the street is their understanding of what he is actually talking about, They are taken too literally. Dr Baker says he is immortal.... people then think well he'll die soon and that will show us he's not... You need to understand what Dr Baker means by that. Of course he is not talking about his physical body.. he doesn't relate his body as being himself .. it is his spiritual self, his soul, his higher self that is immortal.. and it is that part of him that he recognizes as being HIMSELF. The same about the comment that he is from the divine... we all are.. all our souls are... so he is not excluding everyone else out by saying he is from the divine... he means that we all are a spark of the divine, a spark of God...Like Jesus said, I am the son of God... we all are the son's and daughters of God ... though at that level we are neither male or female. So I say read up to see that what Dr Baker has written is only what has been written about in spiritual texts since man has been able to write, and see truth and collaboration in each and every one of these hundreds of books written... you just have to understand the language they are written in at the time.... you will see the thread of truth in all of them with no contradictions. I cringe at many contemporary writers touted today, I see contradictions in a single book... yet these guys are put on a pedestal and praised for THEIR insight... Dr Baker has never claimed that his writings are his own, but only Ancient Truths passed down from time immoral.... Many of the current day new age authors offer the "easy way" their way, to spiritual unfoldment, people love them and they become very popular because they don't have to do anything for it. But Dr Baker never says it's an easy path, he says it's the hardest thing you'll ever do... hence the main stream so called spiritual people don't follow his handed down teachings, and he is not touted as a main stream author or given great write ups in the main stream commercial spiritual circles, and he'll say so and call authors on some crap they may write, so he is almost feared and revered by many authors. Omnisk8 (talk) 00:16, 17 October 2009 (UTC) — Omnisk8 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

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The result was no consensus with leave to speedy renominate. Listed for 12 days with no arguments for deletion aside from the nominator but not enough participation to determine consensus. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:49, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Founding races from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)

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Challenged for being unsourced since June 2009. Does not indicate encyclopedic notability. -- Jeandré (talk), 2009-10-03t22:09z 22:09, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Hm...Pokémon test. Lots of content but not much sourcing; fiction topics are very difficult, deleting one implies a whole lot more need to be deleted as well, basically the entire contents of the {{MBF}} except for the book as well the contents of a vast number of others templates - ({{swordoftruth}}, {{DarkTower}}, {{discworld}}). I'm normally a stickler for policies and guidelines, but this one seems like it would wipe out a lot of content and be applied extremely unevenly. It may be worth spending more time working on a policy or guideline (i.e. WP:FICTION) than engaging in an issue-by-issue deletion discussion. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:^simple/_complex 01:34, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Category:Malazan Book of the Fallen has a set of well-written articles contributed by many editors based on a fictional "universe" like many others, apparently 10 novels. I wouldn't like to see coverage extended any further, but they are presumably useful as a reference for more than a few, such that Wikipedia has become the top Google hit (itself sometimes a cause for deletion, but not where it is a digest of, albeit useless, knowledge). These are already lists and so merging does not seem an option, and deletion would be damaging. --Cedders^tk 19:09, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ali's Telefilms (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)

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Challenged prod. I believe this is a hoax which borders on but does not cross the line of speedy deletion. There is absolutely nothing on google about this production house, and almost all of the text was coped from Balaji Telefilms, including the list of "productions" when I PRODded. Odd to find not a single google hit for "one of the US top production house." (If anyone thinks it does cross the speedy line, I have no objection.) Barring the production of reliable sources to verify that this isn't somebody something made up, this article should be deleted. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:08, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, more evidence for its falsehood is the willynilly changing made by the IP that removed the PROD; it seems that the data were changed simply to keep this from being an obvious copy of the other article. Nyttend (talk) 01:15, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: Hoax. Joe Chill (talk) 03:18, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I added a speedy delete tag that was removed because the admin wants the AFD to finish. I'm surprised at how many admins do that when the article meets speedy criteria including if it's a hoax or if the only main contributor requests deletion. What's the point of letting the AFD continue? Especially if it is a hoax? Joe Chill (talk) 03:27, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. My mind tells me that if they are involved with all these shows, in all these locations, and have received "such a great comments by the viewers about there shows" (is that even a sentence?) then they would have something on Google. Almost definitely a hoax. Vincent Valentine 03:23, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. No consensus to keep - treating as an uncontested PROD Kevin (talk) 03:05, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Preben Damgaard (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)

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Marked since August 2009 for being advert, biased, citationstyle, possible COI, colloquial, copyedit, introrewrite, likeresume, orphan, peacock, refimprove, spam, tone, and unencyclopedic. -- Jeandré (talk), 2009-10-03t22:15z 22:15, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. (Why didn't anyone speedy-tag this?) Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 08:22, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I can't find significant coverage for this software. Joe Chill (talk) 21:34, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - I couldn't find any reliable sources on the subject. --Odie5533 (talk) 23:20, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - even were sources to be found, the article does not assert the notability of the subject. Sources establish a presumption only when they confirm an assertion of notability; see WP:MILL and WP:EXIST. - DustFormsWords (talk) 07:43, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. Spartaz ^Humbug! 03:30, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tyrone Delano Gilliam, Jr. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)

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Wikipedia is not a true-crimes archive; this is a sordid but in no way unusual murder case. PROD removed by author saying "This was a relatively high profile case at the time", but that is not the same as notability, and this does not meet the standard of Wikipedia:Notability (criminal acts)#Perpetrators. JohnCD (talk) 21:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• The case was notable because of the controversial nature of the death penalty in Maryland. Every capital case that makes it through the appeals process is front page news in this state.--Ppatin (talk) 22:24, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, but "front page news" is not the same as "historical and encyclopedic notability" - see WP:NOT#NEWS. JohnCD (talk) 10:07, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, even if he did get sufficient coverage, he would fall under the grounds of WP:BLP1E — he's only known for one specific part of his life. Nyttend (talk) 01:16, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep First, the policy WP:BLP1E does not apply to this individual for the simple fact that he is dead. Second, the guideline of WP:ONEEVENT does not apply as the article is about multiple events: crime, trial, appeals, execution. This is multiple events. Third, we have a guideline specifically for crimes: WP:N/CA. Finally, there is currently an RfC ongoing about notability and executed individuals. As I have forwarded in numerous AfD and the mentioned RfC,"ordinary" murderers are not executed. It is only the extraordinary ones that are executed. There has been a total of 1,173 executions since 1976. It is only 2.5% of convicted murderers that are sentenced to death and only a fraction of those sentenced to death actually get executed. Every executed convict since Furman has received significant coverage in the news media. This includes the crime, the trial, and ultimately the execution. This individual fits this category. He has had "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." He is therefore notable under our guideline and should be included. Nolamgm (talk) 00:50, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I failed to mention above that WP:ONEEVENT is a naming guideline. It should never be used as a reason for deletion. Wikipedia:Notability (criminal acts)#Perpetrators, part of WP:ONEEVENT applicable to criminals is also a naming guideline. As I mentioned above, this article is not about one event. It is about multiple. In support of this I did some research on Gilliam. I have forwarded for sometime that all executions in the United States are notable because they received "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The below list demonstrates this position. It also shows that the execution itself has become notable due to allegations that it was botched. Gilliam has been cited in numerous appeals and articles of the three drug cocktail method employed in the United States. (Please note that the list is not hyperlinked because I used a subscription/fee database and not Google. Also Gilliam is listed as Tyrone Delano Gilliam, Jr. and Tyrone X. Gilliam for some resaon.)Nolamgm (talk) 13:38, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Denniston, Lyle (2/20/91) “Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Of Death Penalty For Gilliam” Baltimore Sun

Lyons, Sheridan (3/16/94) “Gilliam's Execution Set For Next Month” Baltimore Sun

Denniston, Lyle (10/4/94) “Justices Reject Inmate's Appeal Of State's Lethal Injection Method” Baltimore Sun

Rivera, James (11/21/96) “Death Sentence Overturned In Slaying; Defense Prepared Witnesses Inadequately, Judge Says” Baltimore Sun

James, Michael (4/11/97) “U.S. Judge Overturns His Order; Death Sentence Restored; Murder Suspect's Lawyer Made Sufficient Effort, Garbis Now Says” Baltimore Sun

Wagner, Arlo (9/25/98) “Inmates on Death Row Get Reprimanded” The Washington Times

Francke, Caitlin (11/10/98) “Killer Loses Bid To Appeal To State Court; Gilliam's Case Referred Back To Baltimore County” Baltimore Sun

“Across The USA: News From Every State” (11/2/98) USA Today

Francke, Caitlin (11/15/98) “Dead Woman's Parents Differ Over Killer's Fate Sources Say Mother Favors Clemency For Death-Row Inmate” Baltimore Sun

Kane, Gregory (11/15/98) “Questions Of Justice Cloud Issue Of Gilliam Execution” Baltimore Sun

Wagner, Arlo (11/17/98) “Maryland Executes Killer; Shotgun Robbery Netted $3” The Washington Times

“Gilliam Executed in MD” (11/17/98) Associated Press Wire

Francke, Caitlin (11/17/98) “Gilliam Executed For `88 Slaying Death By Injection Comes 10 Years After A $3 Robbery-Murder Final Appeals Are Rejected Killer Goes To Death Still Proclaiming That He Didn't Pull Trigger “Baltimore Sun

Stuckey, Tom (6/1604) “Death row inmate gets stay; injection method questioned” Houston Chronicle

Miller, S.A (6/16/04) “Court Stays Oken Execution Judge Cites State's Failure To Deliver Details Of Injection” The Washington Times

