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The result was Redirect to Downers_Grove,_Illinois#Education This way if a page on the school district is created, useful information is still intact (WP:NAC) CTJF83 chat 07:15, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hillcrest Elementary School (Downers Grove, IL)[edit]

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Completely unnotable Belugaboy535136 talk 19:59, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It has been proposed that Hillcrest Elementary School (Downers Grove, IL) be deleted.

As The Arbiter stated, the school is not notable for being muddy in the past. Should be deleted per above. Belugaboy535136 contribs 16:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Speedy Keep Perfectly valid disambig. page. (non-admin close) CTJF83 chat 07:31, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Raj[edit]

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Entry more properly belongs on Encyclopedia Dramatica, if anywhere. BalooUriza (talk) 00:09, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to C Sharp Syntax#Keywords. Seems to be agreement that the target article covers this content in a superior way. Xymmax So let it be written So let it be done 23:04, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keywords in C Sharp[edit]

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Very closely resembles nonsense Supertouch (talk) 23:44, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It's not quite nonsense, it's a list of the programming language keywords in the language named C# C Sharp (programming language). Nonetheless, WP is not a programming language manual, and the list of keywords, even if cleaned up, is of no encyclopedic value. --Joe Decker (talk) 01:50, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I still think it should be deleted but for different reasons- No context-hence my total misreading of the page, No substance, no explanation of the terms and it appears to have been abandoned. Supertouch (talk) 02:05, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I agree with your reasons as well.  :) --Joe Decker (talk) 02:11, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • There was nothing in the original article worth saving; anything you added would have been better put in the main C# article in the first place. You'll note that not a single other programming language has a Wikipedia article dedicated solely to its keywords, and C# certainly isn't unusual enough in that respect to merit one. Hqb (talk) 21:58, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's a good find - well done. You agree that the topic is encyclopedia now? Note that the topic before us contains sources and content not found in that main syntax article. A merge is indicated and I have amended my !vote accordingly. Colonel Warden (talk) 22:36, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment I don't agree it's notable. The wikipedia notability criteria only apply to articles as a whole. An article must be notable, a part of a notable article need not by itself be notable. A list of keywords might be appropriate in a putatively article on C# syntax if that article is notable even if the keyword list is not itself notable. "These notability guidelines only outline how suitable a topic is for its own article. They do not directly limit the content of articles." as per WP:NOTE --Joe Decker (talk) 02:49, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Notability is not demonstrated by internal references within Wikipedia; it is demonstrated by coverage of the topic in independent reliable sources. I have added three good sources so far and so the notability of the topic is demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. We have now moved on to consideration of merger with the other article which covers the same ground in a less well-sourced way. Colonel Warden (talk) 10:59, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Nonsense and per Hqb. Yilloslime TC 05:20, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion: as it is apparent that Colonel Warden is an inclusionist why don't we merge the Keyword in C sharp with C Sharp syntax. The reality of this merge will be making the keyword page in a redirect to C Sharp syntax#Keywords with at most a WP:SMERGE with whatever unique information that page has to offer (I compared the the Keyword list with one at Syntax and found the first 10 or so keywords present at both--therefore I don't think it is necessary to move any material. The Keywords page should be renamed prior to the redirect to Keywords in C Sharp. So basically I suggest:

  1. Renaming Keyword in C sharp Keywords in C Sharp
  2. Redirecting Keywords in C Sharp to C Sharp syntax#Keywords after blanking the page (or cut-and-pasting what little unique info it has to offer) Supertouch (talk) 13:37, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
After 24 hours of no discussion I implemented my suggestion. Supertouch (talk) 12:49, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I just read the AfD page again--I thought I had read it carefully--and I have realized I was extremely hasty and acted contrary to the established rules here. First of all, I apologize--this is my first time participating here--and secondly, after making a mess of things will leave this to the AfD veterans as opposed to undoing anything. Wow, did I really propose and then execute a double revert? Good thing a Bot fixed it shortly afterwards. Supertouch (talk) 13:47, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have no objection to your bold, sensible action and suggest that we leave it at that. All's well that ends well... Colonel Warden (talk) 14:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I attributed the merged content and restored the article to avoid possible confusion from the redirect. Flatscan (talk) 05:16, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What? Why not just leave the redirect? The information fits better over there, no one objecting to it, and no information lost. Its a more complete list over there. Dream Focus 12:26, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It might be confusing if someone clicks the article link above and is redirected to a section in another article not nominated for deletion. Flatscan (talk) 04:58, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Scott Mac (Doc) 00:23, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ellie Light[edit]

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Non-notable violation of wp:coatrack and wp:not#news. Hairhorn (talk) 23:19, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some nutter writing letters isn't news. Probably no need to wait, even.--170.170.59.139 (talk) 23:42, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article is more relevant to the phenomenon of this pseudonym. It relates to the letter writing campaign not the gaining notability of the name "Ellie Light" This page should not be deleted it represents an article describing somewhat of a notable hoax which is allowedWirelessmc (talk) 23:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article is similar to the one for Greg Packer and is getting major media coverage. The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Politico have both run articles on her, including Ms. Light's responses to reporters' questions. So I think it's notable. The question is, is she notable. Under WP:NOTNEWS, a bio on Ms. Light is not warranted. However, there is reason to have a "Ellie Light Controversy" article or some such, if coverage continues. There is no reason to believe that this violates WP:COATRACK. I suggest keeping the article but moving it. Wellspring (talk) 00:12, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Scott Mac (Doc) 00:21, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CCGG (StarCraft Term)[edit]

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WP is not a game guide, there are no pertinent google results to a search for "CCGG starcraft". XXX antiuser eh? 22:58, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Did people seriously only start saying this two days ago? I've changed my vote to speedy. Random name (talk) 10:45, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus. About half of the people commenting think that the sourcing is sufficient to pass WP:GNG, the other half does not. Since that is something about which people will in good faith disagree, this means we don't have a consensus to delete.  Sandstein  07:22, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

George Lee (British politician)[edit]

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Appears to be an almost-identical version of an article previously deleted (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Lee (British politician). I have placed a copy of the old article here for anyone who wants to compare. It looks to me like there have not been significant additions (but a couple refs and sentences have been added, so I'm taking it to AfD instead of speedily deleting. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 22:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[The article creator] is the man who is maintaining the page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Epeefleche/Nicholas_Beale. He states that he knows George Lee personally somewhere in the history. He’s also, I assume, a Conservative Party member as he’s having input into policy documents, which he didn’t disclose:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mPTiTVOJCg8J:www.conservative-technology.org/docs/Digital%2520Economy.pdf+%22nicholas+beale%22+conservatives&hl=en&gl=uk&sig=AHIEtbSsBdVT68rARMr6UAojO_1oLYiyng

He has since added a series of references in an attempt to increase the 'notability' of the article. However, these all refer to a single press push from Conservative Headquarters, and do not as such constitute notability - is the man who wins the lottery today notable because of his momentary press coverage?

I see no grounds to maintain the article, and I consider Nicholas Beale to be operating in the face of an editorial decision as part of a personal interest pursuit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edwinloo (talk • contribs) 16:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Let's stay away from personal attacks and OR and try to judge the notability of the article on its merits. As I say, I know George, so I'll stay away from this page and let others decide. NBeale (talk) 10:42, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is the one article (and a few other mentions) enough to constitute noteability? I don't suppose there's any hard and fast guideline. Random name (talk) 13:57, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(Having reviewed the noteability guidelines, I would say that the coverage listed does not constitute significant coverage; I will stick with my delete comment. Random name (talk) 14:08, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conservative Party: "George Lee was born in a converted pig shed in a poor village in the New Territories of Hong Kong."
  • Wikipedia: "Lee was born to poverty in a converted pig shed in rural Tai Po, in Hong Kong’s New Territories."
  • Conservative Party: "He was only one when his parents left him and his siblings in the care of a family friend to head to Britain to start a new life. From the age of five, instead of going to school, he was forced to work in a toy factory making plastic flowers and toy soldiers."
  • Wikipedia: "His parents left Hong Kong when he was one, emigrating to the UK. Lee and his siblings were placed in the care of a neighbour, who put them (Lee from the age of five) to work in a toy factory making plastic flowers and toy soldiers."
  • Conservative Party: "He rejoined his parents when he was 10, arriving with only one word of English, 'tomorrow'."
  • Wikipedia: "With only one word of English, "tomorrow", Lee went to school at the local comprehensive ..." SlimVirgin TALK contribs 02:02, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Clearly you're free to feel that way, but statements like "Advocates of deletion may be motivated by political animus." are neither useful nor appropriate for this page. We're providing input into a decision about a wikipedia page, not evaluating the man's character or political worthiness. Random name (talk) 16:45, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also, arguments to keep a page on a politician are just as prone to be politically motivated as deleting it. But accusing someone of either without good reasons to back this up is a complete violation of Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 22:50, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe he does pass the GNG; I'm always suspicious of the independence of coverage of political candidates by papers broadly sympathetic to their views, and relying almost entirely on one Telegraph article to demonstrate notability is problematic. But it's clearly better than the coverage of some other PPCs who have had articles nominated recently. Warofdreams talk 11:34, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In addition to sources already in the article I have linked above to at least two dozen more, in several languages and from a variety of sources. No doubt some are sympathetic but that is for editors to sort out adhering to how to apply sources and what content to include. The sourcing exists and is about him is purpose of this discussion as to whether GNG is even met. I believe it has. -- Banjeboi 12:06, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The Daily Telegraph is admittedly generally pro-Conservative, though still a WP:RS. But Operation Black Vote is in general highly anti-Conservative, and the fact that there is a large article about George there is evidence IMHO that the coverage is not confined to sympathetic sources. Nor should we dismiss Chinese language coverage NBeale (talk) 19:05, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The UK is not a two party system. The Liberal Democrats are also a main party, as are Plaid Cymru in Wales, the SNP in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland parties. This can give 3-4 PPC per seat. If we also include the Greens, UKIP, and the BNP, who all have seats in the EU parliament, so could be considered major, then we could easily be looking at 5 people fighting each seat, that is over 3000 people. Martin451 (talk) 22:42, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
comment. Automatically keeping all articles on PPCs is a very bad idea. They should be subject to exactly the same criteria as other articles - we don't want to have to review possibly several thousand articles after the election. --NSH001 (talk) 23:07, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
commentIs he one of the top 1292 politicians in the country? Or just one of 1292 (or more) potential politicians in the country?Slatersteven (talk) 19:16, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A. He has yet to be ellected to parliment (there will be a lot of PPC's), that covers a all PPC's. B. He may (the source does not seem to work, so I will tag it) have set up the BPA (should this indead be the case then I would change my vote to keep, that would make him notalbe).Slatersteven (talk) 18:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment According to Operation Black Vote George "was one of the founding members of the Black Police Association" - this is also claimed byThe Telegraph. Although it is conceivable that the Telegraph has got it wrong OBV would certainly not have done. NBeale (talk) 19:32, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry but I do not think that being one of the founder members makes him notable, after all how many founding members were there? Unless it can be shown that his input was vital to its setting up.Slatersteven (talk) 20:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was merge to Eureka Seven vol.1: New Wave. Scott Mac (Doc) 00:26, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Eureka 7 V.1: New Wave[edit]

