Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Simmons (bus driver)


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The result was   delete. WP:NOTNEWSPAPER, in large part. Note: I suspect one or two participants were mentally searching for WP:BIO1E, but that correction would not have affected the result. j⚛e deckertalk 17:31, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Andrew Simmons (bus driver)

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Proded as non-notable, prod removed by article creator with no reason. Short-lived local news story, cannot see how this individual passes WP:GNG TheLongTone (talk) 10:28, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:45, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:45, 30 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. Wikipedia is WP:NOTNEWSPAPER. It doesn't even rise to to the level of WP:ONEEVENT. Clarityfiend (talk) 18:31, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * WTF? Delete per WP:1E, WP:NOTMEMORIAL and who knows what else – I can speak with some authority about the early days of the People Mover and some of the people involved.  Bill Barnes, who helped organize the system, was known throughout Alaska for his civic and political activism during his retirement.  Among drivers, Norbert Skinner served a term in the Alaska House of Representatives during the 1960s while working at Clear Air Force Station.  "Singin'" Sam McDole drove the Mountain View route for years and years, repeatedly singing "King of the Road" and a few other songs to his passengers.  This garnered him some publicity and he also released recordings, including an album recorded in Nashville.  Dave Alward was noted as a member of a Matanuska Valley Colony family.  Several others were celebrities-of-sorts to the People Mover constituency, but probably not worth mentioning here.  OTOH, I have no recollection of this person or the incident. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  20:24, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete This is a clear failure of the rules against one event, although I think those mainly apply to BLPs, which this is not.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:42, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWSPAPER.   J i m Carter  ( talk ) 11:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Local man who did good and did well, but we are not designed for this type of listing. Regretfully, delete. Bearian (talk) 22:22, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Passes GNG as the subject of multiple pieces of independently-published coverage. Piece is well-sourced out and suitably comprehensive. It is not our place to argue whether someone or something was "important enough" for inclusion, only to rule on whether sufficient published sources exist to support a verifiable article. This meets this criterion. Carrite (talk) 15:58, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTMEMORIAL & WP:NOTNEWSPAPER. – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  07:42, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWSPAPER, WP:BLP1E, et al. SW3 5DL (talk) 12:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
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