Glendening, Parris 12/20/05 “Editorial: The Value of Black Life in Maryland” Washington Post

Dechter, Gadi and , Laura (11/13/08) “Repeal Of Death Penalty Urged Md. Panel Votes To End Executions” Baltimore Sun

Woolner, Ann (1/15/08) “Editorial: Putting Inmates Down Like Dogs” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA)

Comment - Wikipedia:Notability (criminal acts)#Perpetrators is not "part of WP:ONEEVENT" or "a naming guideline" - it is part of WP:N/CA which is a notability guideline to help decide which criminal acts should be included. JohnCD (talk) 22:02, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Notability (criminal acts)#Perpetrators is based on WP:ONEEVENT. It says so clearly: "Any notability of the crime is not automatically inherited by the victims or perpetrators of such crimes, and articles should not automatically be created on these individuals, in accordance with WP:BIO1E and WP:BLP1E." (Emphasis added.) WP:ONEEVENT is mostly a naming guideline. The first sentence of WP:ONEEVENT provides in full "When an individual is significant for their role in a single event, it may be unclear whether an article should be written about the individual, the event or both." WP:ONEEVENT does not say that you cannot be notable based on one event. It in fact demonstrates individuals who have. WP:ONEEVENT simple says that you don't get a biography just because you played a role in a notable event or are mentioned in a main article. That's why I, and many other editors, say it is a naming guideline. Nolamgm (talk) 01:39, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think we're mainly arguing about words here. The point those guidelines are trying to make is that there shouldn't be extensive biographies of criminals or victims not notable apart from the crime. That's not a problem here - the article focuses, properly, on the crime and the aftermath. The naming issue of whether the article is called "Tyrone Gilliam" or "Murder of Christine Doerffler" or "Crime and execution of Tyrone Gilliam" doesn't seem to me all that important - the present name is probably the best one from a search point of view. The actual issue where we disagree, given that the article is about the crime and execution, is: are they notable? That's where I think WP:N/CA is relevant. But I think we've both said our piece here - let's carry on at the RFC, where I am thinking out what I want to say and will comment in a day or two. JohnCD (talk) 21:42, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. There is a very interesting factoid in the Washington Post related to this person that should be noted in Parris Glendening and/or Capital punishment in Maryland (i.e. Glendening issued a moratorium on executions after all four of the capital punishment cases he had to address involved black on white crime)[2] - but I'm not certain that there is anything reflecting coverage that would take this out of WP:NOT#NEWS. I'm going to abstain for a bit to give other interested parties time to dig up something more than regional coverage of this. Location (talk) 02:27, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak delete per WP:NOT#NEWS. There does not appear to be significant or persistent coverage of the murder or execution outside of the region where this occurred. As I've mentioned elsewhere, it would be nice if the relevant guidelines regarding "significant coverage" were tweaked to help define the difference between items that are encyclopedic or just news. Location (talk) 03:42, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I definitely agree that more guidance could be useful or at least a reworking of the WP:N policies, guidelines, and essays. I think that this would be a misapplication of WP:NOT#NEWS in the instant case. The main tenet of this policy is that "[r]outine news coverage of such things as announcements, sports, and tabloid journalism are not sufficient basis for an article." Some of the newspaper articles I cite above would fit this description. They are simple blurbs that Gilliam was executed. However, most of the newspaper articles offer detailed coverage of either the trial, appeal, and/or execution. The rest of the language in WP:NOT#NEWS is pretty much a reiteration of the WP:BLP1E policy and the WP:ONEEVENT guideline. It even links directly to WP:BLP1E. I know of no current policy or guideline that offers any guidance on this "regional notability" issue. There is a proposed guideline of WP:LOCALINT but it has not yet received consensus for adoption. Nolamgm (talk) 11:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Sounds like a brutal murder that got local coverage... and then a bit extra coverage 'cause the state killed the perpetrator as his punishment. Nephron  T|C 03:21, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, basically per Nolamgm. While I appreciate and agree that WP:NOTNEWS would suggest that this article ought not be here, this case is different. The point about the executions in the United States is well-taken - I believe that the majority of cases that proceed to execution will have sufficient available information from reliable sources to justify an article. Particularly here, where there is so much coverage from the Washinton D.C. press corps, it seems overly rigid to delete. Like Nolamgm I have access to a pay database, and I can confirm that the bulk of these articles are substantial treatments of various aspects of the case. The execution did get some very brief international mention in Germany (AP feed) and The Netherlands (50 word summary). Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 22:13, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete WP:NOTNEWS. The idea that the murder, trails, appeals and executions are separate events are contrary to the spirit of the policy. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 01:42, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. No consensus to keep - treating as an uncontested PROD Kevin (talk) 02:59, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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This is the biography of a purported Turkish author who is studying economics at Vassar. It is essentially a copy of the author's Facebook entry, full of puffery and vanity. For his novel, Ceskin Faik, no ISBN is given and there are no reviews. The publisher's website http://www.iskenderiye.com.tr/ is not presently accessible--the domain registration for iskenderiye.com.tr (Feb, 2008) still exists but there is no name server response. Perhaps the novel was self-published and the publisher's website was a vanity publisher. In short we have no reliable information on this person. And we have no reason to assume that he has done anything of significance except to publish his claim to be an author. --TS 20:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Mayer Hawthorne. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:46, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Completing nomination for 98.248.33.198 (talk · contribs), reason provided was:

Pointless. Delete. 76.173.74.250 (talk) 23:09, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this pointless? Its someones album that they released with references. I don't understand how you can call your actions on Wikipedia un-bias. All you are doing is deleting work that is obviously important (and this has a point) to somebody. You are not the only person browsing Wikipedia. I'm sure the article will not get in your precious way. I don't understand you people. Don't you have anything better to do than exercise your tiny ounce of power that Wikipedia gives to ALL users by being an asshole? Independent Music Source (talk) 22:24, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• As much as I tend to react to people being insulting and not understanding how the actual notability process on Wikipedia works by being more inclined to delete, this album has charted, and has been up to number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, while also breaking into the R&B and Billboard 200 charts as well. It's not *huge*, but it's charted, so may be notable. Weak keep and I'm going to leave a nice note for the above editor. Tony Fox (arf!) 04:27, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Mayer Hawthorne as suggested on article talk page Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 08:28, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete (or merge) While the editor Independent Music Source is not helping his case, the reason I am supporting the deletion is based solely on the lack of notability of the album. Nezzadar (speak) 22:58, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Coverage seems limited to self-published references and mirrors of Wikipedia. I'd dispute the factual accuracy of some of the claims made in the article, but after all it's the subject that's being evaluated, not the article itself. decltype (talk) 19:02, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Subject does not appear to have any reliable sources covering it. --Odie5533 (talk) 23:23, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Nothing establishes notability, no third party sources. Miami33139 (talk) 18:57, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - sources wouldn't fix the problem as the article does not assert notability. A well-sourced topic can still be non-notable where it makes no claim to being other than run-of-the-mill. See WP:MILL and WP:EXIST. - DustFormsWords (talk) 07:46, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The creator contested the prod. I can't find significant coverage for this software. Joe Chill (talk) 14:51, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy delete per G11. This is an advertisement, and the only thing missing is the price; we can't solve-for-x because there's not enough info. Generally, an encyclopedia article does not include the words "And more!" Mandsford (talk) 15:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Does not appear to have any reliable sources covering the subject. Seems like a useful app, and the binary has lots of mirrors. It will probably be notable soon enough. --Odie5533 (talk) 23:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Shove this in a shredder. I don't know what KAlgabra is even after reading the article. James1011R (talk) 04:13, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Clarify - Are software components of the KDE desktop environment considered inherently notable, or deserving of inclusion simply in service of comprehensive reference? From my perspective as a user of free_and_open_source_software the software packages associated with KDE or gnome_desktop are highly notable but perhaps this is a personal fish-eye lens distortion of notability. Has there been some general discussion on this point? Ben Kidwell (talk) 08:21, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • No software is considered inherently notable. Joe Chill (talk) 11:07, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I can't find specific criteria for software in the wikipedia notability guidelines. Is there a discussion area where software area contributors reached consensus on this topic? I am personally surprised that software that is part of KDE would be considered non-notable. Ben Kidwell (talk) 18:38, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • There isn't specific criteria. A guideline was proposed, but it didn't gain concensus. Joe Chill (talk) 18:47, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • Thanks very much for the reference. The proposed guideline seems to imply that software packages that are commonly included and distributed in free software OS repositories may be encyclopedic even in the absence of media coverage. This seems like an important point to get some consensus on, because there are a large number of software programs that are ubiquitous in the free and open source software world that don't receive any media coverage. If mainstream media coverage is required for software notability, that would seem to indicate many (most?) free software articles would be non-encyclopedic. This is somewhat outside the scope of this particular AfD, is there a good place to take this discussion? Ben Kidwell (talk) 22:23, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • I don't know the best place to take that discussion. You could try asking on the help desk. Joe Chill (talk) 22:36, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Non-notable software. Has attracted no significant coverage. ^Bongo_matic 05:29, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Wishbone Ash. Closing as "merge" on the suggestion of the only !voter. Consider this a no consensus close. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:40, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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All that I can find for significant coverage is this. Fails WP:MUSIC. Joe Chill (talk) 14:16, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Merge to Wishbone Ash per WP:NALBUM. Albums of notable bands are generally considered to be themselves notable; however where the article contains little more than a track listing policy suggests it's more appropriate to merge to the artist's article. - DustFormsWords (talk) 07:51, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Kevin (talk) 02:58, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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This article is about a family that does not assert notability. There are no sources in the article aside from a statement that the information comes from the Andayil Temple Trust. As a source, this fails verifiability. My own search turns up no indication of notability for this family, nor any information about the Andayil Temple Trust. Whpq (talk) 12:04, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Agreed. Also, the tags are present since July 2009. Not very notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srinivas (talk • contribs)