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That is because this is an AfD (Articles for deletion), the article gets deleted and the deleted article's name turns into a redirect. It would not make much sense to keep an article and when someone looks up the name have the reader get redirected away from the kept article. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 22:07, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I thought we weren't suppose to delete articles that are just being redirected, that way we keep the history of the redirected articles. --Sin Harvest (talk) 12:39, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sin is right. Knowledgekid, you may wish to go read how are actually supposed to be done: Wikipedia:Deletion process#Articles for deletion page & Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Redirection.
Note the pages clearly assume that deletion & redirection are mutually exclusive; as an admin, when I closed AfDs, it never occurred to me that a consensus to redirect meant delete & redirect. If the content is so bad - libel, copyvio, etc. - that it needs to be expurgated even from the histories, then it could not have been a 'redirect' consensus but a speedy-delete or delete. --Gwern (contribs) 16:17 24 January 2010 (GMT)
Comment - On the note of what shouldn't be done but it is anyway, I'd add deleting content on the basis of "unclarified/unreliable sources" shortly before AfD-ing so that it looks stubified and without references. So yeah, the above happens, and there are worse things than it even. --Anime Addict AA (talk) 17:24, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge - These appear to be the same. Although to be honest, Knowledgekid, I've seen more problems with "merge" results than "redirect" results. Too often I see Step #2 of WP:SMERGE ignored and a de facto redirect resulting instead. At least with a "redirect" result you know what result to expect... -Thibbs (talk) 19:17, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. consensus of regular editors is clear Scott Mac (Doc) 00:28, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michal Bucko[edit]

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Contested prod. Non-notable IT person. Complete lack of third party reliable sources to back up his claims of notability. Martin451 (talk) 20:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What 200 software weaknesses are you referring too? Could you paste links to at least 20 most notable? Creating a company is not notable, nor is coordinating random projects. What notable project are you referring too? What notable input to the information community are you referring too? 87.105.185.61 (talk)
What high-quality conferences are you referring too? What ground-breaking companies are you referring too? "references from major companies" - are you referring to the vulnerability credits? As I stated in the Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Michal_Bucko, the Eleytt company itself is not notable in my opinion. 87.105.185.61 (talk) 14:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Could you explain which of the linked research is notable, and why do you think it is? 87.105.185.61 (talk) 13:51, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I think that building international company and extensive 3D application technology is worth mentioning here- it requires years of work, expertise and team management. Software weaknesses mentioned in the Notable Security Input section are all extremely critical (if You need to understand that further, please learn more about those; two of those affected whole IT world, one affected telecoms world). I could talk much more, but will do this if needed. In my opinion, this article is very good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarek dabr (talk • contribs) 14:20, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! However, I cannot agree with the 'extremely critical'. As for the telecom world, you are referring to the OpenSER buffer overflow right? In the discussion referenced in on bugtraq (1, 2) it is said that there was no proof of concept code provided, so it has not been proven whether this vulnerability is exploitable in a near-stable manner. Additionally, the OpenSER developer stated it was a 5 byte overflow (of course, I know that even 1 byte overflows can be expliotable), but it is not known whether this one is (the 5 bytes could overwrite critical data, but also the could overwrite a padding, it's an unknown here). Therefore, on what basis do you call it 'extremely critical'?
As for the second one - which one are you referring too? Are your referring to the Charts Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability? In that case, it didn't affect the 'whole IT world', only the Windows and IE users.
As for the 3D application technology, could you state what innovations or notable features do you have in mind?
Thanks in advance for commenting this issues :) 87.105.185.61 (talk) 18:02, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The article itself is a little better now, but I still lack a few things:
He was considered savant genius while his studies at Warsaw University of Technology" - the source of this information remains unclear
He has been one of best students in elementary schools, secondary school... - please note that this achievement, even if important for the person in question, is minor in an encyclopaedia scale
given highest scholarship from Warsaw University of Technology - what kind of scholarship was it? source missing here in my opinion; was it a standard university scholarship given to students with good results, or was some kind of other scholarship?
He has coordinated highly innovative projects in teleinformatics. - which projects? are the following projects the only ones he coordinated? more examples needed in my opinion
Together with Marcin Kolodziej, PhD in Electrical Engineering, he coordinated Brain–computer_interface project in Poland - lacking source or link to the published (were they published?) results of the project
He also managed aiella, 3D virtual community. - source missing of aiella's notability; is this project released? how notable is it in the scale of the world?
He was a co-founder of Minds.pl, one of the biggest science-related web sites in Poland - hmmm I think it would be good to add source of the 'one of the biggest' information, but that's not so important in my opinion
Michal is a member of EvilFingers - is EvilFingers notable? lacking source/link describing their notability
Also, please check Lcamtuf and try to modify the vulnerability info to the same form. Also, Slawek Kudla mentioned something about 200 vulnerabilities - maybe it would be possible to provide more notable vulnerabilities here?
87.105.185.61 (talk) 16:09, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is in the Gazeta under correct spelling 'Michał Bućko'. This may make other searches work better (or worse - don't blame me...). Peridon (talk) 15:38, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Paridon, when it comes to CNET I talked not about the "hacker post", but about the whole article; huge part of it is about Bucko's vulnerability. Cheers, Kamil Borkowski —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamilborkowski3 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thanks, I think the article is better now. I think it would be advisable for the previous voters to take a look at it again. 87.105.185.61 (talk) 01:14, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Since the vulnerability links have also been described, I think I can say that the article form is good now 87.105.185.61 (talk) 11:29, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thank You. I hope that I menaged to make the article very good by now. Kamilborkowski3 (talk) 13:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot agree with the statement that my article does not support notability. By the way, would original/innovative research be appreciated (direct link)? I cannot agree about not having specified reliable sources. I would like to hear more specific information to make my article even better so that it is not deleted. Sincerely Yours, Dr. Kamil Borkowski —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamilborkowski3 (talk • contribs) 18:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Innovative or original research is possibly of note - so long as it is independently documented. If self published only, it would come under WP:OR Peridon (talk) 18:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
And how about lectures (i.e. http://bede-hardkorem.pl/advcrypt.pdf)? Or very original, still (as for now independently published), research draft from BCI project (http://bede-hardkorem.pl/pp_the_thesis_no1.pdf) ? And how about papers like http://hack.pl/funkcje/pliki/artykuly/118/introduction_automated_malcode_analysis_-_part_1_4.pdf ? (published on assosiated community portal) I want to make final version of this document to be top quality, so please help.Kamilborkowski3 (talk) 19:04, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
At this point, i still have to leave my opinion as above (delete). The key here is that independant sources/references are required that actually mention and talk about Michal in a substantial way. Not just a name on a list or a link to something he apparently worked on. I have added many citation tags to the article. Fixing even a few of them will go a long way. Turgan Talk 01:24, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
When it comes to reliable sources, I worked according to Wikipedia:Reliable sources. Please, specify what else I could provide. I'd appreciate that. I found conference information, peer-review article and presentation, links to business products, advisory board of IT security organization, very reliable ackowledgements, multilangual articles about Mr Bucko's work, even found one of his lectures. I can't find things like Physics Olympiad or IMO trainings, so deleted those (however, i know it's true). I want the article to be good enough so that there is no doubt. I will also soon add very credible information about serious business projects in the field of TMT/Internet and gaming. Please, help me edit it if You consider it valuable so that its notability wasn't questioned anymore. Thank You very much for help. Sincerely Yours, Dr. Kamil Borkowski. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamilborkowski3 (talk • contribs) 15:25, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy delete as a non-notable neologism, as a prohibited recreation under category G4 (even if the first article was slightly different from this one), as a dictionary defintion, and due to overwhelming support for deletion. If this offensive term by chance at some time in a dystopia in the future, becomes more widely used, it will not be due to Wikipedia's fault. Bearian (talk) 23:15, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Homofascism[edit]

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Non-notable neologism. An article of this topic has previously been deleted through AfD, but this is different enough that speedy deletion is not an option, in my opinion. LadyofShalott 19:53, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 19:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Roderic O'Gorman[edit]

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Non notable political party member of minor party in Ireland. Fails WP:Politician never been elected to any public office. Snappy (talk) 19:38, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. JForget 00:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Beckley[edit]

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Non-notable biographical article that has not had any sources added since March 2009 (when it was tagged with unreferencedBLP). Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 19:27, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Jayjg (talk) 03:13, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cristina Paras[edit]

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unsourced BLP +prod/-prod edit war. I'm neutral. Weak delete. Jack Merridew 19:15, 23 January 2010 (UTC) (chg to weak del 02:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC))[reply]

I've been looking, further; I saw several reviews that mentioned her as performing the role of Kim on certain nights — i.e. she was the understudy. And the video of her in Stuttgart was a lame outdoor clip with a few banners and parasols as props and nothing more. The original version of the article asserted that she was in the Broadway production of Les Miserables (and many moar on teh Great White Way;). There are a great number of less than first tier performers working in the many touring companies that hit all the non-first tier cities. Jack Merridew (who saw the opening nights of both at The Broadway Theatre) 22:07, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 18:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

High Five In Public[edit]

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Non-notable neologism. Only "evidence" for its use are a facebook page, and an urban dictionary definition created by the same person. Delete as WP:MADEUP. Majorclanger (talk) 17:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Scott Mac (Doc) 22:46, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny Kim[edit]

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One more that I tried to save from the current brouhaha, but looks pretty not notable despite my best efforts. You can check this version for what the article looked like before it was gutted. It's a biography of an up-and-coming actor-director-producer who has had bit parts in major films and self-produced two minor films; unfortunately, there are thousands of people like that in Hollywood. Best of luck to him, but we need some more attention paid to him by Wikipedia:reliable sources before we can write an article. GRuban (talk) 17:50, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Scott Mac (Doc) 22:46, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

B.O.M.B.[edit]

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Delete. Non-notable pub crawl, "Bars of Madison...Bitches" BaronLarf 17:43, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. JohnCD (talk) 18:08, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Hicks (basketball player)[edit]

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This was prodded as part of the unsourced BLP campaign. I deprodded but I am bringing the article here for an assessment of notability. I'm no fan of basketball, but this player has received more than a little press coverage as a college player,[2] so he might pass WP:ATHLETE. Two incidents not currently in the article including him being shot in the knee,[3] and also facing an assault charge.[4] Since playing in the US he's played in Poland,[5] Russia,[6] Belgium[7][8][9] and is now trying out for a French team.[10] Fences&Windows 17:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 18:07, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Aziz Zhowandai[edit]

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Procedural nomination. I declined a PROD-BLP, found a source. There is some discussion about whether the source was circular (i.e. coming back to Wikipedia itself). I also have some concern that this may not pass WP:BIO, myself. Bringing it here for further discussion. RayTalk 16:49, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete in the absence of an available merge target. The consensus seems to be that the available reviews do not rise to the level required by Wikipedia:Notability (books). –Black Falcon (talk) 18:17, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

