Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Austin Hedges


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The result was Delete an a non-encyclopedic interview, better suited to a fan website. (aeropagitica) 23:01, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Austin Hedges

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This is an original interview with the subject, contrary to WP:NOR. Moreover, there's no evidence that this individual merits inclusion per WP:BIO, despite the first sentence in the article: Austin Hedges is a notable member of the Straight Edge movement. However, because I'm uncertain about the relevance of Dark Planet: Visions of America, or his role in it, I've deferred to the community instead of slapping a CSD on it. Mind matrix  22:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

the interview conducted for his article was done by a group of straight edge kids for a documentary. this documentary never made it past an amature level and never gained much notice out of the straight edge community. a few people from the crew that made the documentary went on to be Team Empire members. this is why it said that we conducted the interview ourselves. also many of the facts and quotes come from the documentary "Ive Got the Straight Edge". A member of Team Empire knows Austin on a semi-personal basis, and he provides us with updates on things like his MMA and musical status. also, because of the nature of Austin's notability, it is hard for there to be mass media coverage about him. There is little to no mass mediacoverage about anyone in the Straight Edge community. get back to me on any thing else i can clear up. -Steve and Team EmpireStraightxedge 03:18, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see how this meets WP:BIO.  Being a notable member of a notable group does not mean that the person is notable for the purpose of having an article here.  Vegaswikian 20:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

weve had this argument with user: Academic Challenger before. He checked our references and gave us the clearence for the page. i dont see whats any difference this time. you say he is a notable member of a notable movement, so how is he not notable? Straightxedge 00:39, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Does the article meet WP:BIO? Vegaswikian 01:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Austin has had important interviews in 2 films that have a "cult following" within the undergroud subculture of Straight Edge, so i would say so.Straightxedge 04:59, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
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