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• Delete nothing in searches to show notability for this particular family. -SpacemanSpiff 01:43, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. No evidence of notability. Salih (talk) 04:22, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. No consensus to keep - treating as an uncontested PROD Kevin (talk) 03:01, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The subject's lack of notability has been noted several times in the article's history and on the talk page. Employment history, listings of published articles by, not about Patten and association with user-generated websites as examiner.com do not establish notability, and many of the statements are simply not supported by the references (Gemini nomination, "founding board member" at a nn organization, for example). Flowanda | Talk 09:57, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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US intercollegiate fraternity being promoted by someone with an obvious COI. No evidence offered that it exists let alone that it might be notable. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 07:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No evidence of importance and notability. No references to support. Ghits found only Facebook page and group's offical page. Article was PROD, but later removed by the author without any justification or modification. Obvious Conflict of Interest WP:COI. Jolenine (Talk - My Contribs) 19:08, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Uncertain I am usually very skeptical about articles on fraternities with very few chapters. this has 11, and would be worth a fuller search for references. ` DGG ( talk ) 22:50, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - Does not appear to have significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. --Odie5533 (talk) 23:30, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. No sources have been provided at all, not even a link to the fraternity's own web site. I found no relevant Google hits outside Wikipedia and mirror sites, nor any relevant Google News hits. I can't even figure out which colleges this fraternity has chapters at, because the chapters are identified only by city and not by the college they are supposed to be associated with. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:14, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article has been updated to indicate that the fraternity has chapters at Cape Fear Community College, Winston-Salem State University, Savannah Technical College, and Darton College. However, I went to the web sites for each of these colleges and didn't find Upsilon Nu Alpha on the list of registered organizations there. See [3], [4], [5], and [6]. So I would need some more evidence to establish even the existence of this fraternity. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:22, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete for an inability to verify notability. Bfigura ^(talk) 04:16, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 00:06, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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No proof that this is real and their is no sources Mschilz20 (talk) 22:47, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Amazon.com has the album for sale, so it must be real. However, it is not clear that this compilation is notable; I found no Google News or Google Books hits for the title. If someone wants to rescue this article, they should not only find sources that discuss it, but also remove much of the current content which is overly opinionated. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:19, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • In recognition of the sources noted by Michig, I am changing to neutral. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:08, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The argument that this may not be real is, frankly, pathetic. 10 seconds on Google could have proved otherwise. No sources is not a reason for deletion, it's a reason for tagging the article as lacking references. The album obviously does exist, and sources are available: [7], [8], [9], [10], one of the "Recommended CDs" in the book World Music: the Basics ([11]). Also covered in Dave Thompson's book Reggae & Caribbean Music. I appreciate that the nominator may be new to Wikipedia, but deleting articles is not the best place to start for a newbie.--Michig (talk) 07:51, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep*. Okay, I'm biased because I created the page but it's a perfectly notable album by a perfectly notable artist. Incidentally I find the idea that I would have made up the album *and* it's track-listing too to be a rather strange notion. There's vandalism I know but who on Earth would to want create fictious Lee Perry albums? What would be the point?  SmokeyTheCat  •TALK• 18:17, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Michig.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:52, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep/Comment Not sure if the page follows the right page naming convention, regardless, I see no reason to get rid of the article in it's present form.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Nezzadar (talk • contribs)
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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Contested PROD. There are no sources in the article indicating notability, and can not find reliable sources that establish notability. ArcAngel (talk) 07:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this record label. Joe Chill (talk) 14:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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• Speedy Delete A7 - the article about an organisation does not assert notability. - DustFormsWords (talk) 07:53, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Mystical fluff with no sources other than corporate web page and self-published books. I found lots of blog sources but could not find anything reputable. Looie496 (talk) 05:07, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am the author of this article and I have had a very hard time citing it due to the fact that as you say, all of the books are self-published. I have tried writing the article in four different creative ways to make it not sound like an advertisement or like "mystical fluff" as the previous critique states. I have a genuine desire to place this subject on Wikipedia in accordance with the appropriate standards and criteria as it truly is a healing system that exists and that we offer at Universal Force Healing Center. Studies are currently being done but we just don't have medical statements right now. If you have any advice for me on how to better write this or cite this please let me know as I think is definitely noteworthy as it is healing people from various diseases (cancer, tumors, heart problems, bi-polar issues etc). I tried to write the article in such a way so that people knew it hadn't been proved but that it does exist, and I think that is fair and honest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.80.25 (talk) 19:11, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - per WP:N - no independent secondary sources can be found. (The only independent source in the article is Blavatsky, who of course doesn't refer to Harmonyum, having died some considerable period before it was conceived.) To the author of the article, I appreciate that your only sources are self-published - what you'd need in order to have an article is to have your self-published works discussed by other people in newspapers, magazines, or books. That would be the proof we need that someone other than you cares about your books and your ideas. Feel free to recreate if that ever occurs. - DustFormsWords (talk) 07:56, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - no reliable sources to establish notability. -- Whpq (talk) 16:21, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. Listed for 12 days with no arguments for deletion aside from the nominator but not enough participation to determine consensus. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:36, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I can't find significant coverage for this album. Joe Chill (talk) 04:00, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I believe this is quite a famous bootleg. I've tried to improve the content of this article. Mick gold (talk) 14:44, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Mick gold's improvements and WP:NALBUM. Notable artist creates a presumption of notability for the album, and this is certainly an exceptionally notable artist. That doesn't normally extend to bootlegs but given the cultural status of Bob Dylan and the quality of the article I'd advocate an exception. The additional detail included over and above the track listing justifies the use of a stand-alone page for the content. - DustFormsWords (talk) 07:58, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:40, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I found zero sources for this album. Joe Chill (talk) 03:37, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Delete If ANY information at all can be found about the album I would say it could ride but if you say there is no outside information pertaining to it then I say delete, who will miss it? If anyone else has ever heard of it or believes its worth keeping speak up, my opinion is that an "unauthorized" compilation album article that has little confirmation of true existence won't be missed. —ASPENSTI—TALK—CONTRIBUTIONS 00:38, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm very surprised about this article. All that I can find for this is what is in the article and that includes out of unreliable and reliable sources. Joe Chill (talk) 00:41, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Inapporpate needs to go.--Mschilz20 (talk) 23:15, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you give a reason? Joe Chill (talk) 23:39, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. The supporters of this article are going to have to provide some independent reliable sources to establish notability for this album, because its title is pretty much un-Googleable. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:22, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:17, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Declined speedy; the article makes an assertion of notability. However, per WP:MUSIC I believe this band may fall below the notability bar. They are unsigned, and may have an album coming out at some point (likely a self-published release, though I can't be sure). While the last.fm site doesn't meet WP:RS (being a wiki), it does quote some magazine reviews; whether these constitute non-trivial coverage...? (tbh I haven't chased them up). Note that the last.fm article was also apparently written by the author of this article, and note the name (WP:COI). The other two refs are self-published and also unsuitable. EyeSerene^talk 21:40, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If the article makes an asserttion of notability then does it not meet the criteria for inclusion? Isn't one of the points for inclusion of a band an affirmation of the fact that they are noteworthy and represent that sub-genre of music... by being voted so by an independant publication (terrorizer Magazine) by the readers in 2007 and 2008? The release is not "self published" and I have been informed that it will be available in 4 territories (or continents if you prefer.. this can be chased by by looking up the Voiceprint label). You've also admitted here to not being sure on a matter you've called into question. The magazine reviews I believe do account as non-trivial coverage. The main reason being that these are magazines available to buy world wide... another matter you're unsure about. You an't really call something into question if you yourself are unsure and haven't chased it up... meant in a nice way here Im not picking a fight dude. what does my username have to do with anything? I believe the myspace is run by the band... making it a suitable source fromt he horses mouth so to speak. Im not too sure who wrote the fm article but it is probably based on general knowledge of the band gained from their official site and their myspace as well as articles in the past written by them. I could argue for every wiki article is we're not allowed to get info from a direct source. - Cyclonis12

Thanks for your response. The article asserts that the band is notable, but this is not the same as proving they're notable. If you take a look at WP:BAND, you'll see the notability criteria for bands. It seems to me that you're arguing that the band meets criteria 1 and 7. I'm not saying they don't, but we need proof from reliable sources that backs that up. Unfortunately you're right in saying that we're not supposed to get information from a direct (or primary) source. We can use such sources to write what someone says about themselves, but not for anything beyond that. The issue with your username is that you've edited no other articles (see WP:SPA), and Cyclonis is the name of a member of the band. This inidcates you may have a conflict of interest with the article subject; generally, if something is truly notable, someone unconnected with it will write about it. The ideal Wikipedia article is a neutral, balanced distillation of material in reliable secondary sources - I'm not saying these don't exist for Empyreal Destroyer, just that at present the article doesn't prove that they do. I hope that's clearer? What would help is some reliable sources - maybe links to those magazine reviews etc? EyeSerene^talk 08:05, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The criteria being in points 1 and 7 can be gained by ordering back issues of the magazine or contacting the magazine itself. Otherwise musician forums such as http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=548301 could be used as secondary sources. Im pretty sure its just a case of "googling" for these articles. At the moment Im about to leave to go to Essex but will pick this up once I have time again. Im pretty new to this dude. Ive only been on wiki for a few weeks give me some time to get things done. My username comes from a love of transformers the movie. I will get those sources on here once I get free time to sift through google. --Cyclonis12 (talk) 21:18, 7 October 2009 (UTC) cyclonis12[reply]