15 Minutes (novel)[edit]

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Non-notable novel. No significant coverage whatsoever. Does not satisfy WP:BK. Note that the few news sources that reference the book are in editorials written by Steve Young—and the novel is only mentioned in the "about the author" text. Bongomatic 16:01, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bongo, thanks. I'm dropping some notification templates on the pages of editors who have worked on this. Drmies (talk) 17:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 18:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tracksplit car racing[edit]

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This article is about a new style of auto race course layout that has not received coverage in reliable sources. The article itself appears to be a loose paraphrase of the official site, and is structured in a similar manner. A search for sources about tracksplit racing turns up none. Considering the popularity of motorsport worldwide, this would indicate that this is not a notable concept. There are no current tracks configured in this fashion with one being planned to be available in 2010. Perhaps when actual races have been run there may be some coverage to establish notability then. But as of right now, I can find no sourcing. Whpq (talk) 18:30, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. No indication of notability. Most sources provided here are old, not reliable, and/or merely indicate that the product exists. Jayjg (talk) 03:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Draco.NET[edit]

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Unreferenced article which doesn't assert notability. PROD declined, but problem has persisted. Jclemens (talk) 01:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Tagged for notability for two years now. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 15:12, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The sources given above seem to give a hint why the article hasn't been expanded. They're all over 2 years old. Last activity on the project's Sourceforge repo [21] was over three years ago. Was it more popular back then, and has since declined in importance? Thomas Kluyver (talk) 15:57, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete, mostly per WP:NOTDIR. Jayjg (talk) 03:17, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of web based file managers[edit]

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A list of external links; "references" are to either sales pages or (for the free entries) download pages. Per WP:LSC, list entries should either have articles or a reasonable expectation of an article; of the two entries that have or have had articles, one has been G11'd and prodded, and the other was created by the software's author and is mostly a feature list, so I doubt very much any such articles are forthcoming. —Korath (Talk) 14:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Speedy Keep. No remaining argument for deletion and no support for deletion. NAC. SwarmTalk 00:43, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mafia Wars[edit]

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Does all Facebook games derserve an article Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 13:55, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. JForget 00:56, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Blindlight[edit]

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No significant coverage of this company. It is mentioned in only a couple of the references provided, and then only in passing. A thorough news search will find only coverage of this nature—the company is usually only mentioned after a quote from Chapelsky, describing who he is (note that in the coverage I have reviewed outside of the references provided, Chapelsky—while quoted—is not covered in any detail whatsoever). Bongomatic 13:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 16:15, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kelly Coakley[edit]

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Lack of notabilty, WP:BLP1E. Event is also not notable. News reports end in Aug-Sep 2006; indicating false advertising suit was dismissed. KeptSouth (talk) 13:30, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Speedy G1 (nonsense) applies, as well, though it also triggers WP:SNOW. Consensus on this one seems clear. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 15:04, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stop the luas[edit]

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A single campus catchphrase with no real life notability. Per WP:NEO and WP:MADEUP. Warrah (talk) 13:10, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's more of a play on words, with "Stop the L____" being the common denominator, but not very clever or memorable. Mandsford (talk) 03:57, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Errrr. yes, I think I had what is sometimes known as a Brain fart; las rather than luas is what was probably bouncing around my brain as a word for light. Sorry about that, although I'll stick with the origins of this being based on the usage of the "Stop the lights" on "Quicksilver". Anyhoo, this is remarkably non-notable and still a classic case of WP:MADEUP, if anyone feels that is enough to hasten proceedings. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 18:22, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy delete. NW (Talk) 20:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alex Edmonds (baseball)[edit]

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Article claimed that the subject was a player, since 2009, for the yankees. I have searched and cannot find anything to back this up. Mistake, Mispelling, hoax or something is the issue here. Peripitus (Talk) 11:59, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 16:14, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bobby Walker (chess player)[edit]

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Not notable for his chess achievements. SyG (talk) 11:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - those 'football- or basketball-players who play in lower leagues' would be fulll time professionals, even if not the best, thus they can meet wiki notability for a sports person. Does Bobby Walker meet WP:ATH in anyway? SunCreator (talk) 14:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - SyG your being biased towards an individual who has NATIONAL RANKINGS, where do we draw the line? I mean not everyone can be Bobby Fischer, and honestly I am sure there are a good amount of people who do not know who he is...But how can we know if every individual who is a valid potential candidate for WIKI is become subject to this scrutiny of a few...this is a sight FOR THE PEOPLE! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.30.215.147 (talk • contribs)
Well, as you say, not everyone can be Bobby Fischer, and not everyone can be on Wikipedia. This person does not have particularly notable achievements. I do not understand what you mean by "having national rankings", anyone who pays his fee will subscribe to the national chess federation and hence will have a "national ranking". Once he becomes a grandmaster, that's something else. SyG (talk) 20:38, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - That my friend is your opinion, but I do believe Wikipedia does not specify NOTORIETY to a GRANDMASTER...if that were so we would not see alot of chess players on here...the simple fact is Bobby Walker passes the General Wikipedia:Notability Guidelines
"Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material.
"Reliable" means sources need editorial integrity to allow verifiable evaluation of notability, per the reliable source guideline. Sources may encompass published works in all forms and media. Availability of secondary sources covering the subject is a good test for notability.
"Sources,"[2] for notability purposes, should be secondary sources, as those provide the most objective evidence of notability. The number and nature of reliable sources needed varies depending on the depth of coverage and quality of the sources. Multiple sources are generally preferred.
"Independent of the subject" excludes works produced by those affiliated with the subject including (but not limited to): self-publicity, advertising, self-published material by the subject, autobiographies, press releases, etc.
"Presumed" means that significant coverage in reliable sources establishes a presumption, not a guarantee, that a subject is suitable for inclusion. Editors may reach a consensus that although a topic meets this criterion, it is not appropriate for a standalone article. For example, such an article may violate what Wikipedia is not." "Wikipedia:Notability ." Wikipedia (2008): 1. Web. 23 Jan 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.30.215.147 (talk • contribs)

And SyG a reasonable person could not deny that on the grounds of general notability established by this site that Mr. Walker's achievements how every minuscule they might seem to you do fit the criteria. So I ask that you let the page stand as is. Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.30.215.147 (talk • contribs)

  • Reply: It was neither of those but it was NOT the US Championship (see the article talk page). Bubba73 (You talking to me?), 05:18, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply: I did the leg work and found three major factual errors in the first three things I checked. Bubba73 (You talking to me?), 05:14, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy deleted per WP:G11 by Orangemike (talk · contribs). Non-admin closure. AnturiaethwrTalk 18:14, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Prof. Vinod Kumar[edit]

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The result was keep. JohnCD (talk) 17:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ishwar K. Puri[edit]

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Non-notable academic. Sure, he has done lots of stuff, but all of an academic nature, and not notable enough for an encyclopedia entry Bazonka (talk) 11:09, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A department chair may be notable with in the academic community, but that doesn't mean that he/she is notable enough for an encylopedic article, even if they are mentioned in a newspaper article. Besides which, Puri wasn't involved in the shootings in any way - he just worked at the location and knew some of the victims. I was at university with someone who was injured in the Omagh bombing - does that make me notable? Bazonka (talk) 16:45, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If the NYT interviewed you and mentioned you in multiple articles, noting that you were in charge of the people who were killed, and citing your comments about hiring new faculty, etc., referring to the memorial service and you. Yes. Collect (talk) 16:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with that. The shootings are certainly notable, as is the gunman. But most of the victims aren't notable enough to have their own Wikipedia articles. And Puri wasn't even there when the shootings took place! I fail to see how being interviewed by a paper about an event to which he was only marginally connected gives somone enough notability to warrant an encyclopedic article. And in any case, none of this is even mentioned in Puri's article! Bazonka (talk) 17:13, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Jayjg (talk) 03:25, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Erin Ness[edit]

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Placing 207th in one tournament is a laughable reason to suggest someone is notable. Clear delete. DegenFarang (talk) 10:34, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I do not find these people to be notable. I will continue to nominate articles for deletion about people who are not notable. All this person has achieved is placing 207th in one poker tournament, and the fame that came along with that. Being a woman she got more coverage in RS's and PokerStars picked her up, she was invited to be on TV etc - but all she did was place 207th in a poker tournament. To me, that is not notable. If she is notable then we should include all 206 people who finished ahead of her in the tournament. The fact that most of them were men and thus got less press coverage does not factor into their notability in my view. They are more notable than her because they all achieved more. Not including indirectly because they are men is sexist. DegenFarang (talk) 10:53, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. no one aside from the nominator suggested deletion JForget 00:55, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shirley_Rosario[edit]

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Subject is not notable. Tournament player with minor success, owner of a website used as spam across Wikipedia, former prop player of Bicycle Casino and article is plagued by original research and peacock statements.DegenFarang (talk) 08:05, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since you nominated the article for deletion, your opinion is already on record. It's not necessary (or common) to vote in the AFD yourself. i.e. Your nomination for deletion indicates your delete vote. Rray (talk) 13:02, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Perhaps you missed the first four words: Subject is not notable. This is another prime example of poker notability sexism. There are hundreds of men who have achieved more in their poker and business careers than Rosario that would not be considered notable - but because she is a woman and gets more attention by the poker press because of that fact, she gets in. Very sexist. Just like the WSOP playback. They give no credit to the quiet online superstars but the loud idiots who have no idea what they are doing - and women - get all the TV time. Wikipedia should not follow that lead. DegenFarang (talk) 10:58, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus. Though personally I would recommend considering a merge with Dollar hegemony and Dollar diplomacy into an umbrella article on such topics.  Sandstein  07:15, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Petrodollar warfare[edit]

