Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Shannon


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was Keep Withdrawn by nominator after 5 days, and no other "delete" opinions. --Tony Sidaway 13:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Bill Shannon
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This article was created in one draft on 11 June, but had no further content edits by a human being until I saw it on June 24. The article was tagged as "Uncategorized people" and moved from "Bill shannon" to "Bill Shannon". That's it.

The article is orphaned and unsourced. I tagged it for proposed deletion on 24th. There were no further edits until June 30th when someone removed the tag with the edit summary "(I dunno; seems arguably notable; take this to WP:AFD if you wish".

The concern here is not "notability", but verifiability. Unless this article is sourced in the next few days, I suggest that we delete it as a violation of our core Verifiability policy. Those who think it can be made verifiable, please do so. --Tony Sidaway 12:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Based on the Google hits, it looks like we can fulfill Tony's request for sources. I'm in no rush to do it right now, but that's why AFDs are given five days. Shalom Hello 13:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Based on the awards and grants listed, he is clearly notable, Just needs some refs. DGG 23:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. There may well be sources, but the article as currently written appears to be a copyright violation of this≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 03:11, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as copyright problem with no prejudice against creating a new article if can meet the inclusion criteria. Jay32183 04:15, 2 July 2007 (UTC) Copyright problems gone. Jay32183 06:09, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, copyvio fixed; lead sentence now sourced. John Vandenberg 04:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Your edit summary says keep, but you just wrote delete here. Your reasoning also seems to suggest keep. I'm pretty sure the "Delete" is a typo. Jay32183 06:08, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. John Vandenberg 08:11, 6 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 04:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.