Im not sure if these will help or not but here you go. http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=80475 http://www.brutalism.com/wb/pages/reviews/reviews-e/empyreal-destroyer.php http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20071014062049101&mode=print http://www.live4metal.com/live-28.htm http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/neworgan172.htm http://www.schwermetall.ch/cdkritiken/kritik1714.php Unfirtunately I dont have scans or can find online scans of their appearance in Kerrang!, terrorizer, and metal Hammer, and Zero Tolerance Magazine, though there is evidence of it in numerous musician forums it seems. http://www.metalstormmag.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=11

That came up on the first 2 pages. Im sure theres more if I sift through more of it. --Cyclonis12 (talk) 21:17, 7 October 2009 (UTC) cyclonis12[reply]

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• Is this a country/western band? No? So I thought... Did they invent gunpowder, or perhaps saved the world? No ?! - delete. NVO (talk) 13:21, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - coverage in reliable sources is lacking. Terrorizo magazine notation is for being voted for something. But in any case, that's very thin coverage. -- Whpq (talk) 17:05, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Kevin (talk) 21:50, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Contested PROD, I cannot find significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent, per general notability guidelines / WP:BIO.  Chzz  ►  21:31, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Neither can I. The two sources support virtually none of the article's claims, and don't seem to meet our reliability standards; the sourcing is hopelessly inadequate for a WP:BLP. To be honest it looks like a advertising piece. Delete. EyeSerene^talk 21:50, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Seems highly self-promotional with peacock words and the vague mention of holding "high positions" with several companies without noting specifically what those positions are or any media coverage of notable corporate activities being credited to his actions. And it all culminates in promotion of his latest venture. --JamesAM (talk) 01:10, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 12:46, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Kinda falls under WP:GAMEGUIDE. Game not really notable enough for a list of characters. If it was part of a notable franchise, (well, it could be considered a franchise along with Lego Star Wars: The Video Game and Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, but it doens't really work in this case) that might be OK, but not in this instance. Is also pure original research. Lord Spongefrog, (I am the Czar of all Russias!) 19:57, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• merge with the game. Agreed it doesn't justify a separate list of characters. DGG ( talk ) 15:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment, don't know if this changes anything, but there's already a shorter list of characters in table form in the article, Lord Spongefrog, (I am the Czar of all Russias!) 16:58, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

right. The additional information and additional characters can be merged. DGG ( talk ) 01:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Character list already exists in an acceptable format within Lego Batman: The Videogame. --Teancum (talk) 14:40, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - a much more concise and easier to read list exists in the game's article, although that list may need to be referenced. AirRaidPatrol 84 (talk) 11:27, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. There's no need for this article and there is no benefit in keeping it. All that's necessary is to mention on relevant pages that they were in Lego Batman. Heavyweight Gamer (talk) 23:22, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:VGSCOPE. Marasmusine (talk) 11:23, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:16, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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More or less spam; most of the links are thoroughly commercial, and those that are not merely mention the company of passing. Having notable clients does not automatically make one notable; neither does having a booth at an expo. Oh, and User:Szilagyiz is the creator; guess who's their contact person. Why, Szilágyi Enikő, of course! - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:38, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CallForPrices: they seem to have overlooked this :) Delete. Nerdseeksblonde (talk) 21:06, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The status of Microsoft Gold Partner should be another good reference: MS Solution Finder. Szilagyiz (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC). There will be other notability issues mentioned in the course of the week. --Szilagyiz (talk) 14:01, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete No assertion of notability. I would argue that the Microsoft Gold Partner Certification does not imply notability as seen by the requirements to attain such a status on Microsoft's web site: https://partner.microsoft.com/40013031. Furthermore the article reads more or less like an advertisement. Also possible COI issue as noted by nom. --Aka042 (talk) 16:49, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - no coverage in reliable sources to establish notability. -- Whpq (talk) 17:08, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 01:38, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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A non-notable toy made of a bunch of magnetic balls. While it looks kind of neat, the article has severe issues with spaminess (includes a handy pricing section) and appears to fall under the Wikipedia is not for things you just invented rule. Also, there's no real demonstration of notability (youtube and a brief mention on gizmodo don't count in my opinion), nor could I find any reliable sources via google. Bfigura ^(talk) 22:04, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as nominator, for the reasons above. --Bfigura ^(talk) 22:04, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Not spam. Look at my references, many reliable sources have written about the NeoCube...such as WPVI-TV and the Pitt News a college newspaper or something. I worked pretty hard on it and the Pricing section I added in to show the cents per sphere. Keep XRDoDRX (talk) 22:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as nominated. A non-notable toy. Crafty (talk) 22:41, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment It is notable, actually, and as I have demonstrated reliable, third party news sources verify almost every part of the article except the section on Knock-offs, which I am trying my best to address. XRDoDRX (talk) 02:53, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Err, I see lots of links to YouTube. A deadlink to pittnews, an abc local affiliate, a blog and a German site. You need to show significant coverage in second and/or third party reliable sources. Crafty (talk) 03:14, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• The link wasn't always dead. However the more you guys find fault w/the article, the less able I seem to be to fix it. I think ibrought unnecessary attention to it by requesting assisstance. :( XRDoDRX (talk) 14:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Question If the English version goes, what about the French and Russian versions? XRDoDRX (talk) 14:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• That is a matter for the French and Russian Wikipedias. Fortunately we only have to worry about the English Wikipedia. Crafty (talk) 19:23, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - I don't see the multiple independent sources writing about this. The Pitt News 404 is not relevant as student press isn't usually conidered strong enough to establish notability, so this leaves a local affiliate station's piece. Not sufficicent to clear the notability bar for me. -- Whpq (talk) 17:19, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. NW (Talk) 01:03, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Seems to be "sourced" to press releases, YouTube and Twitter; fails WP:V Orange Mike | Talk 16:02, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. No reliable sources that I can see (lots are present but seem to have little or nothing to do with the topic), aggressively self-promoting; possibly a case of "Wikipedia-jacking". Accounting4Taste:talk 22:17, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: As per Accounting4Taste. HandyScholar (talk) 11:17, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete No significant reliable sources. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 22:16, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep but rewrite it in a wikipedia fasion. --86.175.26.86 (talk) 09:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Non-notable. 81.168.70.117 (talk) 13:23, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. NW (Talk) 01:03, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Unsourced and probably misspelled (Worvine Academy). Nothing beyond what could be covered on Maya and Miguel. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 15:11, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. Web search on this does not even return one result. (went ahead and moved this article to the correct spelling). - SoSaysChappy (talk) 15:28, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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• Redirect to Maya_and_Miguel. No references to third-party sources establishing notability, but a likely search term. --EEMIV (talk) 02:24, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete quite possibly the most unlikely search term ever. Even correctly spelled, has only the two Wikipedia pages as a hit on Google. Abductive (reasoning) 07:08, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect - If there hadn't been that recent blowup, I'd just redirect it now and we could go on our way. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 00:34, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Women_Without_Borders#SAVE_campaign. Redirecting to the parent organization for now. The consensus is that at this time the subject is not independently notable. If this changes in the future then the article can be restored. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:33, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Contested prod. Not seeing significant coverage where this group is the subject of the article. Google News produces only a single article. Included references are largely to youtube videos produced by parent group Women without Boarders. Other references appear to be blogs, or ones where this organization is not the subject of the article. Not seeing how this might meet notability guidelines. The parent organization might however. RadioFan (talk) 14:01, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment. Women Without Borders seems notable, so one solution would be to write that article, and stub and merge this one into it. Fences&Windows 01:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete and redirect.Merge. I thought Women Without Borders was redlinked, but that's just the typo, Women without Borders... It already contains a section on this project at Women_Without_Borders#SAVE_campaign. Fences&Windows 01:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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• Comment Good catch, I agree that a redirect to the existing section would be the best course. If there are no objections in a day or so, I'll withdraw and redirect.--RadioFan (talk) 03:48, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Dear RadioFan, I appreciate and respect your comments on the SAVE article I posted but I must disagree with your opinion for the article’s deletion or merger with Women without Borders. It is true that SAVE was an initiative started by Women without Borders, however SAVE itself has drawn the interest from other Organizations who are now taking part in SAVE projects. Also in references to SAVE’s media coverage there has been quite a bit of coverage in Indian and Austrian publications: Hindustan times (Lucknow, India), Sunday Times (Lucknow, India), Sunday Express (Lucknow, India) and in Austria there is coverage in Kurier and Die Presse. I have seen clippings of these articles but I have not yet cited them it will take me a day or two to do so. Of course I may need your help to make sure that it is done properly to maintain Wikipedia quality standards. Please get back to me with your response whenever you are able. Thank you so much for your time and effort. SincerelyBdanna81 (talk) 10:58, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still not convinced that a dedicated article is warranted. This topic can be sufficiently covered in the main Women WIthout Borders aritlce. Please add the references you have located. They will be included when/if the article is merged into Women Without Borders. This article will be redirected to that section so that no one gets lost.--RadioFan (talk) 02:35, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear RadioFan, I have added three new references to the article all of which are from reliable newspapers.There are many more but some are in Hindi, German, etc... and some cover events and information that is not yet mentioned in the article. In addition to this coverage there is also an up coming presentation for SAVE at Oxford University in late October. I also wanted to ask you why the SAVE article has been added to the Sexuality and Gender-related deletion discussions list, is the article offensive? I sincerely appreciate your time and effort.Bdanna81 (talk) 10:23, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't follow your reasoning. It's a feminist project, so appropriate for a listing that covers gender issues. Fences&Windows 02:45, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was unclear. I wanted to ask if it being a feminist project was grounds for deletion because I read the page on Sexuality and Gender related deletion discussions but was not sure if it was part of the reason for the SAVE articles proposed deletion. I am Sorry again for the miscommunication.Bdanna81 (talk) 10:00, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We can sort deletion discussions into various lists - this is only to highlight them to editors who are interested in those topics. Fences&Windows 04:43, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - Any chance you could link to the specific references you have here, in the deletion discussion? --Odie5533 (talk) 23:40, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sources:[12][13][14][15][16] Fences&Windows 04:49, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 18:16, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Formerly a PROD, which was then deleted and then restored as contested per a talk page appeal. No evidence of notability from multiple, non-trivial reliable sources. There are claims of mentions in newspapers, but these have not been sourced, despite giving the author a reasonable amount of time to find these. For being so notable, very few third party sources about his company can be found; not even the usual press release-type material seems to exist anywhere other than on the site. I took this to indicate a possible WP:HOAX, but your mileage may vary. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:45, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Hoax or no chance at notability. Someone with an account very close to the author claims to have sources, but they haven't shown up. Perhaps there is FUTON bias, but the lack of any mention of such a noteworthy person means it's a hoax, an advert, or an entirely non-notable individual. In any case, delete. tedder (talk) 02:15, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note about usernames note the two very similar usernames: User:Mike6565 and User:Mick6565. It's easy to overlook the difference, especially since they are both single-article accounts. tedder (talk) 02:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note about userspace article there is another version of this in userspace: User:Mike6565/Hamed Minhaj. If this is deemed a hoax, I encourage the closing admin to delete that version too. tedder (talk) 02:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment by author Dear All,