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Non-notable term taken from one book. No sources that don't specifically reference the book. Fails WP:FRINGE. SwarmTalk 10:03, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Wikipedia articles are not essays and does not contain original research. The hypothesis is definitely these two things, it goes into great lengths to prove that the hypothesis is feasible which Wikipedia should not be doing. Taking that into consideration there isn't any verifiable sources. --Sin Harvest (talk) 13:08, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
question - If a book [30] has been written on the topic in 2005, how is WP creating Original Research by explaining the hypotheses? It cannot even be considered a 'Synthesis of published material that advances a position' as it does note both viewpoints from its list of Pro and Con section. Admittedly, the Prose of the Article could reflect this better, but we have no deadline, and an Expert should be the one to properly balance the correct views. AFD is for Topic WP:Notability, not just current state. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 15:58, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - But should Wikipedia have sources that backup the hypothesis or even rebut it? Shouldn't it have sources that show that the Petrodollar warfare hypothesis is what it says it is in the article?
For example Most oil sales throughout the world are denominated in United States dollars (USD) is backed up with a source in the article but that source (broken by the way) verifies what the hypothesis says is actually occurring, not what the hypothesis is. I would have thought that Wikipedia isn't concerned if the theory is correct and actually occurring but is concerned that the theory/term/hypothesis is stated correctly and verified as such with sources. --Sin Harvest (talk) 04:12, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it should have a balanced viewpoint, with as many cites as both views can find. As well, if possible, it should mention opposing theories and any major differences to them. To state & cite only 1 viewpoint would give the entire hypothesis undue weight. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 03:52, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
But more importantly there should be verifiable sources of the hypothesis existing which this article is missing, because without these verifiable sources an article is really really close to synthesis piece. --Sin Harvest (talk) 11:14, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ummm isn't the book the source of the hypothesis ? Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 11:25, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The term never appears in the reference you just posted except when referencing the book. SwarmTalk 00:09, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So - what of it? The book seems to have a substantial reputation and so is naturally cited as a reference in further discussion of the topic. This is to be expected. The essential point here is that the topic is discussed by multiple substantial and independent sources and so it is notable. Colonel Warden (talk) 00:20, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wikipedia is not a dictionary and so our topic is not the phrase "petrodollar warfare" but the general concept which it represents. This concept - that force is being used to prop up the oil/dollar system - may be discussed using many forms of words. Here, for example, Ron Paul discusses it in the House. He doesn't use the exact phrase but the same concept appears in other words. So, when searching for sources, we should cast our net wide to include sources such as this. Colonel Warden (talk) 17:41, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I get the point about concept vs. term, and which this article really is, but it strikes me as flirting with danger as far as coatracking is concerned that the title of the article is a term that is so specific to a single person that it is virtually never used unless in reference to him, yet the article is not similarly specific. I don't know what the answer is. Renaming the article The Hypothesis That Force Is Used to Prop Up the Oil/Dollar System probably isn't the way to go. Some jerk on the Internet (talk) 20:16, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article has references and so it is not unreferenced. The references support the article's content and so it is not OR. The words of the title appear in the OED so it is not a neologism. There is reliable 3rd party coverage separate from the book and so not one of your reasons to speedy delete is true. Colonel Warden (talk) 07:05, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do you have a cite for this being in the OED? EeepEeep (talk) 18:04, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. JForget 00:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hazrat Syed Qalandar Ilm Ali Shah Jilani[edit]

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No reliable sources to support notability other than web site associated with the article creator. Article creator contested a speedy deletion and this was refused as a claim has been made that the subject is a Sufi saint. Google comes up with no RS entries for the subject (Ali Shah Jilani or Gilani). To be fair, the titles Hazrat and Qalandar do imply notability, though there is no indication of who bestowed the honorifics.

I don't think that the editor, who is new to Wikipedia, understands English well, nor what a reliable source is. Esowteric+Talk 09:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The original article was a copypaste of this web page which the article creator claims is the official web site. I flagged the possible copyvio and reworded the lede, and the possible copyvio was removed by the admin who refused the speedy deletion. Esowteric+Talk 10:10, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[Bump] Any more input from editors, please?


A google search for Qalandar Ilm Ali pulls up no information other than the one solitary link mentioned above (a religious web site which contains a fawning biography). Someone who is a notable Sufi -- even if he is not a Saint -- would surely at least be mentioned on other Sufi sites. With no evidence of notability or sainthood, the article should probably be deleted. --Sarabseth (talk) 13:27, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Lack of coverage in published sources. These sorts of names are headaches,

Looking for the parts of the name where English spelling does not vary, i.e.

I cannot find any (English-language) sources that are about this individual born in 1930 in Oman. --JN466 13:34, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Short Stack. JForget 00:51, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bradie Webb[edit]

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No notability outside of the band he is currently in. Ridernyc (talk) 08:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Short Stack. JForget 00:52, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shaun Diviney[edit]

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No notability outside of the band he is currently in. Ridernyc (talk) 08:23, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Short Stack. JForget 00:52, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Clemmensen[edit]

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No notability outside of the band he is currently in. I tried redirecting to the band article but that was reverted. Ridernyc (talk) 08:22, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Keep. Whether Mr. Cornish actually invented anything or not is essentially a red herring. The standards of both the general notability guideline and WP:CREATIVE seem to have been met. And I'd like to add this:

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for those users who made this such in incredibly long winded AfD with their repetitive circular arguments. (you know who you are) Beeblebrox (talk) 06:52, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pete Cornish[edit]

