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The result was Delete. The "Keep" arguments are not based on Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. --MelanieN (talk) 00:17, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails Wikipedia:Notability (people). No in-depth coverage in reliable sources. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:46, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK  21:04, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Prodded the article this morning for exactly that reason. Schwede66 21:34, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This page is on our notice board but its being deleted? Created a account just to state that the reason for deletion does not at all apply.. Saw him at the Central library yesterday.DavidtheoneOG (talk) 22:26, 13 October 2015 (UTC)— DavidtheoneOG (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
  • NB - as pointed out by DavidtheoneOG, this account was specifically created to enter this discussion. Grutness...wha? 06:46, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. A prominent NZ public figure that we were tasks to create a wikipedia page for. Have worked with this person before in some other wiki pages. Very famous in Dunedin New Zealand, it is difficult to find a person who does not recognize him. Talked about in multiple sources as indicated in the included references. Unit388 (talk) 21:38, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • You say he is very famous in Dunedin, however it is unlikely he is famous enough to meet Wikipedia:Notability (people). You need to prove it with reliable sources. Not just because you like him. NealeFamily (talk) 03:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • NB - 20% of this wikipedian's 40 article edits have been to the article under discussion. Grutness...wha? 06:51, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • The edit summary for Unit388's first ever article edit, to Time dilation, ended with "- Lync". This doesn't prove that Unit388 is Lync Aronson, but it raises suspicions. Nurg (talk) 09:20, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Went to his wiki page from a link on the OUSA bio page to find it says its being deleted? Common guys who did this? This guy has been on national TV multiple times and is extremely well known in the wider Otago area and at my university..139.80.135.255 (talk) 21:47, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Prove he meets the notability guidelines then NealeFamily (talk) 03:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. An unsuccessful candidate for vice-president of a university students' association and board member of a local charity makes this individual well below the project's notability threshold. I'm sympathetic to members of the local community who are aware of him and his actions, but Wikipedia's inclusion standards require nontrivial coverage by reliable, third-party sources, and that is simply not available here. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 21:59, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. So in New Zealand at least, university students by law are assigned to a student association. With that every student is required to pay a yearly fee. So we are talking about a multi-million dollar organization and by no means is it trivial. Also looking at the returns on the charity, while local the organization deals with hundreds of thousands per year so in a place like NZ, this charity is significant. It also serves 1/5 of New Zealands total land mass. Unit388 (talk) 22:48, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • You need to prove Lync Aronson meets the notability guidelines. The student association is more notable than him. NealeFamily (talk) 03:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Sent here from link on cover page, I'm not even from NZ but we get all nz free view channels here and I have seen him on 3 news. Definitely notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dilso123 (talk • contribs) 22:16, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • An appearance on TV does not make him notable - read the notability guidelines NealeFamily (talk) 03:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • NB - note that Dilso123 signed up for a WP account three minutes before joining this discussion. Grutness...wha? 06:46, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. He goes to my university and you can safely say he is known by most of our 30,000 students plus many more locals. Guess he should of waited before posting the wiki page link on the uni facebook..Lawstudies101 (talk) 22:20, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • 30,000? OU must have nearly doubled in size since the beginning of the year! Make that 19,000. Out of whom fewer that 400 voted for him. Grutness...wha? 06:46, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • While he may be known to some students at the university, that does not make him notable in a global sense. NealeFamily (talk) 03:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • NB - note that Lawstudies101 signed up for a WP account four minutes before joining this discussion. Grutness...wha? 06:46, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Per nom, all the keep votes seem to be here through a sort of canvassing off-site and should be aware that it is not the number of votes that determine the outcome but the strength of the arguments based on Wikipedia policies. By this continued pile on without valid arguments besides I like him you only make everything more suspect. If you can provide reliable sources to help indicate his notability then do so otherwise you are not helping the case here. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 23:20, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Minor and local sources. Not at all encyclopedic. LaMona (talk) 01:03, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Fails SIGCOV. Insufficient coverage in multiple sources independent of the subject. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 03:24, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Not widely known here in Dunedin - known to a section of the University's student population, but that is hardly enough to justify an article. "lync aronson" -wikipedia -facebook returns a massive 7 ghits (by way of comparison, a similar search for my name returns 23000 ghits, and I also appear every now and again on nationwide television. I doubt I'd be worthy of an article). I'm also somewhat concerned by the number of accounts which have been created simply to join in this AfD discussion. I would advise those new wikipedians to look at WP:BIO, which will show clearly how far below notability this subject falls. In years to come, he may become famous enough for an article, but he certainly isn't yet. Grutness...wha? 06:30, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I realise when you see the same people on Geroge Street everyday it can appear that everyone in Dunedin is a celebrity, but this guy is not even slightly notable. -- haminoon (talk) 10:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I know of this guy only because i'm from Dunedin, if you were to ask someone in Auckland who he is they wouldn't have a single clue!Drawdiggin101 (talk) 17:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the interests of impartiality, I should report that Drawdiggin101 is a new Wikipedian too. Grutness...wha? 09:36, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete those suggesting keep have no credible arguments - article fails notability requirement. NealeFamily (talk) 03:21, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. Clearly non-notable person despite the efforts of him and his friends to claim otherwise. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:31, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. No substantial independent coverage. As an article for an academic, fails WP:ACADEMIC. As an article for an aspiring politician... being an unsuccessful candidate for a position on a student union is about, or below, the level of being an unsuccessful candidate for a position on a city council: a level at which even successful candidates are generally not notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Daveosaurus (talk) 05:46, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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