I do not need to create a hoax or waste my time or anyone else. i am writing to help by covering people from countries that don't get attention from everyone. these people are notable and have done alot of good work. i don't claim to have the newspapers. I DO HAVE THEM. i will be more then glad to email or upload to you guys for checking or anything that you guys see fit. Please do not delete something that i have worked hard on it. as i have mentioned that i am willing to provide more info for you guys. i have the documents from afghanitan investment commission which clearly states this companies investment and works. please advice where do i load them. as i have mention they are hard copies. Please kindly do not treat every country like developed countries where all the news and stuff is avaiable online.

please do help me and guide to the right direction.

2 October 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike6565 (talk • contribs) 12:20, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: a majority of the article also seems to focus on what the subject intends to do as an entrepreneur. Very little seems to be about why the subject is notable now, which also appears to be an issue of WP:CRYSTAL. Can you please shed some light on what aspects of the WP:BIO and/or WP:GNG criteria the subject meets? --Kinu ^t/_c 22:07, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment by author Dear Kinu,

maybe the way i wrote is not perfect, it may need touch up to get it acceptable to wikipedia standards. i will name few of the points for you

1) His company is the first malaysian company to invest in Afghanistan according to kabul weekly newspaper and afghanistan times. 2) His foundation is a very active in the country. providing for the poor and orphanage around the country which is also been covered in kabul weekly newspaper. 3) This is the second company to secure the edible refinery license in the afghanistan and upon completion making it the biggest. 4) after my full research he is only 25 years old. he start at the age of 16. at a such a young age he has achived so much again covered in kabul weekly. 5) actively promoting afghanistan to international companies. 6) currently in talks with major banks from malaysia to joint venture in afghanistan according to companies press release and story covered by afghanistan papers 7) Owns 7 soccer teams in afghanistan and one of the main sponsor of the sport in afghanistan. this covered in tv's in aghanistan upon his company sponoring the soccer teams.

there is alot more about this person and his work. i am very sure he is a full notable person.

kindly rest assured i have done my home work and have done a full research on Hamed Minhaj and his compaines before i wrote this article. i have all the hard copies with me.

02/10/09 mike6565 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike6565 (talk • contribs) 01:26, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mike6565, can you post the information about a few of the most major articles about him? In other words, post the title of the article, the page number/section in the paper, the name of the paper, and the date of publication? That way some of WikiProject Afghanistan can help verify. tedder (talk) 03:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete as lacking notability. Crafty (talk) 04:38, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment by author Dear Tedder,

As requested kindly find the following:

1) Kabul Weekly news paper No. 356 on 27 May 2009, Front page tile.YOUNG, AMBITIOUS, ENTREPRENEUR AND ROLE MODEL TO HIS GENERATION. 2) Me & You weekly on saturday 7/03/2009 front page 3) Me & You weekly on 14/03/2009 front page 4) Kabul weekly on 11/02/2009 page 3 under report. tile Wamata Corporation, Malaysia Joint Venture With Local Afghan's Expertise Spearheading Investment and Construction Projects in Afghanistan. 5) Afghanistan times on 11/02/2009 front page Wamata corporation speardeading investemtent in afghanitan 6) Shba Daza Magazine page 23 7)Copies license and investment document of the edible oil refinery from ASIA ( Afghanistan investment commission) 8) copies of License from ASIA for wamata corpoation

in kabulweekly they have wrote about him in almost 2 pages from his young days till today. about his foundation and so on. i hope the above has helped and willing to help more if needed be.

I have all the hard copies.

mike6565 03/10/2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike6565 (talk • contribs) 12:16, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment by author Dear All Admins

Please kindly help me to make this article better, i mean if someone can help to rewrite it with information provided with better English. and kindly remove the tags from the account. i have been cooperative with information requested. if i can be any further help then please feel free to ask. once this is done, i want to start on my next article.

thanking all of you for your kind help in this matter.

mike6565- 10-10-2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike6565 (talk • contribs) 20:24, 9 October 2009 (UTC) *Delete as nominated. Not notable. I also agree with the WP:CRYSTAL concerns. Crafty (talk) 20:27, 9 October 2009 (UTC) Striking my own duplicate vote. Crafty (talk) 20:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment by author Dear Craftyminion,

why would you say it is not notable. i have read the rules for notable on wikipedia, it say if the person is covered in a third party publication then it can be consider notable. this person is cover in above newspapers and magazine. i have provide you with the full list, with dates, and numbers. so i am sure that this person is notable. and has done a lot work at his young age.

Please explain your reason, then simply saying delete or not notable. i am sure that everyone here is trying to help and expand the Wikipedia with the right information.

thank you mike6565- 10-10-2009- 4:39 AM —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike6565 (talk • contribs) 20:40, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you crafty

mike6565-10-101-2009. 4:53 AM —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike6565 (talk • contribs) 20:53, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment you might want to hold your gratitude Mike. I struck my !vote because I forgot I'd already !voted 8 days ago to delete this article on notability grounds. This was partially me not paying attention but it's also because your scattergun posting style makes it extremely hard to read this page. Crafty (talk) 21:15, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment: Note that notability is established through significant coverage in reliable sources. The sources you provide are a start, but without actually seeing the sources, a) they cannot be verified, and b) merely being mentioned in a newspaper, especially on a local scale, is not an indicator of actual notability per WP:BIO versus local importance. Also note that the Kabul Weekly IS online ([17]; the author linked to it himself in the article); however, there seems to be no mention of this subject found in the archives. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:15, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete insufficient notability to pass WP:BIO. Bfigura ^(talk) 04:30, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment by author Dear Kinu,

If you guys want i can mail the hard copies i have. kabul weekly online is not working, you can check yourself. i have the hard copies of these newspapers. it is not one to say he was merely mentioned. if you look at the list i provided, it has all the papers with date, number, pages and articles.