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article may be mroe of an advertisement thatn a bio, since there is nothing bio-worthy in it, and the 'official site' is an online store-like website for the equiptment he makes. Alan - talk 04:47, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This is a case of self promotion. A google search indicated that Pete Cornish appears to be on every social network site in the world. WP isn't a social network site. He's not notable and basically advertising his guitars. Szzuk (talk) 15:32, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NB: this was changed to a Keep further down. I haven't struck anything out per WP:TALKO Holly25 (talk) 18:09, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. No those links aren't reliable sources. If you can find a reliable source which says he invented the pedal board I will change my vote. Otherwise he's just a salesman. Changed to keep. Szzuk (talk) 16:45, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The pedalboard claim comes from a Guitar Player article, a magazine which has been published since 1967 and is presumably a reliable source as far as guitar-related facts are concerned. The blog post reproduces an article from Guitarist (magazine) which presumably exists in the print edition from 1995. Holly25 (talk) 16:51, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
From what I can gather, he didn't invent anything, he customizes pedals for specific needs. In many cases, people are credited for creating when they simply modified. an example would be the Eddie Van Halen Signature Guitars, He modifies his guitars for his own needs, and was given a line of them sold at major guitar centers, with the claim created by Eddie Van Halen. Perhaps these customized pedals are note-worthy, but I can't find anything to back that up as there are hundreds of engineers who do this same thing (and nowadays, pedals are programmable, the musician does it himself via computer) Alan - talk 17:01, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The customized pedals are a separate thing; the "invention" claim relates to the guitar pedalboard, which is a number of separate pedals disassembled and rehoused in a single custom unit. By all indications he was the first person to do this and hence the inventor. Holly25 (talk) 17:18, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I was wanting alternate proof that he invented the pedal board. However having looked into the magazine further it seems a worthwhile authority. So i'll change my vote to keep. Szzuk (talk) 17:11, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, That is kind of my point. I only find bits and peices here and there, and no where can I find that he invented anything, but merely modeified and customized what others created. I can take a two devices others invented, mix them together into something new, doesn't mean I invented it, means I modified/customized them. Musicians do this with guitar pedals on their own all the time. Definatly a tough article to source properly Alan - talk 04:08, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment'. Yes its an awkward one. I think we need new authors in this afd to help shed some light. Szzuk (talk) 06:55, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • This link calls him "the inventor of the pedalboard", in the fourth paragraph (when I view it, the text is obscured by an ad which disappears after a few seconds). From Google Books, this book describes his custom systems as part of a transitional movement that would lead to modern multi-effects systems. This book mentions him as one of only two people producing these custom systems for big rock stars before MIDI and multi-effects systems made it affordable for amateurs. And this book, published by Guitar World, says "I can't feel complete in writing about pedalboards without a nod to Pete Cornish, a London-based pedalboard designer who, since the '70s, has worked for such rock royalty as Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, and Brian May. It goes without saying that he is one of the leaders in his field." They all agree that he is an important figure in the development of this technology. Holly25 (talk) 16:16, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, This links appear to be more like blogs than reliable articles. I'm looking for pure documented facts that he actually invented something, not peoples opinions on the matter. I'm not saying the links aren't valid, but if it's all true, there should be better sources to use Alan - talk 18:27, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The first link is a magazine article, reproduced on the magazine's website. The other links I've just provided are excerpts from printed books, found from a Google Books search. Click on them and you'll see they have nothing to do with blogs. Holly25 (talk) 18:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, Another reason for the AFD is simply how the article is written. looks very much like promotion, not biographical at all. (the external links alone.. nuff said) Alan - talk 19:18, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article quality issues aren't relevant to deletion debates. In the worst case, an article can be reduced to a short stub. You don't need to delete the whole article to fix such problems. Holly25 (talk) 16:16, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, GedUK  14:06, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The articles notability claim is that Cornish "invented" (or designed if you prefer) the Guitar pedalboard. Now the Pedalboard article was created by a WP:SPA "randombee". The entire GP article is unsourced and reads like a hoax. A GP unit (per the article) is nothing but a "plate" or "wooden board" on which "multiple pedal units" are mounted and connected, often with a combined power supply to eliminate ground loop problems (ie. audio hum). BIG F***ing deal, delete GP too Annette46 (talk) 13:26, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"It goes without saying that he is one of the leaders in his field" = opinion, not fact. Using that statement to base a fact on is against wikipedia by itself. If used in an article, it would be nothing more than a quote from someone expressing their opinion. Alan - talk 00:56, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've never represented this as a fact. It's a quote used to back up the relative part of WP:MUSICBIO, "The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors." It is an example of how this person is regarded by people who write books about guitar technology, in this case Eddie van Halen's longtime guitar technician. We're talking about the notability guidelines here, the content of the article isn't what's under discussion. Holly25 (talk) 01:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
again, nothing factual stating he invented anything, he builds pedals, he modifies pedals, he was one of the earlier people to do so, but no proof anywhere he invented anything or was the first to do so. Your arguements on the article are making me think you have a conflict of interest and are trying to promote him (another wikipedia guidelines nono, but i'm not accusing you of it.. just pointing out that your arguements may be reflecting that) Alan - talk 00:56, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
These sources weren't presented as support for the "invention" claim, that's found in the magazine article linked earlier. This is secondary coverage in reliable sources, all attesting to his importance within his field. I'll ignore the COI claim because all I'm doing is presenting a large number of secondary sources and using those to argue his notability under the guidelines. Holly25 (talk) 01:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
1) He did not invent the guitar pedalboard (which in any event is merely a plank on which Pedals "effect processors" are mounted / strapped and wired up - ie. integration). 2) He did not invent guitar effect processors (pedals) or pedalboards - there are earlier claims such as Electro-Harmonix for Hendrix in the 60's. Cornish's so-called importance in his field is that he has rigged for some well known groups since the 1970's and is quite savvy in promoting himself. Secondary coverage of this nature is OK for GNG, not for WP:CREATIVE. He would be important if it can be reliably shown that he created something notable. Most of the fresh sources cited above are clear that he was specialist in the UK making this yet another example of the Anglo-centred bias of WP. Annette46 (talk) 05:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. You've just said he passes GNG so i'm not sure why you're bothered about WP:Creative. This'll be no consensus. Szzuk (talk) 13:30, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, I actually said these secondary sources are OK for GNG, but not for WP:CREATIVE. As a person Cornish must pass CREATIVE (applicable for him), if not then he may still be notable under GNG guidelines but that will depend on the context of his notability (which is still unclear/vague).Annette46 (talk) 14:13, 20 January 2010 (UTC).[reply]
Do you have a source to back up the claim that he didn't invent that? I've provided a reliable magazine article to say that he did, so unless you can show a reliable source saying that he didn't, or that someone else invented it, that assertion still stands. Your claim about Electro-Harmonix is flat out wrong: they've only ever produced single effects. Perhaps you've been misled by the image at the Electro-Harmonix article: only a few of the single effects in that image are by E-H, they've never produced any kind of multi-effects system. You're also using a strange definition of "pedalboard" which is probably based on its description in the Guitar pedalboard article: amateurs often put together single effects on a board in emulation of the professional pedalboards produced by Cornish et al., which are housed inside a single unit and have custom switching circuitry.
There's also a misunderstanding of WP:CREATIVE: the "invention" claim meets the second bullet point there and hasn't been refuted with a contrary reliable source. The other sources are evidence for the first bullet point there: that the person "is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors".
Let's take a look at some of the language used to describe Cornish in these sources: "well-known... respected... the leading specialist... heavily in demand" (Brian May's site); "genius" (Lou Reed); "legend" (Premier Guitar); "pioneer" (Make Magazine); "It goes without saying that he is one of the leaders in his field" (van Halen's guitar technician). This meets the first point at WP:CREATIVE, we have another source which meets the second point (invention). Note that a person only has to meet one of those points: I've produced reliable sources to show that he meets two of them. On top of this, the references already provided, plus the 17 relevant results at a GBooks search ([39]) are evidence for general notability. At this point, any further arguments that he doesn't meet the notability requirements need to address why the provided sources are unreliable (I've pointedly avoided the thousands of hits not regarded as WP:RS), rather than your opinion of what a pedalboard is, whether he invented it, and whether it's important to have done so. Because the relevant sources from his field do make excessive statements of his importance, and simple assertions that he's not contrary to reliable sources are not guideline-based arguments. Holly25 (talk) 18:03, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, nno one needs sources to prove he DIDN'T invent, you need sources proving he DID invent. in short, if he is notable for building and modifying guitar pedals, so are thousands of others who do the same work. And adding the sources to this discussion doesn't help the apge. If you feel it's a notible page, add context and cite the sources on the article. If this guy is that notible, the article can be expanded quite a bit to meet WP:BIO Alan - talk 21:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If the article gets kept, then these sources could certainly be used to expand and better source it. But the decision to keep/delete gets made on the basis of this discussion, not the current state of the article; there's no point putting all that effort into improving the article when all that work might end up deleted within a couple of days. The article can be improved if kept, so its current quality isn't a deletion issue (see WP:RUBBISH). Per the deletion policy, "If the page can be improved, this should be solved through regular editing, rather than deletion". I've focused on presenting sources here because that's what decides whether the article stays or goes.
As for the invention matter, I've provided a source for that. If you disagree with that then the only way forward is to either (1) show why that source isn't reliable or (2) find other sources that contradict it so we can compare them. Saying, "I don't accept it, find more sources" doesn't get us anywhere.
And besides the invention claim, what of the other sources? I've put them forward claiming they show he's "regarded as an important figure" in his field, and that all of the sources taken together (including the other books he's referenced in) show that he's generally notable in that he gets repeated, non-trivial coverage in reliable secondary sources. Even if we ignore the invention claim for a minute, how do you refute the evidence provided by these sources? Holly25 (talk) 21:46, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I've just read WP:Creative. He passes. Point 1 says The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors. The sources provided are multiple, non trivial and amply demonstrate this. For simplicity I'll strikethrough my earlier delete comments. Szzuk (talk) 19:44, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jimi Hendrix was using multiple effects since at least 1967. These multi-effects consisted of at least a "sustain" and "fuzz" and often a "wah-wah" (variable comb filter) combined in the same housing. Fuzz boxes (with wah-wah) have been around since at least the early 1960's using germanium transistors / UJTs (when silicon wasn't available) - Robin Trower was using them before/same time as Hendrix - 1967 (album:"A whiter shade of pale"). The Uni-Vibe pedal has been around since 1964 incorporating flanging, chorus and vibrator effects. So this would conclusively rule out Cornish as an inventor or creator of single/multi-effect guitar effect processing units (his claim to fame). The 1 (trade) magazine source for Cornish's claim to inventing the pedal is of course suspect/dubious - and gets little support elsewhere - so failing Claim No.2 for Creative. Now addressing the other claim, No evidence has been provided of his peers widely citing him (in fact he is hardly cited by them at all). No evidence has been provided that his peers or successors regard him as an important figure. None of the citations provided are from his "peers" or "successors", they are in fact in the nature of testimonials from his clients or from trade publications (in which he advertises and hence are not independent sources), Furthermore, I am not from the UK, and dont have an Anglo bias for him. Annette46 (talk) 04:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The key points of your post are categorically false. I'll try to be brief.
Hendrix wasn't using "multi-effects" in 1967 or any other year, because they weren't invented before his death in 1970. His setup is detailed at [40], based on the testimony of his "electronics guru" Roger Mayer. The single effects used: Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, a Vox Wah-wah, and Mayer's own Octavia (famously used in the solo of Purple Haze). These are all single effects units. From 1969, he also used a Univibe which was again a single phase-shifter device: the words "chorus" and "vibrato" are variations of the same basic effect (see [41] for a detailed description, or [42] for a schematic of the Univibe, proving that it's a single circuit and has nothing to do with the integration of separate effects units); I don't know where you got the word "flanger" from because that effect was only invented in 1966 (see Flanging, the Beatles first used it on Revolver) and wasn't available as a separate effects unit until the 1970s. In this last post, you've basically invented a new meaning for "multi-effects" to describe units which everyone else calls single effects units. All secondary sources will regard these as single effects units; none will call them "multi-effects". If you insist I'm wrong, there's a huge fat target for you to attack with reliable sources.
The magazine source is not "suspect/dubious" at all; it's a reliable source unless you can provide some evidence to the contrary rather than just asserting that it's not. It's not a "trade magazine" unless any publication specifically about music production is to be classed as a "trade publication"; in that case, you're dismissing all reliable sources in this field. The use of "trade" in the derogatory sense has a much narrower meaning, see Trade journal.
As for "no evidence of his peers citing him/regard him as an important figure": I've provided these sources in previous posts and I won't waste anyone's time by repeating them. When a famous musician calls him a "genius" or a "leading figure", you dismiss it as a "customer testimonial". When a music magazine describes him as "legendary" or a "pioneer", you dismiss it by stating "he advertises in that magazine", without any proof. When 17 books cite him, you start making up bizarre and unsourced claims about Jimi Hendrix which are quickly refuted by pointing to sourced facts. Holly25 (talk) 19:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Firstly a peer is commonly understood to be "someone who is an equal in a group". So lets first settle who Cornish's peers are. Famous musicians (especially his customers) and magazine writers cannot be his peers. Hendrix essentially recorded between 1967-1970. The Hendrix article here claims "Hendrix was a catalyst in the development of modern guitar effects pedals" - so this is obviously well before Cornish whose own first claim (his website) for any guitar effect is 1972. It further states "As Hendrix's recording career progressed he made greater use of customized effects units" - Excuse me, but I thought that Cornish's claim to notability were *his* "customised effect units" (so again not the creator of anything)? The Gibson article refers only to the early Hendrix rigs. Many of the sources you cite imply that he hardly used Mayer's gizmos after the early album. The Gibson article also states that Hendrix's "line-up" (synonym for "sequential integration")) consisted of at least a Fuzzbox (tuned low) followed by a Wah-Wah and a Univibe (germanium transistor as I said) (phaser/comb filter) with additional selectable vibrato OR chorus effects (in the same Univibe unit). This lineup when coupled to his fave guitar(s) form the "rig". If you carefully examine the schematic of the Univibe.gif you will note the multiple CD-S photo sensors triggered from an "incandescent" bulb whose "warmup time" provides the "delay" (I conjecture the CD-S would be inside a long tube painted black on the inside). So in effect the Univibe is not only a phaser but also a sustain (to generate the chorus). The wiki "flanging" article claims that Electro-Harmonics made flange pedals since the 1970s (when did Cornish make his?). User generated reviews from his "not so famous" customers [43] claim that he is "2 person only operation", "pedal making god", "..will improve the sound of your other pedals as it has line driver built in". So what are we talking about here ? As I had stated (and the pedalboard wiki article too claims) the original pedalboards were simply a plank/board on which the individual pedals were mounted and wired up - a mere time saving device for the techs which ensured better consistency for the artiste (Big F***ing deal) - Cornish himself doesn't claim to have invented a pedalboard. He only claims (see his website) "Pete Cornish, the creator of integrated guitar effects and amp routing systems for the worlds best known performers". Jimi wouldn't be a peer in that group to disagree!!!
My Final Comment Lets be very blunt - Peter Cornish [44] is known for robust packaging of effect units manufactured by large companies with 1000's of employees. His famous musician clients (whose coke snorting lifestyles depend on it) regard him as a "genius" because he makes special casings which house these devices to work reliably in the field. This is because "Cornish actually began in the British Military by designing electronics capable of being dropped out of an airplane and still working right." Enough said!!! I've got better non-Anglo subjects to waste my wiki time on.Annette46 (talk) 17:05, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
His "peers" in this case would include the musicians and companies and magazines involved in the field of music technology, from which I've provided numerous sourced statements of this guy's importance in that field. Rather than challenging these sources or providing contrary sources, you've simply asserted (at great length) that you don't think he's important. (WP:CREATIVE #1)
I've also provided a source to show he invented the pedalboard and other sources showing he was a key figure in the development of multi-effects in general. You've dismissed these sources by asserting that such technology already existed (provably wrong), without providing any sources to back up this assertion, because no such sources exist. (WP:CREATIVE #2)
I've also provided 17 book references as evidence of general notability. If you think this is a waste of your time, then there was no point in needlessly extending the discussion in the first place by constantly bringing up new unfounded claims, none of which have addressed the sourced evidence I've provided. It just looks like arguing for argument's sake. Holly25 (talk) 18:36, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I had not intended to participate again in this discussion, but in view of the 2nd relist I will just summarise/fleshout out my concerns - hoping that this leads to consensus. The only consensus thus far is that Cornish must satisfy one of 2 criteria for WP:CREATIVE to be retained.

My comments are:-

  • These all boil down to "the source describes him as a genius/legend/pioneer, but if you read on you'll find some small fact that means I personally don't find him important" (e.g. the fact that he doesn't design the individual effects that are integrated into his units -- something which I've been clear about since the beginning). These sources are from experts in the relevant field, so the fact that they judge him important takes precedence over your personal opinions on that. I'll stop there since this is already much, much too long. Holly25 (talk) 14:40, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
People praise me for the websites i've designedf for them, and media editting i've done for them, combining techiniques in my own style.. yet, i'm not notable enough for a wikipedia article either.. what I do is no differant than what Cornish does, he takes what's already there, and makes it work in his own way, his clients love how he does it and praise him, just as mine do with me. Now the person who took various effects, and created a single pedal to contain them all, controlled by a micro computer, is notable for actually creating something new, Cornish, is not. Again, this article is more of a promotion then a notable biography. Alan - talk 00:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If you were mentioned in 17 books, had articles written about you, had magazines refer to you as a "legend" and "pioneer" and had key figures in your field testify to your importance -- then of course you'd warrant an article -- there would be no doubt. Show me the sources and I'll write it for you.
The "clients" issue which keeps cropping up is a red herring because that only covers two of the sources: Brian May and Lou Reed. The rest are books and magazines.
In the end, you're stating your opinion that what he does is not important. The books and magazine articles say that he is important. And because everything here is ultimately based on reliable sources, their opinions must take precedence. Holly25 (talk) 01:21, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. There have been 5 editors in this afd, 3 keep and 2 delete. I hope it isn't relisted again, the conversation just goes around in circles!!! Szzuk (talk) 10:45, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Of these, 2 "keeps" (you incl) changed their "votes" presuming that Cornish invented the "pedalboard" (on a single source claim) and there were 3 Googlebook refs on him for notability. The invention claim on analysis does/did not stand up. Even Holly25 probably conceding that he does not fulfill CREATIVE-#2 (not having created anything new) now focuses on it "boils down to" CREATIVE-#1 - ie. sources which describe him as a leader/pioneer/genius. Let me take those 3 Googlebook refs one by one. 1) The BOSS book merely refers to custom effect board systems made by Cornish (on only 1 of its many pages) without commenting on either him or his units - No praise here. 2) The Micheal Ross Book merely states that Bob Bradshaw and Pete Cornish were building "custom effect switching systems" for the stars of rock - once again no praise here - just a factual mention that these 2 are in this business. 3) The Matt Bruck ref is actually an article extensively quoting Bob Bradshaw on pedalboards - Pete Cornish gets just a token nod like 'Oh BTW I must mention that Pete Cornish is also a leader in his field'. All the other 14 so-called reliable sources are just passing mentions / testimonials of Cornish. In contrast, the solid articles on on Cornish and reproduced on his website make it clear that he is simply a competent and sought after craftsman who makes custom effect switching systems for famous rock artistes. The heart of CREATIVE-#1 is that the sources confirming Cornish to be an important figure must originate from his peers (which is not the case here). Annette46 (talk) 10:54, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I'm not going around in circles with you. My opinion stays with Keep. Szzuk (talk) 13:05, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The sourced invention claim hasn't been "conceded"; it still stands as evidence that he is "known for inventing". Your "analysis" consisted of pointing to earlier technology like fuzz boxes and making the bizarre assertion that they were "multi-effects", even though no reliable source has ever called them that. Let's pretend for a moment that your claims were true: what would it prove? Only that he's known erroneously by this source as the inventor. In other words, he'd still be "known as the inventor" in the eyes of that source even if Edison had come up with the idea in 1904.
The emphasis moved on to sourced claims of importance because I found more of those sources since the start of the discussion. "Peers", in the sense used in Peer review, refers to experts in a given field, and relates to their ability to offer a meaningful opinion. In this sense, the specialist magazine articles and books and major guitarists are all his peers in the field of music (specifically guitar) technology. Even if you insist on a different definition of "peers", the sources provided meet the more general standards of WP:N: multiple, non-trivial references. Directly calling someone a "genius", a "legend", a "pioneer", a "leader" is not a trivial reference. "Passing" does not equal "trivial"; they are significant in that they signify the source's high opinion of the subject's importance, and no further detail or original research is required to extract this opinion. The books in which he was mentioned during an account of the development of the technology provide evidence of significance, even if they don't explicitly use that wording (he wouldn't be mentioned otherwise). On top of that, there are magazine articles of which he is the main subject and a book which devotes an entire section to interviewing him. Holly25 (talk) 20:38, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. fleeting mentions by his clients during an interview does not constitute peer review. The "genius" (exceedingly fleeting) mention by Lou Reed was for allegedly keeping loud sounds soft so that Reed wouldn't go deaf (the interview fails to describe how he did it - did Pete Cornish invent earmuffs?). The single source which claims he invented pedalboards justifies that he will be known as the inventor ?? Bollocks !!. BTW I did not claim a fuzzbox was a multi-effect. What I said was "These multi-effects consisted of at least a "sustain" and "fuzz" and often a "wah-wah" (variable comb filter) combined in the same housing.". So refrain from deceptive practices. Annette46 (talk) 09:30, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was pointing out the most appropriate interpretation of "peers", and of course not claiming that the academic process of "peer review" was at work here. And "clients", as I've pointed out, only applies to two of the sources, where I don't see it being an important factor: May and Reed are both multimillionaires and are hardly going to be swayed by offers of a discount if they get publicity for Cornish.
As to the "fuzz box" sentence, I'm not being deceptive: that's what you appeared (to me) to call it in the very next sentence. You said Hendrix was using "multi-effects" in a single housing, then said Robin Trower was using the "fuzz box" at the same time as Hendrix; I read this as meaning Hendrix's sustain/fuzz/wah-wah were combined in a single housing known as a "fuzz box". They were actually all separate units, as I've already shown.
Reed's "genius" mention is fleeting, but it's one of the few cases where a single word is sufficient to establish his high opinion of the subject. The other interview explains the "deaf" comment, he was trying to get feedback effects without having to stand next to a speaker at high volume, and Cornish built some custom equipment to achieve that. Reed and Cornish were jointly interviewed for Japan's "Guitar Magazine" in 2001 (mentioned here and here, but not available online). Holly25 (talk) 17:30, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. On Creative-#2, May I enquire exactly which "significant new concept, theory or technique" reliable sources attribute as originating from Cornish ? The statement that Hendrix used multiple effects (and not multiple effects units) is demonstrably true - many sources state that he used a combination (aka "pedalchain") of sustain/fuzz/wahwah in series and later also a univibe (which from analysis of its schematic has at least 2 simultaneous mixed effects within it - ie. phase shifting and sweep). The fact that even 40 years after Hendrix's passing effects manufacturers are still trying to duplicate his setup within a single unit [49] must say something. Examining the notability claims in the article itself - we find 2 specific claims therein. a) That he invented the "pedalboard" (1 source), b) That he is a key figure in the transition from single effects to the development of multi-effects units. A passing mention in a single source (which previously admits in the same article that "Many players build their own pedalboards") is not sufficient for the extraordinary claim that Cornish invented (?) the pedal board. In any case the so-called invention of a pedalboard (described by the other sources cited in the article as "a piece of wood you buy in a hardware shop") can hardly be said to be a significant new concept justifying inclusion. So far none of the sources cited have claimed that Cornish originated either any single effect or any multiple effect unit. From the article subject's website) and from in-depth articles (exclusively on him) reproduced on his website we see that Cornish's specialty was integration of single effects (manufactured by others) by A) connecting / isolating them properly B) Packaging them to work reliably. This is why he is claimed to be a key figure in the transition period. I shall address your points about WP-CREATIVE-#1 after we reach some consensus on #2 . Annette46 (talk) 04:45, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Andrew Jackson. This, or a merger to a possible Family of Andrew Jackson article, seems to be the outcome best reflecting the varied views expressed in this discussion.  Sandstein  07:25, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Jackson, Sr.[edit]

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Delete no evidence of notability Boleyn (talk) 18:42, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 17:32, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:N. Being the parent of a notable figure does not in and of itself constitute notability, and that appears to be Andrew Jackson Sr.'s one claim to "fame." Perhaps warrants inclusion in article on Andrew Jackson? ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 17:55, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Jayjg (talk) 03:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Beverley Bie Brahic[edit]

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I cannot find evidence that this translator meets the general notability guideline. While Google Books shows quite some hits, almost all mention her as a translator of a cited book and thus do not provide significant coverage. The first hit is in Descant, a literary magazine, but having a piece published in such a magazine is not evidence for notability. No hits at all in Google News. I would be happy to be proven wrong on her lack of notability.

I declined an A7 speedy on this article some time ago because of her being shortlisted for the Popescu Prize. Since then, it has been proposed for deletion, but the tag was removed. Ucucha 21:39, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Snowball delete. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:51, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of Bicycle Goals in the A-League[edit]

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Unsourced, incomplete, and completely unnecessary trivia Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 05:46, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 11:43, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Devery S. Anderson[edit]

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The article is so poorly-sourced that the only "reference" is to a webpage that simply lists him as the winner of $1,000. He's simply not notable. UnitAnode 04:47, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Google Scholar cites of which there appear to be 1. Around 500 are usually required for WP:Prof #1. Look at the top of the page. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:23, 27 January 2010 (UTC).[reply]
Xantipppe, there is no such guideline for GS cites. The number has to be evaluated in terms of what constitutes notability in the particular subject involved--because academic notability is as an authority in a particular special field, and the citation density varies very widely. This is one of the lower ones--its one of the narrower fields of history. even so, evaluation is based also on the importance of the publications venues, and of the citing ones, and the distribution of counts for the various works: 10 good papers is worth more than 20 mediocre ones. Purely numerical evaluation of citations is a device of lazy academic administrators. DGG ( talk ) 04:46, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Any person will be hard pressed to pass WP:Prof #1 on the basis of one cite. Signed: Lazy academic administrator.
Indeed so. Neither is the level 500. Where the level does lie is a matter of judgment, based on the nature of the subject and the nature of the citations. DGG ( talk ) 05:44, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I tried rewriting the article with no sources from Anderson (see User:Rich jj/Sandbox/Devery S. Anderson). This reduced biographical content, not his claim to notability. WP:BIO#Academics says some may be "notably influential in the world of ideas without their biographies being the subject of secondary sources." He remains an award-winning published historian of Mormonism and Emmett Till. However, this is mostly gathered from mentions in journals, websites, and books. Not being a wiki-lawyer myself, I don't know whether that makes them trivial or unusable sources.
His notability mostly rests upon (1) his two published books, which have both won awards from two historical societies; (2) his longtime work with Sunstone and numerous symposium speeches; (3) his early-1990s Mormon study group that ran afoul of ecclesiastical leaders, to be reported on by Mormon intellectual Lavina Fielding Anderson. I can accept if this is not adequate to establish notability. ——Rich jj (talk) 23:39, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps if his work is notable, that could become the subject of an article. What do you think? UnitAnode 23:48, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose his work could have its own article, since its reviews might be non-trivial 3rd party coverage. Would this be to transform the biographical article into something like "Works of Devery S. Anderson"? Anderson could be less notable than his work, though he has had limited coverage in third party publications for his Mormon studies group, Emmett Till involvment, and Sunstone symposium work. ——Rich jj (talk) 02:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
what people are notable for is their work. Writers for what they write, as athletes for what they perform. It is not the personal life of someone that makes them notable, but what the do with it. DGG ( talk ) 05:40, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy close in favor of the other still-open discussion on the same article that is linked from the article and has already attracted actual comments. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Devery S. Anderson[edit]

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This is a BLP that is so poorly-sourced, that the only "reference" provided is to a website that notes that the subject of the article won $1,000. He is non-notable, and the article should be deleted straightaway. UnitAnode 04:33, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 16:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Changzhi[edit]

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This page may be a hoax; see discussion on talk page & similarity to Pwang War, which is also being discussed for deletion as a likely hoax. CordeliaNaismith (talk) 04:13, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 16:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

B.Sc Emergency and Trauma Care Technology[edit]

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The result was keep. JohnCD (talk) 17:50, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Creatures in the Half-Life series[edit]