if i could be any more help, please feel free to ask. mike6565-10-10-09, 8:10 pm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike6565 (talk • contribs) 12:10, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment PLEASE sign your comments!!!! You can do so by typing 4 consecutive tildes (~). I have noticed that you have been told already numerous times to sign your comments in you talk page, but you seem to not understand... Thanks! Jolenine (Talk - My Contribs) 20:01, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ok, Thank you Jolenine, --Mike6565 (talk) 21:48, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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No apparent notability KenWalker | Talk 01:22, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete A blogger who makes movies with(in) Halo 3. As surprising as it may seem, this doesn't seem to pass WP:BIO. Bfigura ^(talk) 02:15, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep He is very well known, and is one of the most popular machinima directors out there. Perez Hilton is a blogger as well, but he hasn't done anything notable other than ask Carrie Prejean a controversal question, yet he has a Wikipedia article. He is a very well known figure, and has incredible noriety. That falls well within WP:BIO. The Edit Corrector (talk) 00:26, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS isn't really a strong argument. The question at hand is: are there multiple independent reliable sources that discuss the subject in a non-trivial way? If there are, I haven't found them. Popularity on youtube isn't the same as notability. --Bfigura ^(talk) 19:41, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• You say popularity on YouTube doesn't count, yet Fred is popular on Youtube as well, and has a Wikipedia article, but as you say, that doesn't count, so I'll use others. He is well known in the machinima community, which at this point is pretty massive. He has been featured at PAX, and has even been noted several times by Machinima.com, is a fan favorite, and has been given credit by several other machinima groups, including Rooster Teeth, which is arguably the most famous machinima group out right now. The Edit Corrector (talk) 00:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• He is nowhere near as famous as some of his die hard fans think he is, and not deserving of a wikipedia article. Machinima community isn't "massive" at all, it is a niche and Jon doesn't deserve his own wiki page, rather be part of the machinima page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.104.171.89 (talk) 01:13, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• This isn't coming from a die-hard fan, this is coming from someone who noticed his notability, and feels he deserves one. And, I'm sorry my friend, but you are sadly mistaken, the Machinima community isn't a "niche," it is a very large community. Just take a look at PAX, and how many machinimators there are there. The Edit Corrector (talk) 02:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• But there's still no proof of notability by reliable sources (at least not that I've seen). --Bfigura ^(talk) 03:22, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• You must forgive me, Bfigura, but I've stated many things on how he is reliable, yet you continue to say he isn't. In your eyes, I must be missing something. Could you please be more specific? The Edit Corrector (talk) 03:59, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Sure. Although first I'd say that the issue isn't whether the guy is reliable, but whether the sources discussing him are reliable. My issue is that none of the sources you mention seem to fit our definition of reliable sources, as defined here. Forums, self-published materials, youtube videos/stats, blogs, etc, generally don't meet our definition of reliable sourcing. If after looking over the page on sourcing, you find material that you think fits the bill, go ahead and update the article with it and let us know here. Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 04:06, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Okay, another source I'd like to mention is Bungie. They have give cudous (forgive my poor spelling) to him, even posting a link on their website to one of his videos. Another is halobabies, which is a Halo news site, and have interviewed and mentioned him quite a few times. However, if that is not enough, please say so. I will address it as best I can. The Edit Corrector (talk) 04:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I added his halobabies interview, the Bungie link to his video, and links to his blog. The Edit Corrector (talk) 03:42, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• The way things are going, it looks like we're gonna keep the article. Unless someone can come up with a reason for deletion. The Edit Corrector (talk) 02:20, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I wouldn't quite say that: none of what you've added really demonstrates notability, or in any passes WP:BIO. --Bfigura ^(talk) 02:46, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• I fail to see how. Halobabies is a popular news source for hardcore Haloteirs, and just a good news source that many people check into often for Halo info in general.PAX is a big gamer community, and if your featured there, you must be well known. Has been acknowledged by Bungie, and has been interviewed by SodaGod from Machinima.com. So if you haven't been interviewed by CNN your ineligible for a Wikipedia article? The Edit Corrector (talk) 02:28, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I can help out a bit in this debate. What this article really needs is a good clean up and the fact still remains that Jon has contributed to the machinima community in a big way. That's how he is notable. So I say keep it, but clean it up a bit.--71.91.175.99 (talk) 04:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. I see no evidence that the burden of WP:RS has been met to indicate how the subject passes WP:BIO. --Kinu ^t/_c 23:30, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Okay, first off, Graham does meet WP:BIO on the grounds that he has made substantial ground in his machinimating. Not to mention the sources added ARE reliable for reasons stated above, and he clearly meets WP:BIO. As for cleaning up the article, I'm all for that, as you said, he has contributed in a big way. The Edit Corrector (talk) 00:31, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• As stated multiple times, reliable sources are not forums, blogs, YouTube, etc. They are, well, what is listed at WP:RS. And which aspect of WP:BIO does the subject meet that can be backed up by reliable sources? --Kinu ^t/_c 02:55, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. The sources are two blogs and a site that I chose not to bypass the malware warning for. I couldn't find any published information on this person with my own search. 'He has made substantial ground in his machinimating' is not a claim to notability in itself. I have made substantial ground in my study of the guitar... but I ain't notable. I have no problem with keeping the article if any independent, reliable sources that confirm the information in the article appear, though. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 00:42, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• The site that you didn't bypass due to a Malware Warning is a Halo news site that is a one of the top sites out there for Halo. And it's not a claim, take a look for yourself in the machinima world. Machinima.com, machinima sites, he's gotten quite a name for himself. The Edit Corrector (talk) 01:22, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The sources that are apparently given show reliability. Stated with WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS, we see that yes there are other wikipedia pages that probably have way less merit than this page does. The fact of the matter is, he has thousands of fans. Because of Jon CJ Graham's contribution to the Machinima project and because of the fact that his Machinimas remain to be the highest and most viewed videos, ought to be merit enough. Just because for right now he doesn't have any "high standard reliable" sources means nothing. His hard work and status as a Machinima maker ought to qualify him to have a wikipedia page. Obviously from what has been stated in this in this discussion(mostly from the above), calling his fans "die-hard" basically just opens the door to the fact that you are biased against him. Sometimes on Wikipedia, you guys confuse notability with what you actually care about. A great link for you is this, WP:INSPECTOR I believe helps to merit this articles existence. It needs obviously clean up and is also obviously very incomplete. Thanks, --H*bad (talk) 05:07, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • But the issue here isn't that I think the page is incomplete or missing sources (which is what INSPECTOR refers to), it's that despite looking, I can't find them (and Edit Corrector hasn't been able to as well). While I can't prove a negative, it would seem to be that we can't find them because they aren't there. Thousands of fans don't confer notability, especially given the lack of reliable sources. At that point, all this boils down to WP:ILIKEIT. --Bfigura ^(talk) 05:19, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am more willing to trust the veracity of a guideline like WP:RS more so than an essay such as WP:INSPECTOR. You say yourself that there are other [articles] that probably have way less merit... the purpose of WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS isn't to justify the existence of this article in comparison, but to scrutinize the existence of those others to see if those in fact belong. So what if he has "thousands of fans"? I'm a hard worker and I have thousands of fans, but I don't deserve an article, because there is nothing in the way of reliable information out there about me. You state that he doesn't have any "high standard reliable" sources means nothing... indeed, it is everything, because those reliable sources are needed for verifiability, which is policy. Indeed, the essay to which you link states: Rather than trashing it, go out and find sources. People have tried, and they were not found. And trust me, there is no bias here, as I don't care one way or the other about the topic... the only bias is against articles that have no sources that can be found to support any of the claimed assertions of notability. The reason it is incomplete is because the sources aren't out there yet. Could they be out there in the future? Perhaps, but they are not now. Even as the sum total of human knowlege, it is still an encyclopedia. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:21, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• WP:ENTERTAINER

Actors, comedians, opinion makers, models, and television personalities:

1.Has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions. 2.Has a large fan base or a significant "cult" following. 3.Has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment. See WP:MUSIC for guidelines on musicians, composers, groups, etc.