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This article was nominated for deletion before, with no consensus, but I believe that it clearly should be deleted; it seems that no one was able to find more than a few sentences of references, and the creatures with notability were split off into their own articles. The rest is simply original research and reads like a game guide or plot compendium. There's not really any place to merge it to either, due to the list format and mostly unencyclopedic content.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 03:40, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actual, this article was copied to the Wikia. See the edit from December of 2008 [61] and then note the wikia [62] on January of 2009. It was here before it was seen over there. Dream Focus 14:08, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. No significant independent coverage. Jayjg (talk) 03:21, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cloud Slam[edit]

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Contested prod (removed by article creator). No evidence that this event meets notability criteria: the linked Business Week piece is a promotional supplement (identified as such on the page), and I can turn up no non-PR national-level coverage in a news search. The most promising link, to Bloomberg, turns out to be a press release. Gonzonoir (talk) 15:21, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Guys, This is not a spam. Just compare other conferences on computer science you have in Wikipedia and the one submitted. Cloud Slam has 88 sessions on topic of cloud computing (http://cloudslam09.com/content/schedule-cloud-slam-09-conference-156.html), it has been referenced on many major vendor websites (Platform Computing, AMD, Sun Microsystems) that has not been indexed by Google. I've done some research at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_science_conferences , according your argumentation - one can delete most of conferences there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sapenov (talk • contribs) 17:27, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sapenov, thanks for your comments. To respond to your two points:
  1. To demonstrate notability, a subject must have received substantial coverage in multiple reliable, third-party sources - see this page for details of what qualifies as sources of this kind. If you know of references to Cloud Slam, could you provide links here, so we can assess them to see if they amount to substantial independent coverage? (A mere mention of a subject does not qualify as substantial coverage; this would need to be detailed and extensive discussion.)
  2. Because there is no formal editorial process, there may well be other articles on Wikipedia that are eligible for deletion, but have not (yet) been considered for it. Please see the article WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS for details about why the existence of other articles on similar subjects doesn't necessarily affect any particular deletion discussion. Gonzonoir (talk) 17:47, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gonzonoir, thanks for your points. I'll try to find reliable third-party sources, but it'll take time since it's been awhile. Off top the head here's reference on Platform Computing website http://www.platform.com/press-releases/2009/platform-ceo-to-be-keynote-speaker-at-cloud-slam-09 , Sun Microsystems http://blogs.sun.com/cloud/entry/sun_at_cloudslam_2009, pretty notable cloud computing expert Steve Foskett http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/03/19/sun-cloud/ , leading analytics company Saugatuck http://www.slideshare.net/mik3w3st/saugatuck-cloud-slam-blue-skies , Steve Lesem CEO of Mezeo Software: http://stevelesem.sys-con.com/node/990758 , leading cloud computing testing vendor http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bda/2009/04/cloud_slam_tom_lounibos_soasta.php , http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bda/2009/04/cloud_slam_jonathan_bryce_rack.php , http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bda/2009/04/cloud_slam_michael_berman_catb.php,

ERP.COM http://www.erp.com/my-erp/erp-community-events/details/49-cloud-slam-09.html

A lot of article in Russian editions of CIO.com, PCWorld and other media,e.g. http://www.osp.ru/pcworld/2009/12/11078735/ , http://www.osp.ru/cio/2009/11/10527894/

I also know IBM has published references, but don't remember it now.

thanks, KS —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sapenov (talk • contribs) 18:10, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I've looked at our logs for last several months and there are thousands of references to Cloud Slam from different websites. I'm going over it and post some at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cloud_Slam Sapenov (talk) 01:20, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's full list just for convenience:

I don't think this article is a masterpiece of writing art, but it, like most articles about thousands of similar conferences in wikipedia is pretty descriptive. This global event itself has gathered thousands of people, interested in cloud computing for lively discussion and exchange of ideas, it has definitely left deep impression in live world as well as internet. Here are some links from independent sources, that I am able to get off top the head:

English language resources:

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Russian language: Russian editions of

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I edited text, so it is neutral and doesn't sound like and advertisement. More edits to follow. Sapenov (talk) 16:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relevant internal link has been added to wikify the article Sapenov (talk) 16:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gonzonoir, thanks for response. I was under impression, my entry was forgotten :) Let's wait until next review, let me know what else needs to be done. Sapenov (talk) 07:05, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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So, altogether, I have still seen no evidence that the subject is not notable, and think the article should be deleted. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:08, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While this was a first conference and it can't be measured in number coverage sources in mass media, it had deep impact on social sphere (e.g. a lot of students in developing countries like Vietnam got access to the latest technology for free), it generated enough buzz in business world and really shaped cloud computing landscape, resulted millions of funding (e.g. Brick File System had been acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars) and other positive effects in business sense. I am satisfied with the outcomes of the conference, as it had brought a lot of useful practical results, rather than another pile of multi-page 'scientific' papers, that nobody cares about. Cheers, Sapenov (talk) 09:48, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. JForget 00:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Erika Star Zlatna[edit]

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The result was delete. NW (Talk) 15:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rising Star Forums[edit]

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A search for reliable third-party sources turns up nothing. Article fails WP:NOTE and WP:WEB. Article is based entirely on first-party sources. With only 200 members, it is unlikely that this webforum will ever receive coverage by reliable sources required for inclusion. Disputed prod. —Farix (t | c) 02:47, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Steve Hewitt. An relevant material can be merged. Jayjg (talk) 03:23, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Love Amongst Ruin[edit]

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Originally tagged for deletion CSDA7, but was declined due to the notability of Steven Hewitt. However, I do not believe this band quite meets WP:MUSIC. Also, wikipedia is not a crystal ball for success. Let's discuss. Wisdom89 (T / C) 16:26, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: It seems that Donneye is not a member of the band but produced their album. The band does include a sometime member of Lamb though. --Michig (talk) 17:38, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus. no consensus for deletion after three weeks of discussion - default keep JForget 00:44, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Värmlands Filmförbund[edit]

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Non-notable film company. No secondary sources found to establish notability of company. Created by a user who created a whole slew of conflict of interest articles that were deleted a couple years ago. Was previously considered for deletion in this nomination. Claim to fame is operation of a film festival called Filmörnen which is also of questionable notability and is currently up for deletion here. Redfarmer (talk) 21:44, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 11:44, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Davies (inventor)[edit]

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Prod removed by creator. No reliable sources found to establish notability of an individual. tedder (talk) 02:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Several users of the Sonome have been contacted, and will likely add their comments KR MusicScienceGuy (talk) 02:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You've already !voted once, so I'm changing this from "keep" to "comment". tedder (talk) 05:45, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I can find no evidence that the subject's inventions are notable. For instance, Davies invented the "Note Tracker"; a search for sources returns only eight results, four of which from Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons. Cunard (talk) 05:42, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Delete. Many of the keep arguments are not based on Wikipedia policy, whereas the delete arguments are. Not all local routes are notable, in fact most of them are not. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:22, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Patterson Creek Road[edit]

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Article about a non-notable county route. No real content and seemingly little chance there ever will be. Brian Powell (talk) 09:19, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Ah, but H-58 (Michigan_county_highway) is notable, and there's a List of Michigan County-Designated Highways which includes references to unsigned dirt roads that happen to have a number but don't even have any signs. Edward Vielmetti (talk) 05:17, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That is one road in a state-wide, MDOT-assigned numbering system. The other roads that aren't as notable are in the complete list. As for H-58, how many county roads are the subject of Congressional action so that the National Park Service can pay the county to rebuild the roadway? The fact remains though, H-58 demonstrates notability, this article does not. Imzadi1979 (talk) 05:22, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect to EVO Smart Console. to EVO Smart Console JohnCD (talk) 11:30, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Envizions Computer Entertainment Corporation[edit]

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I'm not seeing any reliable sources to support the notability of this company, though, knowing very little about the field, I could be mistaken. Most of the assertion of notability rests on a piece of software the company has created (which has its own article) rather than the company itselfHJMitchell You rang? 13:33, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 15:43, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One of the most reliable sources is the technological industry is Engadget which is list on the page. The page simply states the company product like any page for a company would. However the page also list the company’s location, CEO and Founder, why the company was found, and other facts. The company has a international following. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Star788 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination wtihdrawn, no arguments for deletion have been made. Fences&Windows 22:25, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David R. Morgan[edit]

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In 2009, I prod'd it; prod was removed by an editor. Two more prods came today, so I figured an AFD is due. No indication of meeting WP:PROFESSOR or WP:AUTHOR, no references despite being tagged since January 2009. Managing Urban America, the best claim for notability, is also up for deletion. THF (talk) 02:19, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. (weak) keep - no consensus for deletion JForget 00:43, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ashwant Dwivedi[edit]

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I don't believe we presume ambassadors to be notable, but this fellow is neither an ambassador nor even a consul—he's a consul-designate. The fact that he's spoken to the press on a number of occasions and been an employee at Fiji's High Commission in Canada also does not imply notability. Per WP:GNG, we need "significant coverage in reliable sources" for that. - Biruitorul Talk 23:33, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was There is a lot of off-topic bickering and repetitive argument that this afd could have done without. Anyway, it seems clear the result is Redirect to ABN (rap duo). Any content worth merging will still be in the redirect page's history. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:31, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It Is What It Is (ABN album)[edit]

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This page was previously deleted via WP:PROD. The re-created version does not make any significant changes from the original and, thus, still holds the same concerns as previous. There are no reliable sources provided, and there is minimal non-trivial coverage anywhere that I can find. The album doesn't meet WP:MUSIC, and I can't find anything that would make it able to pass WP:GNG. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 02:26, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keeeeep #62 on Billboard's Hot 200, Aug 2, 2008, & #10 on their R&B Albums, passing WP:MUSIC. Should not have been prodded. 86.44.23.221 (talk) 02:20, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