While the sources found may not be CNN or MSNBC, he is an entertainer, and falls in the WP:BIO in the imboldened statement. You continuinly say that fans don't matter, yet that's exactly how he falls in WP:BIO. Fred fell in this way, so does Graham. The Edit Corrector (talk) 03:42, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, and the assertion of significant "cult" following needs to be backed up. In the article on Fred, there is sourced information from the Sydney Morning Herald, Wall Street Journal, The Independent, and Business Week. Enough said. --Kinu ^t/_c 03:52, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I couldn't find any reliable sources to support this article. Also, being a website, it doesn't meet the recommendations at WP:WEB. Axl ¤ [Talk] 21:41, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• There are three references, an international meeting and a national journal among them, in the article. There is a long article in Nature Medicine, which is a distinctly reliable source. Brandon Keim Nature Medicine 13, 231-233 (28 February 2007) doi:10.1038/nm0307-231 News ( http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v13/n3/full/nm0307-231.html for the start of it, and access to full text. Easier to go to your library though.) There is a discussion of the methods of ensuring reliability on medical reference wikis at http://davidrothman.net/2007/03/02/nature-medicine-on-wikis/ which pops up in the same rather simple search, along with a lot of other hits. While Ganfyd aims to be useful of itself, the key notable element of it is the licence and approach to reliability that is embodied in it. You'll notice that I'm a key mover in the project, I wouldn't wish to write a great deal in the article, but I'd suggest that keeping it and improving it is probably better than removing it and hoping someone will rewrite it better. I've looked at [WP:WEB] and the guidelines there do not appear to me to rule out ganfyd. There are many items in WP about things of less notability than a collaborative textboook and unique copyleft licence, and WP is not limited in space by being on paper. Midgley (talk) 05:07, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: DavidRothman self-pub blog is not a WP:RS. Also, his analytical methods consist of adding the word poop to article. This, I can not trust. "There are three references, an international meeting and a national journal among them, in the article. There is a long article in Nature Medicine, which is a distinctly reliable source. Brandon Keim" Does this imply that Brandon Keim wrote this? Are you Brandon Keim? The abstract of the WikiMedia indicates trivial coverage. Any chance of fair use excerpt? --Odie5533 (talk) 05:45, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • • I am not Brandon Keim, Brandon Keim, at the time an editorial writer in the Nature group of journals is Brandon Keim. (Nature is the foremost scientific journal dealing with such things as the discovery of th structure of DNA and one hopes the grand unified theory of everything, It has a number of offshoot journals that deal with less groundbreaking things of more day to day use, such as how to do medicine. The reference - the title of a piece in an academic journal, with the volume number, page number and author name - given above does not imply that B Keim wrote the piece, it states that he did. Nature will let you read it for a few pounds/dollars or your local university or goood public library will have a copy, or your educational establishment, hospital library or wherever your academic link is will get you a photocopy of it, probably free. Mentioning fair use suggests you are American, I'm English, we don't have that concept in our law. However, nice though it will evnetually be when everything anyone publishes in a journal is freely available via the Web, we have not yet entirely subverted the basis of academic publishing since the reformation, and WP sources are not confined to those which people can read without rising from their chair. Please distinguish between "I can't find anything" and "I'd have to actually go and find what I've been given the reference of". The latter is the start of research. Midgley (talk) 22:02, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep do by all means improve it. Midgley (talk) 05:07, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: All that I can find for significant coverage is this. Joe Chill (talk) 22:07, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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• I don't know, here are some links: [18] [19][20]--Nutriveg (talk) 22:16, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The first link needs a subscription from the journal, the second link is a trivial mention, and the third link is a copy of a wiki. Joe Chill (talk) 22:17, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Nothing wrong with links that require subscriptions. WP is not an encyclopedia of the Web, it is of all knowledge. Midgley (talk) 05:07, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Dozens of articles discussing it in academic journals available on gScholar. --Odie5533 (talk) 23:45, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep even if it's hard to verify right now, its site traffic is high enough [21] that I'm sure it will be referenced eventually. Meanwhile, it's reasonably well-written and visited several times daily. - Draeco (talk) 23:50, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Notability isn't determined by numbers, Notability isn't determined by Pageview stats. Algébrico (talk) 01:15, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete The article is not based on independent reliable secondary sources. Algébrico (talk) 01:15, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• This isn't FAC, of course the article has problems. The question is, is the subject of the article notable? --Odie5533 (talk) 02:37, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment The question is: What have the sources written about the subject? "Lots of sources" does not stabilish Notability, specially if the mentions are trivial (which seems to be the case). It does not stabilish the consensus of independent reliable secondary sources about the the information which I believe is even more important than notability itself because the article would be consistent (See WP:FRANKIE#Intersections. Algébrico (talk) 03:57, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • The Nature Medicine article is non-trivial. Midgley (talk) 05:15, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• [Disclaimer: I have not read the Nature Medicine article.] The Nature Medicine article itself is not trivial. However its coverage about "Ganfyd" might be trivial. I would appreciate more viewpoints from anyone who has read the article. Axl ¤ [Talk] 17:58, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• what is this "might"? I suggest you read it. The coverage was considerable and non-trivial. Midgley (talk) 11:01, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete – I worked on this article last Janurary, and therefore was notified of this AfD. The article is fully unsourced and makes no claim of notability. American Eagle (talk) 03:21, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Significant enough. Like we have pages on sports and movie stars and non of them have hits on pubmed or google scholar. :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:11, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete without prejudice to re-creation. My reading of the article suggests it is a little niche thing for doctors that isn't well known, even among doctors. A search of the internet confirmed that feeling, and a quick look at the site itself made me think it is not going places very quickly. I didn't get any hits with Ganfyd on PubMed. Ganfyd is not notable currently -- but I think this could be revisited at a later time. Nephron  T|C 17:20, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should you expect hits in Pubmed on it though? The area of academic publication that it should appear in is medical librarianship rather than medical research. Midgley (talk) 22:02, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Why not? If you search UpToDate you get hits on PubMed. If you search Wikipedia on PubMed you get 42 hits. Nephron  T|C 04:29, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Ganfyd doesn't meet the criteria for PubMed searches. It does however appear in TRIP Database searches. DOI: A ganfyd contributor. --Amdsweb (talk) 09:29, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - I think it should be noted that Midgley may be conflicted, as he/she is part of Ganfyd.[22] Preceding stated, I realize that Wikipedians may not be completely objective about this... as one could (perhaps) consider Ganfyd a competitor of sorts, even though the target audiences of Ganfyd and Wikipedia are much different. Nephron  T|C 04:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree it should be noted, it should also be noted that I noted it above, the day before Nephron did. I think there is an overlap in authhorship and readership of WP and Ganfyd. Midgley (talk) 10:59, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Although the article could be improved. The term GANFYD is used in the English speaking world. Obviously to be consistent those for deletion will go around deleting all articles that mention a medical wiki with higher editorial control standards than Wikipedia or less than Ganfyd. A obvious list includes the articles on Medpedia, Ask Dr Wiki - oh I have just noted that a reference there also reference GANFYD !, WikiDoc. Conflict of interest I have contributed articles or parts of articles to several of the above and rarely wikipedia. ChaseKiwi (talk) 20:26, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Seems there are a lot of Ganfyd-ies here. I wonder if their efforts would be better directed at pushing forward sighting, as implemented on the German language edition of Wikipedia. To this end, they could join the WikiProject Flagged Revisions. Nephron  T|C 00:03, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 00:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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While this would at first appear to be a subversion of WP:HAMMER, a closer inspection shows that almost none of the information pertains to the actual album. Most of it refers to the album only in vague passing or not at all. Last AFD resulted in keep due to sources, but see previous sentences. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 20:29, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• KEEP Yes, many of the 19 references are passing references, mostly to support a single statement in the article as in inline citation. However, several of the sources are fairly dedicated to the album. Again yes, that contains some "we don't know when it will be released" but that is verifiable speculation. Specifically, refs 1, 11, 13, and 19 consist of fairly substantial coverage from independent reliable sources. Arakunem^Talk 21:05, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. I can say that nearly 25% of the references deal specifically about the album, while a bunch more talk about it. Everything is well sourced, and I see no speculation on here. The album has been in the recording process for nearly 4 years now, but it is still good enough to keep.
  Read [23] if you are just going to post Delete: Hammer. This shows how an article can be kept even if it doesn't have a title. Ten Pound Hammer has done a good job explaining why he is nominating this, rather than just nominate it and quote his essay. TheWeakWilled (T * G) 21:08, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep- We're not quite in Chinese Democracy territory, but at the same time, the subject has achieved enough notability that I see no problem with a separate article. Umbralcorax (talk) 22:10, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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• Keep per TheWeakWilled and Umbralcorax. Note: This is the second AfD for this article, and even in the first AfD there was not consensus for deletion. The subject did not become less notable since the last AfD closed; to the contrary, the article sourcing improved.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:59, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - It is well sourced and the album is slated to come out this year. I found it relevant and was glad to see it here when I specifically searched for this. --P shadoh (talk) 16:28, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. There's no point in transwikiing, since Wiktionary already has an entry for copacetic, and the information in this article is too encyclopedic for inclusion there. I'll move Copacetic (album) to Copacetic, and redirect Copasetic there. +Angr 06:50, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Article is about the word, and contains a definition of the word, and the etymology of the word, and nothing more, and (it seems to me) has no prospect of being anything more here. An article exists in Wiktionary, which frankly isn't as good, but that's not the wikipedia's problem.

• The article has not 'done enough' to be an encyclopedia (actually that's not even a policy, but I know somebody will claim it anyway), but worse, everything it has done is inappropriate for an encyclopedia.

• The article is about an adjective. The policy WP:NAD and WP:MOS (Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Article_title_format) forbid article titles that are adjectives; we do not have tallest, shortest and so forth because they are meaningless in encyclopedias, we have tallest building etc. etc. The article would have to merge with something like OK or something, the underlying meaning, and the etymology is much better in a dictionary anyway.

• The article cannot be translated into a foreign language; one of the characteristics of encyclopedia articles is that they can be because they're about an abstract concept, not a word.