From WP:MUSIC: "In general, if the musician or ensemble that recorded an album is considered notable, then officially released albums may have sufficient notability to have individual articles on Wikipedia (emphasis mine)... All articles on albums, singles or songs must meet the basic criteria at the notability guidelines, with significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." This doesn't. "An article about a musical recording that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant is eligible for speedy deletion under criterion A9." KV5 (Talk • Phils) 12:48, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note that the above IP address has only one contribution, and it's to this AfD. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 14:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Why would you ask people to note that? Is it to put across the impression of yourself as a wikipedia insider who should be listened to more than an outsider, regardless of the merits of the arguments? Seeing as my comment was strictly factual, I can't think of any other reason, but perhaps you can.
WP:MUSIC holds a charting record to be an indicator of notability. And ABN consists of two artists each notable in their own right, each with articles here, as this article both notes and links to. Your claim that there was no indication of importance for your prod is therefore shambolic, even if we accept that there is no onus on you to research beyond what the article presents before deleting editors' work. Above, you type "This doesn't" when it's clear that you have no idea what coverage it received. Did you check print issues of the Southern hip hop publication, Ozone? Don't you think they may have written about a rap record by Texas artists at #63 on Billboard's Hot 200? Did you thumb through back issues of the premier national hip hop publications, The Source and XXL? Of course you didn't.
If you cannot accept that a record charting at #63 on Billboard is notable, let's look at coverage as far as what's accessible online: we have reviews from the austinist [66] and 002houston [67]; Shea Serrano used its title to head his 2008 wrap-up for Houston Press[68], calling it in the body a "stellar" record that was part of why Trae deserved national attention. It's mentioned (substantively) in this mag article, and Pitchfork Media in passing calls it "this summer's outpouring of noir" [69]; Dan Greenpeace's well-regarded zine Fat Lace wrote it up [70]; it's been written about by Andrew Nosnitsky who covers rap for NPR, and has written for the Washington Post and XXL,[71] and Al Shipley, who has written for Scratch, Stylus and Pitchfork, rated it among his albums of 2008.[72] I'm more than satisfied that this is a notable record by a notable act. 86.44.32.61 (talk) 19:17, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Of the sources you provided, I only see perhaps one or two that would likely be considered reliable. Whether that's considered "signficant coverage" or not is for the community to judge. As for your contributions to this AfD, they are welcomed, as are anyone's. I haven't made any accusations or intimations as to your purpose here. All I said was that there were minimal contributions from your IP address. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 19:24, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Actually, the point is that WP:MUSIC says "All articles on albums, singles or songs must meet the basic criteria at the notability guidelines, with significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." What I see currently in this article doesn't, in my opinion, qualify as significant coverage. I don't know anything about Allmusic, and obviously Billboard is a reliable source, but a simple mention somewhere isn't enough to confer notability on a person, and a simple mention on Billboard shouldn't be enough to confer notability on a song. The source discussion above is related to whether the provided sources given by the IP editor confer notability, and if they are not reliable, then they do not. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 15:43, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The debate on this page is being conducted as if this is the first time these subjective issues have ever come up on WP. With the uncertain guidelines under discussion, it will help to go with precedent. As I said above, an appearance on the Billboard charts is considered notable enough for hundreds of other WP album articles. AllMusic is definitely reliable and has qualified as a source of notability for hundreds of other WP album articles. The debate on this page is being carried out in isolation as if there are not many other album articles that can be used for guidance. If the album here is deleted for the reasons discussed in this debate, well you will have to initiate AfDs for hundreds and maybe thousands of album articles. Meanwhile, KV5 said in the above comment "What I see currently in this article doesn't, in my opinion, qualify as significant coverage." But the IP editor cited several possibly useful sources up near the top of this debate, so the article has room for improvement before it is deleted in haste. That's what the "refimprove" tag or a stub tag is supposed to accomplish. I will start adding references to the article and I encourage the IP editor to do the same. My vote is still Keep but I will make no more contributions to this debate because it is clearly just going around in circles. DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 16:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
For goodness sake. 1) The delete votes are confusing "significant" with "lengthy"! Hearing a billboard hot 200 entry described as "a mere mention" is fucking retarded. This is common sense and in the realm of fact, not opinion, but if it helps, think "non-trivial" and then compare the indications of triviality that WP:MUSIC provides.
2) Generalist critic Chris Weingarten, of Rolling Stone etc., & author of the 33⅓ book on It Takes A Nation of Millions..., lists it as among the top records of 2008 [73]. So we now have three critics who publish in not merely reliable but authoritive sources who consider this notable, yet people who may not know the first thing about anything disagree. This time look up "experts in the field" in your documentation if you need to get a handle on this.
3) I have no idea why theaustinist is being dismissed, unless you think they pay a music editor to sit there and look pretty rather than control what's on her site. Consult the WP:ALBUMS crew if you doubt: i'm pretty confident that massive consensus is in line with this being good to go.
4) No print sources have been checked yet utmost confidence is still maintained by some in the face of all we have learned that none exist. 86.44.33.121 (talk) 16:13, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • How does the fact that an album page can or cannot be redirected somewhere affect notability? Also, this album is only mentioned once, and briefly, in the Houston Press article. Timmeh 20:46, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good question, unfortunately I only have a fair answer. With a redirect at least there is something, a search term that will bring one to an appropriate page for the reader to get some information. Without it we have a successful album with nothing in our encyclopedia. If it does get deleted I would appreciate it if it gets userfied to me. The two rappers have done two albums together now, I may try to put together an article about them as a duo. J04n(talk page) 21:19, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • If the album is mentioned in either of the rappers' articles it should show up in a search. Timmeh 21:33, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
note: there is now a page for the duo: ABN (rap duo) J04n(talk page) 11:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Good work, and thanks for taking the initiative. Timmeh 17:12, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would also support a redirect to the duo since there is now an article. Their first album, which was previously deleted per another AfD and recently speedied as reproduction of deleted material, could also be redirected now. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 01:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If an admin could userfy their first album to me I'll incorporate anything useful into the parent article. I assume it was called Assholes by Nature (album), thanks J04n(talk page) 03:36, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll do so now. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 13:26, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
User:J04n/ABN. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 13:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's a good-looking article, but i think the logic is somewhat tortured: the album makes the group notable, but not the album itself, which is more like wackypedia amirite. I don't know why you would want to force readers to go to a commercial, ad-laden site just to get a tracklisting that should be here anyway? 86.44.33.121 (talk) 16:13, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Scott Mac (Doc) 17:19, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alison Davis[edit]

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COI biography, possible autobiography (discussed here). Google news/web search turns up mostly other people name Alison Davis. The references in the article are either associated with the subject or only mention Ms. Davis in passing. Fails WP:Bio due to the lack of coverage in WP:Reliable sources. PDCook (talk) 18:10, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't think either of those are independent reliable sources. The first one you mentioned is more of a profile, not an article. The second reference is from McKinsey and Company, where she was a business analyst.
  • The second reference is a reprint of material from the San Francisco Business Times. Sources such as this, McKinsey and Reuters seem quite reliable for our purposes. They have significant reputations as information providers to protect and would risk law suits if they published inaccurate information about company officers. Colonel Warden (talk) 00:15, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not doubting they are reputable and accurate. I'm saying they're not significant and independent. PDCook (talk) 00:19, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The San Francisco Business Times and Reuters seem both significant and independent. Please present evidence if you wish to suggest otherwise. Colonel Warden (talk) 00:58, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I wasn't talking about the publications as a whole; I was talking about the individual articles you referenced above. Anyhow, I didn't get involved with Wikipedia to argue with people. So let's just see what everyone else thinks. PDCook (talk) 03:43, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please explain which reliable sources you believe contain detailed information that is independent and significant. PDCook (talk) 23:08, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Non admin closure. Jujutacular T · C 00:56, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Harikrish Menon[edit]

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fails WP:BIO and WP:MUSIC. nothing in gnews [74]. LibStar (talk) 02:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 11:46, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comeback Season[edit]

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Non-notable mixtape with little or no media coverage of substance. Fails WP:NALBUM. TheJazzDalek (talk) 00:38, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see now that ABC was displaying the cover for So Far Gone (mixtape) in the interview. Yappy2bhere (talk) 03:09, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
He's notable for his role in a Canadian television series. He's not notable as a musician. Even if he was, you'd not keep an article on a non-notable mixtape. Per WP:NALBUMS, "All articles on albums, singles or songs must meet the basic criteria at the notability guidelines." The Globe and Mail said he only "made minor waves" with this mixtape; it may have been a breakthrough for him, his big break as Rolling Stone put it, because it introduced him to Lil Wayne. In itself it's forgettable. A fan might treasure its role as an artifact of Drake's career, but it is not notable in itself. Yappy2bhere (talk) 16:09, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
He certainly is notable as a musician - if you look at the sources used in his article, most (e.g. Billboard, MTV) are discussing him as a musician rather than as a (child) actor. I wouldn't keep an article on a non-notable mixtape but I would keep an article such as this on an official artist-produced mixtape that has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable sources.--Michig (talk) 18:20, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"[A]n official artist-produced mixtape"? As opposed to a bootleg, yeah? I see it this way: Drake (entertainer) is a child actor who would like to be a musician. That's why there are no albums but only self-financed mixtapes in his discography. Drake Bell is an actor and a musician. That's why you find albums in his discography. See the difference?
No matter how you spin it, this mixtape isn't itself notable, and it doesn't automatically become notable simply because Drake (entertainer) has an article in WP. "All articles on albums, singles or songs must meet the basic criteria at the notability guidelines, with significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." (WP:NALBUMS) That includes this mixtape. Yappy2bhere (talk) 03:26, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not all mixtapes come from an artist and some are not sanctioned by the artist. There are no albums in his discography because his first album hasn't been released yet. End of story. Degrassi isn't a big deal in the UK and nobody over here knows him as an actor, but he gets played on BBC Radio 1, with his "Forever" single labelled "The hottest record in the world for 6 Jan 2010" on the Zane Lowe show.[76] Have a read of this article (which may also educate you as to the difference between an official mixtape and an unofficial one) and then tell us that he isn't notable as a musician. Have a read of GNG - significant coverage exists so it passes.--Michig (talk) 07:47, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How does any of that fanboy nonsense make this mixtape notable? Yappy2bhere (talk) 20:12, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
While Michig and I disagree on many things, I agree with him that Drake is certainly notable for his music as well as his acting. When I first started seeing Drake (and related) articles (quite a while ago) he wasn't, but now he has accumulated more than enough press and cred (not to mention hit singles) to pass WP:MUSICBIO. (I still don't think this mixtape is notable.) A little back and forth is fine but when name-calling enters the equation it's probably time to step back. Both you and Michig have made your points-of-view quite clear, let's leave it up to any other !voters who happen to stop by and the closing admin to decide for themselves. TheJazzDalek (talk) 23:51, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. NW (Talk) 15:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rising Star Forums[edit]

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A search for reliable third-party sources turns up nothing. Article fails WP:NOTE and WP:WEB. Article is based entirely on first-party sources. With only 200 members, it is unlikely that this webforum will ever receive coverage by reliable sources required for inclusion. Disputed prod. —Farix (t | c) 02:47, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy userfy. All are in agreement with userfication, no need for a discussion (non-admin closure) Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 01:35, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of species for which Lyndley Craven is a taxon authority[edit]

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This was split off the main article. However it is all red. Suggest deletion or userfication until it isn't a red list. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 01:04, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Will userfy. —Ecw.Technoid.Dweeb | contributions | talk | ☮✌☮ 01:05, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy delete. Consensus was delete. Actually, it was moved to userspace, so it's WP:CSD#G7. tedder (talk) 20:13, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gospel harmony (based on Matthew)[edit]

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This is an unnecessary content fork from Gospel harmony. StAnselm (talk) 00:46, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or Merge Agree that article is unnecessary, Not to mention poorly written. Would be best deleted and relevent non redundant information added to Gospel Harmony in the same structure and format in the much cleaner article. Nefariousski (talk) 02:02, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. NW (Talk) 15:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Trent Latta[edit]

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Formerly an unnotable actor with a few bit part roles, now an unnotable attorney. Fails the notability guideline by some distance Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 00:36, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Vast majority of sources are only lists that mention his name and little more. By that measure anyone who's a member of any professional assosication and was an extra in a commercial or mentioned in a newspaper article meets WP:N Nefariousski (talk) 02:06, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Cirt (talk) 23:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Summer Advantage USA[edit]

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Contested prod. Article is about a non-notable non-profit. There is no significant coverage in independent sources, and several references provided refer to a different group entirely. TNXMan 17:26, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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