Because of the poor wiktionary entry I'm calling for Transwiki - (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 20:12, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Transwiki per the nominator's excellent rationale. This is clearly a dicdef. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 20:36, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Transwiki - WP:STUB explains it well: "A dictionary article is about a word or phrase... An encyclopedia article is about the subject denoted by the title." This is about a word. JohnCD (talk) 20:45, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Transwiki per WP:NOTDICT and the benefit to our sister project Bfigura ^(talk) 04:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Transwiki per this being a dictionary definition not an article. Following the transwiki Copacetic (album) should be moved to Copacetic (a title that currently redirects here) and this page redirected there. A {{Wiktionary}} template should then be added to the article about the album. Thryduulf (talk) 22:31, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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• Transwiki and then move Copacetic (album) as per Thryduulf. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 16:11, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 00:30, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Although this player technically meets WP:ATHLETE (as he has played in a fully-pro league), his entire professional career consists of one measly minute. I feel that playing one minute in a professional league shouldn't be enough to become notable, especially because players who have made multiple appearances in semi-pro leagues have been repeatedly deemed non-notable. Kudjodji has done nothing of sporting note since his sole minute, and he lacks any media attention to show he is notable some other way. GiantSnowman 19:57, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep - Whilst I can see what GiantSnowman is saying, he does pass WP:ATH so with that in mind I would keep 20:22, 9 October 2009 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Zanoni (talk • contribs)
• Delete: Agree with the nominator; although he techinically passes ATHLETE by the skin of his teeth, there are no sources about him that aren't routine announcements (WP:NTEMP). ATHELTE is a bit of a daft guideline really because technically, a player whose only career appearance was in an FA Cup Final would actually fail, as the FA Cup isn't a fully pro competition. I don't think that playing one minute of professional football makes a person notable so I'm going to have to say delete. By the way, there are probably quite a few more articles about players who have played just as few minutes as this guy, so I suppose the nominator's waiting to see what the outcome of this one is before creating a shed load of AfD's. -- BigDom 20:29, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment he played in the Football League Championship, not the FA Cup for Palace. --Jimbo^[online] 13:32, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• No, I'm not intending to list any other "one-minuters" for deletion, this AfD was a test really to see how strict/lenient people are with ATHLETE. It's thrown up some interesting results! GiantSnowman 14:10, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - I don't think the coverage available would pass WP:GNG (these appear to be mostly trivial mentions) and we ought to disregard WP:ATHLETE over 1 minute of professional play (in the past, I've voted to ignore WP:ATHLETE for other footballers with less than 45 minutes of professional play in a career). Jogurney (talk) 20:53, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: marginal cases can always be found to make a thresh-hold rule seem ridiculous, but breaking the rule for such cases achieves nothing. To delete this article would be to declare that this project has no intention of being complete within its self-declared criteria. As to BigDom's unlikely scenario above, he ignores the likelihood of a cup final debut maker receiving not inconsiderable publicity. Kevin McE (talk) 21:11, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I said that any such player would fail ATHLETE, not that he wouldn't be notable. I've just decided to WP:IGNOREALLRULES in this case. -- BigDom 21:20, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I think we have to consider this in the grand scheme of things. If the manager had decided to keep him on the bench, he would be immediatelt deemed non-notable. However, because for whatever reason his manager allowed a youngster one minute (!) on the pitch, he is notable?!? Doesn't make sense to me...GiantSnowman 22:05, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• It seemed to make sense to you when Gary only played a unverified couple of minutes. So how many minutes should ATHLETE specify? 2? 10? 45?. Did he actually only play 1 minute? do they not have added time in the championship?--ClubOranje^T 10:31, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Fitzpatrick may have only played one pro game, but he has also had a non-league career of note, as well as enough media attention to arguable meet GNG; Kudjodji has had none of that. Three games which, with minutes played added together, only equal one and a half games is not a notable footballing career! GiantSnowman 10:42, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Fitzpatrick's non-League career looks very ordinary to me, he stayed in the Conference for a while, that's about it. Comparing him to Kudjodji doesn't really work as he has 18 years on him and is retired. --Jimbo^[online] 14:06, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• "[Fitzpatrick] moved onto Telford United where he played more than 100 games." And Kudjodji hasn't played since 2008! GiantSnowman 14:10, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• 100 games in a side that didn't do much isn't much of a feat. The reason Fitzpatrick was kept was because he played in the FL. Hundreds of non-League players who've played 100+ games for a club are deleted because they fail WP:ATH. --Jimbo^[online] 14:23, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Don't get me wrong, if Fitzpatrick had only had a non-league career, he should have been deleted. All I was saying that Kudjodji's entire career amounts to an absolute maximum of 136 minutes! GiantSnowman 15:09, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - has played for other teams besides just the one minute, though. Those might not pass WP:ATHLETE, but help cement notability. matt91486 (talk) 01:15, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Even if said teams are lowly non-league teams? His article says he only made two appearances for his subsequent teams, including only playing 45 minutes for one! GiantSnowman 10:21, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bromley were in Conference South when Kudjodji played. That's the second tier of non-League. --Jimbo^[online] 21:31, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - he has played for Palace too. There should be no problem. --SM (talk) 12:19, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - as a firm supporter of WP:ATHLETE Spiderone 19:53, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep has played at the fully pro level (and it's not often me and Spiderone agree at AfD!) Eldumpo (talk) 13:08, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep he passes WP:ATHLETE having played in a fully-professional league. No real difference between one minute, two minutes, 60 minutes etc - it's all game time and where do you drawn the line? If you want to be really picky he probably played over a minute as there is always stoppage time ;-) --Jimbo^[online] 14:06, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 17:19, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Unsourced neologism; Wikipedia is not a dictionary or guide to slang. PROD removed by IP. JohnCD (talk) 19:57, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:39, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Fails WP:N. Joe Chill (talk) 00:14, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • JohnCD notified me about the sources (which the AFD was in my watchlist), so I'll post more. I still think that this shouldn't have an article. I think that the article still fails WP:N because the article is nothing more than a dictionary definition. Joe Chill (talk) 11:10, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Rescue and Keep I have added more details and some references to justify notability. Jolenine (Talk - My Contribs) 01:00, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Commment by nominator: that's better, and I will invite the !voters above to have another look, but I'm afraid it's still not good enough:
  • it's a neologism - see also WP:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day,
  • it's not an encyclopedia article, because it's about a word - a dictionary definition. You could try it on our sister project Wiktionary, but I doubt if it would pass their Attestation requirements,
  • certainly, for Wikipedia, blogs and Youtube are not considered reliable sources. JohnCD (talk) 08:26, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. It's a poorly-sourced dictionary definition. Even if it was properly sourced and it could be shown that it was a "notable word", it still wouldn't belong in Wikipedia. --Michig (talk) 08:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, non-notable neologism, not much to discuss. Hairhorn (talk) 13:08, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. neologism, WP:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day, possible Wikipedia:Attack_page, plus more importantly see Wikipedia:Notability - more specifically Notability is not temporary. At most, it warrants being merged to the Ris Low article as it is only notable in that context.Zhanzhao (talk) 10:31, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Speedy deleted WP:CSD#G7 by Christopher Parham. Non-admin closure. JohnCD (talk) 13:59, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Contested PROD.

• My reason for PROD: Unsourced micronation (poss nanonation), quite likely a thing made up one day recently. Come back when duly recognized at least by other micronations and verifiably sourced.
• Article creator's edit summary contesting the PROD: Timonia meets all criteria by definition of Micronation by the sourced References and has existed for a little over 1 month. A signed and dated contract recognized Timonia as a sovergn nation.

A More Perfect Onion (talk) 19:49, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Is there any reason why it can't be speedy deleted per Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#A7? Cassandra 73 (talk) 20:18, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete no reliable source coverage at this time, probably just something madeup one day trying to get 15 minutes of fame. About A7, not sure that this would fall under a group, but I think a case could be made that this is a group with no assertion of notability. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 20:21, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. What is the point of being recognized by other micronations? They aren't recognized by any real nations themselves, so why is their recognition important? They were also 'just made up' one day, but they get a place here? Please explain to me why they have a place? Bocephusjohnson (talk) 20:47, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. JohnCD (talk) 20:53, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Although we probably have too many micronations with articles in Wikipedia, it does appear that some of the ones that do have articles here have received some coverage in reliable sources and could claim to meet the general notability guideline. If anyone points out a Wikipedia article about a micronation that does not meet that guideline, I would likely support deleting that article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:38, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete for lack of any reliable independent source to indicate notability, also per WP:NFT. JohnCD (talk) 20:53, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, per WP:MADEUP, and as nonsense. - RUL3R^*trolling_*vandalism 21:04, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Google search has not found anything. Notability is questionable. No reliable/pertinant sources. References that are provided in the article does NOT even talk about Timonia, but rather about Micronation.Jolenine (Talk - My Contribs) 22:29, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. No relevant sources have been provided, and I doubt that any exist. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:39, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy delete as an obvious hoax. Bfigura ^(talk) 04:36, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: All that I can for this is Wikipedia and Wikirage. Joe Chill (talk) 12:10, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy deleted. Christopher Parham (talk) 13:38, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 07:56, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Local free sheet - Not notable noq (talk) 19:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak delete - Notability not verifiably established, article not referenced. --A More Perfect Onion (talk) 19:44, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this magazine. Joe Chill (talk) 22:15, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was deleted (CSD A7) by Graeme Bartlett. NAC. Cliff smith ^talk 20:04, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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notability asserted, so misses CSD A7 - student journalist, the height of whose career thus far is a newspaper I can't find evidence of (searching for only turns up a council document from 2006), now author of a web campaign to be elected London mayor massively misses WP:POLITICIAN. Searching online reveals no indication of meeting GNG Prod removed by article author. Saalstin (talk) 18:05, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - nothing notable to see here. noq (talk) 18:49, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - per nom. Hasn't this article been deleted before? Or was that a different person with the same name? Oh who cares anyway, delete, Lord Spongefrog (review) (I am Czar of all Russias) 19:33, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per all of the above. Bearian (talk) 19:45, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Delete or Delete Article has already been deleted before, per G4. If this was a different person, then delete because no references/sources provided. Also per WP:BLP, " Material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion." Jolenine (Talk - My Contribs) 22:39, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Delete we're wasting time on this non notable biography. --Stormbay (talk) 03:23, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy delete as either G4 recreation or A7 non-notable. Tagging as such now. Bfigura ^(talk) 04:38, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Semen. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:00, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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In a nutshell, this article is a combination of Original Research and Synthesis. For starters, the very definition of the term cannot be proven--because the term is not accepted. See this, for instance: only two of the hits seem related to the present topic. The first relevant hit is in a publication called Excerpta medica, Volume 3, from which we only get a snippet. The second, Kama bhog: foods of love, is a book in which the term occurs once, and this book is hardly by a well-known publisher in the field of sexuality, biology, or anthropology. The second, from Sex and drugs, is even less reputable. (The author of this article never saw fit to find or included these references.) All other hits are related to the biological term, and refers to plants, gnats, and such; Google Scholar offers nothing. Certainly a noteworthy term, supposedly employed in the various fields claimed in the lead, would have been better-known. The Oxford English Dictionary, for instance, doesn't list it either. The article used to be called Seminophagia, a term invented by its author--there are no hits for such a term; it does not exist in any real sense.

The article itself is a mixture of strange references pulled from all over the place. We find (or found, in earlier versions) pseudo-scientific references to the benefit of swallowing sperm for dental health, for musco-skeletal support, etc. There are very few references here that pass muster (I cleaned them up once or twice; the article's main editor reinstated them). One of the articles that this editor keeps reinserting might pass muster: I present to you "Semen acts as an anti-depressant"--I have pointed out many times to the editor that this article discusses the vaginal 'consumption' of semen, not its swallowing (an essentially oral activity). While I don't wish to essentialize the difference between the vagina and the mouth, they seem sufficiently different at least in an accepted biological sense. Without wanting to prejudge your response, I wish to point your attention to the recently introduced "In popular culture" section, which points to Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, a delightful comedy, as exemplifying spermophagia. It does not, of course, but it is typical of the way in which this article attempts to make every reference to swallowing semen count.